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Ranji reflection

Mohandas Menon

The Ranji Trophy Championship is India's premier cricket tournament. Outstanding performances in it ensure a player a place in the Indian Test team. But how much importance do players attach to it once they have donned India colours? A cursory look at the table below shows that some of our leading players - past and present - have hardly played in the tournament after making it to the Test team.


Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar in Ranji Trophy (season-wise). He has appeared in 66 Ranji matches for Bombay in 18 seasons
 Season   Matches  Major tours
1969-70 2  
1970-71 2  
1971-72 3  
1972-73 7  
1973-74 6  
1974-75 5  
1975-76 4  
1976-77 7  
1977-78 did not play was touring Australia
1978-79 6  
1979-80 7  
1980-81 did not play was touring Australia & New Zealand
1981-82 6  
1982-83 did not play Sri Lanka toured India. India toured Pakistan and West Indies
1983-84 6  
1984-85 4  
1985-86 did not play India toured Sri Lanka and Australia
1986-87 1  

Mohinder Amarnath
Mohinder Amarnath in Ranji Trophy (season-wise). He has appeared for various teams in 76 Ranji matches in 22 seasons
 Season   Matches  Major tours
(Domestic teams)
1967-68 3  
For N Punjab
1968-69 did not play due to personal reasons
1969-70 4  
For Punjab
1970-71 4  
1971-72 5  
1972-73 4  
1973-74 4  
1974-75 8  
For Delhi
1975-76 3  
1976-77 6  
1977-78 2  
1978-79 4  
1979-80 7  
1980-81 did not play was touring Australia & New Zealand
1981-82 7  
1982-83 did not play Sri Lanka toured India. India toured Pakistan and West Indies
1983-84 4  
1984-85 3  
For Baroda
1985-86 2  
For Delhi
1986-87 3  
1987-88 2  
1988-89 1  

Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev in Ranji Trophy (season-wise). He has appeared for Haryana in just 34 Ranji matches in 19 seasons
 Season   Matches  Major tours
1975-76 4  
1976-77 6  
1977-78 4  
1978-79 4  
1979-80 4  
1980-81 did not play toured Australia and New Zealand
1981-82 2  
1982-83 did not play Sri Lanka toured India. India toured Pakistan and West Indies
1983-84 1  
1984-85 did not play toured Pakistan, England toured India
1985-86 3  
1986-87 did not play Three teams - Australia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan - were visiting India
1987-88 1  
1988-89 did not play New Zealand toured India, India toured West Indies
1989-90 did not play was touring Pakistan & New Zealand
1990-91 5  
1991-92 did not play was touring Australia (Test, WSC and World Cup)
1992-93 did not play was touring Zimbabwe and South Africa. England and Zimbabwe were touring India.
1993-94 did not play Sri Lanka toured India, India toured New Zealand

Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar in Ranji Trophy (season-wise). He has appeared for Bombay in only 27 Ranji matches in 12 seasons
 Season   Matches  Major tours
1988-89 7  
1989-90 did not play was touring Pakistan & New Zealand
1990-91 4  
1991-92 did not play was touring Australia (Test, WSC and World Cup)
1992-93 did not play was touring Zimbabwe and South Africa. England and Zimbabwe were touring India.
1993-94 4  
1994-95 5  
1995-96 3  
1996-97 did not play Australia and South Africa toured India, while India toured S Africa and West Indies.
1997-98 3  
1998-99 1  
1999-00 has not played as yet this season.  

Azharuddin
Azharuddin in Ranji Trophy (season-wise). He has appeared in only 31 matches for Hyderabad in the last 19 years.
 Season   Matches  Major tours
1981-82 4  
1982-83 2  
1983-84 4  
1984-85 1  
1985-86 did not play touring Sri Lanka and Australia
1986-87 did not play Three teams - Australia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan - were visiting India
1987-88 1  
1988-89 2  
1989-90 did not play was touring Pakistan & New Zealand (was made India captain)
1990-91 1  
1991-92 did not play was touring Australia (Test, WSC and World Cup)
1992-93 did not play was touring Zimbabwe and South Africa. England and Zimbabwe were touring India.
1993-94 3  
1994-95 2  
1995-96 2  
1996-97 did not play Australia and South Africa toured India, while India toured S Africa and West Indies.
1997-98 4  
1998-99 did not play Toured New Zealand, Pakistan tour to India and Asian Test Championships
1999-00 5 (played so far this season. The maximum played by him in a season)

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