1978–79 Ranji Trophy

1978-79 Ranji Trophy
	285px The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Delhi
Most runs	Brijesh Patel (Karnataka) (850)
Most wickets	Rajinder Goel (Haryana) (41)
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

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

Final

24-29 March 1979
Scorecard

Delhi	v	Karnataka (H)
516 (165.1 overs) Surinder Amarnath 132, Surinder Khanna 111 A. V. Jayaprakash 3/38		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

v t e Ranji Trophy
Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Current teams	Andhra Pradesh Assam Baroda Bengal Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Mumbai Odisha Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra Services Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Vidarbha
Former teams	Army Bihar Central India Central Provinces and Berar Eastern Punjab Holkar Madhya Bharat Northern India Northern Punjab Patiala Sindh Southern Punjab United Provinces
Records Triple centuries