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Tamil Nadu win the Ranji Trophy for the second time

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Beating Railways by an innings in the final, Tamil Nadu won the Ranji Trophy for the second time, 33 years after its first title.

In the final of the 1987-88 Ranji Trophy, the competition's 54th season, played from 25 to 30 March 1988, Tamil Nadu beat Railways by an innings to take the title. Tamil Nadu's M. Venkataramana topped the season's bowling with 35 wickets. The only earlier title for the state had come when Madras won in 1954-55. The following season, 1988-89, Tamil Nadu also captured the Irani Trophy.

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