The 1982–83 Ranji Trophy was the 49th season of the

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. Karnataka won the final against Bombay on first innings lead. Bombay scored 534 runs in the final. Karnataka lost their sixth wicket at 293 but were revived by a seventh wicket partnership of 154 between

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and J. Abhiram. They still lost their ninth wicket at 526. Raghuram Bhat and B. Vijayakrishna took the score to 535 when the latter was out. On the final day,

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scored 121* before lunch.Acscricket.com, Century before lunch
/ref> Bombay declared setting Karnataka to score 197 in two sessions. Karnataka instead played out 70 overs to score 179 for 5 and win the title on first innings lead.

Highlights

of Karnataka scored 115 & 45 in the final. In the semifinal against Haryana he took 8 for 22 and scored 54 (highest score of the match). * Hoshedar Contractor, son of former Indian captain

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, made his only first class appearance in the Bombay - Orissa quarter final and scored a zero. * C.S. Suresh Kumar who made his debut for

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scored 146 and 162 in his second and third matches and 110 against

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in the quarter-final.

Group stage

North Zone

West Zone

South Zone

Central Zone

East Zone

Knockout stage

Final

Scorecards and averages

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References

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