The North Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1976-77 started with the match between the teams of Jammu & Kashmir and Delhi at Srinagar from 17-18 September, 1976. The Delhi team earned 8 valuable points from the match by defeating its opponents by an innings and 32 runs and also got a very good start in the tournament. The next match of the zone saw a clash between the teams of Services and Jammu & Kashmir and the match was held at Srinagar from 21-23 September, 1976. The Services team showed a very good performance in the match and clinched a victory of 81 runs for earning 9 points from it. The match between the teams of Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir was the next one in the North Zone and the match took place at Jammu from 03-04 October, 1976. The Haryana team defeated the Jammu & Kashmir team by a huge margin of an innings and 76 runs and earned 8 valuable points from the match. The Jammu & Kashmir team appeared in the fourth of the North Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1976-77 also and this time, it played against the Punjab team at Jammu from 08-09 October, 1976. Playing very well in the match, the Punjab team clinched a victory of 208 runs and also earned 8 valuable points from it. The next match of the zone saw a clash between the teams of Haryana and Delhi at Rai from 09-11 October, 1976 and the match saw the Delhi team winning by a margin of an innings and 23 runs. The match also saw the Delhi team earning 8 points from it. The Delhi team then played against the Punjab team in the next match of the zone and the match was held at Delhi from 29-31 October, 1976. The drawn match saw the Delhi team earning 5 points and Punjab earning 3 points from it. The Delhi team appeared in the seventh of the North Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1976-77 as well, and this time, its opponent was the Services team. The match took place at Delhi from 05-07 December, 1976 and it saw the Delhi team winning by 10 wickets for earning 8 valuable points from it. The last of the North Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1976-77 was played between the teams of Punjab and Haryana at Baradari from 24-26 December, 1976. The Haryana team played very well in the match and got a huge win of 105 runs to earn 8 valuable points from the match. |