The 1978–79 Ranji Trophy was the 45th season of the Ranji Trophy. Delhi won their first title defeating Karnataka.

Group stage

Knockout stage

 
Pre-Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
24 Feb 1979 — Bangalore
 
 
Karnataka371 & 265/4d
 
12 Feb 1979 — Calcutta
 
Bengal128 & 272
 
Bengal245 & 162/4
 
9 Mar 1979 — Bangalore
 
Haryana253 & 152
 
Karnataka582/8d
 
 
Baroda237 & 322
 
 
24 Feb 1979 — Baroda
 
 
Baroda346
 
 
Madhya Pradesh193 & 150
 
 
17 Mar 1979 — Bangalore
 
 
Karnataka411 & 122
 
21 Feb 1979 — Bombay
 
Delhi516 & 416/8d
 
Bombay577/9d
 
24 Feb 1979 — Bombay
 
Bihar284 & 180
 
Bombay565
 
 
Uttar Pradesh154 & 165
 
 
8 Mar 1979 — Bombay
 
 
Bombay329
 
 
Delhi359 & 436/6
 
 
24 Feb 1979 — Delhi
 
 
Delhi316 & 92/5
 
 
Tamil Nadu197 & 210
 
 
 
 

Final

24–29 March 1979
Scorecard
v
411 (99 overs)
Brijesh Patel 166
Madan Lal 3/50
416/8 decl (132 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 178*, Surinder Khanna 128
B. Vijayakrishna 2/100
122 (34 overs)
Syed Kirmani 33
Madan Lal 5/30
Delhi won by 399 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Dara Dotiwalla and Jiban Ghosh
  • Delhi won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

References

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978–79_Ranji_Trophy