Highlights
- Bombay finished third in the West Zone and failed to qualify for the knockout stage. Gujarat won all their four matches in the West Zone, a rare feat.
- Bombay were dismissed for 42 by Gujarat.[3] This is their lowest total in Ranji Trophy.
- The loss against Gujarat ended a sequence of 124 matches without defeat for Bombay. Their previous defeat was against Baroda in 1957/58.[4] During these twenty years, Bombay won the Ranji Trophy 18 times.
- Karnataka defeated Kerala without losing a wicket. Kerala scored 141 and 124, and Karnataka 451/0 decl.[5] The partnership between Sanjay Desai and Roger Binny was then an Indian record for the first wicket.[6]
- Rajinder Goel took 7 wickets for 4 runs in the second innings as Haryana bowled out Jammu Kashmir for 23. Goel's match figures were 13 for 29.[7]
Knockout stage
Final
- Uttar Pradesh won the toss and decided to bat.
References
- ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 1977/78 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 1977/78 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ Gujarat v Bombay, Bulsar, 1977/78
- ↑ Baroda v Bombay, Solapur, 1957/58
- ↑ Karnataka v Kerala, Chickmagalur, 1977/78
- ↑ "How many batters have made their first two centuries in the same Test?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ↑ Haryana v Jammu Kashmir, Rai, 1977/78
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