Vidarbha beat Kerala by 412 runs at Surat in its Ranji Trophy match to  provide  the 16^th occasion of a team winning a Ranji Trophy match by 400 plus runs margin, says the Domestic Statistics Champion Sri C Keshavamurthy. All such occasions are listed  below  in chronological order.

No	Team	Opposition	Venue	Margin	Season
1	Delhi	Gwalior	Gwalior	419 runs	1943/44
2	Maharashtra	Nawanagar	Poona	489 runs	1944/45
3	Hyderabad	Karnataka	Secunderabad	417 runs	1946/47
4	Karnataka	Hyderabad	Bangalore	422 runs	1951/52
5	Mumbai	Holkar	Bombay	531 runs	1951/52
6	Bengal	Orissa	Cuttack	540 runs	1953/54
7	Delhi	Patiala	Delhi	423 runs	1955/56
8	Mumbai	Bengal	Bombay	420 runs	1958/59
9	Delhi	Baroda	Delhi	441 runs	1983/84
10	Rajasthan	Assam	Udaipur	482 runs	1994/95
11	Hyderabad	Delhi	Secunderabad	438 runs	1998/99
12	Orissa	J & K	Cuttack	420 runs	2000/01
13	Orissa	Assam	Balasore	429 runs	2001/02
14	Karnataka	Vidarbha	Nagpur	465 runs	2002/03
15	Him Pradesh	J & K	Dharmasala	480 runs	2008/09
16	Vidarbha	Kerala	Surat	412 runs	2017/18

The  same list  is rearranged in the descending order of margin. Is is interesting to note  that two teams have  won by 500 plus runs margin.

No	Team	Opposition	Venue	Margin	Season
1	Bengal	Orissa	Cuttack	540 runs	1953/54
2	Mumbai	Holkar	Bombay	531 runs	1951/52
3	Maharashtra	Nawanagar	Poona	489 runs	1944/45
4	Rajasthan	Assam	Udaipur	482 runs	1994/95
5	Him Pradesh	J & K	Dharmasala	480 runs	2008/09
6	Karnataka	Vidarbha	Nagpur	465 runs	2002/03
7	Delhi	Baroda	Delhi	441 runs	1983/84
8	Hyderabad	Delhi	Secunderabad	438 runs	1998/99
9	Orissa	Assam	Balasore	429 runs	2001/02
10	Delhi	Patiala	Delhi	423 runs	1955/56
11	Karnataka	Hyderabad	Bangalore	422 runs	1951/52
12	Mumbai	Bengal	Bombay	420 runs	1958/59
13	Orissa	J & K	Cuttack	420 runs	2000/01
14	Delhi	Gwalior	Gwalior	419 runs	1943/44
15	Hyderabad	Karnataka	Secunderabad	417 runs	1946/47
16	Vidarbha	Kerala	Surat	412 runs	2017/18

Delhi is the only team  to win by 400 plus runs margin on three occasions, while Orissa, Mumbai, Karnataka and Hyderabad are the  four team to register such wins on two occasions.

No	Team	Opposition	Venue	Margin	Season
1	Delhi	Gwalior	Gwalior	419 runs	1943/44
2	Delhi	Patiala	Delhi	423 runs	1955/56
3	Delhi	Baroda	Delhi	441 runs	1983/84
1	Orissa	J & K	Cuttack	420 runs	2000/01
2	Orissa	Assam	Balasore	429 runs	2001/02
1	Mumbai	Holkar	Bombay	531 runs	1951/52
2	Mumbai	Bengal	Bombay	420 runs	1958/59
1	Karnataka	Hyderabad	Bangalore	422 runs	1951/52
2	Karnataka	Vidarbha	Nagpur	465 runs	2002/03
1	Hyderabad	Karnataka	Secunderabad	417 runs	1946/47
2	Hyderabad	Delhi	Secunderabad	438 runs	1998/99

It is interesting to note that Karnataka and Hyderabad are the only two teams to have won by 400 plus runs margin as opponents.  Hyderabad had posted a 422 runs win against the then Mysore, now Karntaka at Secunderabad in 1941-42 season.  Mysore/Karnataka had a sweet revenge when it posted a 422 runs win against Hyderabad in 1951-52 season at Bangalore.

No	Team	Opposition	Venue	Margin	Season
1	Hyderabad	Karnataka	Secunderabad	417 runs	1946/47
2	Karnataka	Hyderabad	Bangalore	422 runs	1951/52

The following are the occasions when teams have posted 400 plus runs margin wins in the knock out stages of the championship.

No	Team	Opposition	Venue	Margin	Season	Stage
1	Orissa	J & K	Cuttack	420 runs	2000/01	Pre Quarter Final
2	Rajasthan	Assam	Udaipur	482 runs	1994/95	Pre Quarter Final
1	Hyderabad	Delhi	Secunderabad	438 runs	1998/99	Quarter Final
2	Vidarbha	Kerala	Surat	412 runs	2017/18	Quarter Final
1	Delhi	Baroda	Delhi	441 runs	1983/84	Semi Final
2	Karnataka	Vidarbha	Nagpur	465 runs	2002/03	Semi Final
1	Mumbai	Holkar	Bombay	531 runs	1951/52	Final
2	Mumbai	Bengal	Bombay	420 runs	1958/59	Final