1971–72 Ranji Trophy

1971–72 Ranji Trophy
Tournament logo
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsBombay (23rd title)
Participants22
Most runsChetan Chauhan (Maharashtra) (540)[1]
Most wicketsPadmakar Shivalkar (Bombay) (41)[2]

The 1971–72 Ranji Trophy was the 38th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won their 14th title in a row defeating Bengal in the final.

Highlights

  • Bengal was captained in the final by former Indian football captain Chuni Goswami.

Group stage

Knockout stage

 
Pre-Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
17 Mar 1972 – Bombay
 
 
Bombay504
 
10 Mar 1972 – Jamshedpur
 
Bihar171 & 320
 
Bihar (T)379
 
31 Mar 1972 – Bombay
 
Railways338/4
 
Bombay257 & 316/8
 
 
Mysore90 & 111
 
 
17 Mar 1972 – Bangalore
 
 
Mysore223 & 328
 
 
Rajasthan114 & 123
 
 
21 Apr 1972 – Bombay
 
 
Bombay377 & 254
 
 
Bengal279 & 106
 
 
18 Mar 1972 – Calcutta
 
 
Bengal328 & 34/2
 
 
Maharashtra136 & 225
 
 
7 Apr 1972 – Calcutta
 
 
Bengal290 & 98/1
 
18 Mar 1972 – Jullender
 
Hyderabad183 & 201/6d
 
Punjab437/4d
 
31 Mar 1972 – Jullender
 
Madhya Pradesh141 & 224/6
 
Punjab161 & 256
 
 
Hyderabad476
 
 
 
 

(T) – Advanced to next round by spin of coin.

Final

21–26 April 1972
Scorecard
Bombay (H)
v
377 (135.2 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 157
Subroto Guha 3/77
279 (119.2 overs)
Ashok Gandotra 92
Padmakar Shivalkar 3/75
254 (83.5 overs)
Ashok Mankad 98
Dilip Doshi 3/73
106 (38.4 overs)
Kalyan Chowdhury 20
Padmakar Shivalkar 6/43
Bombay won by 246 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: B. Satyaji Rao and M. V. Nagendra
  • Bombay won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

References

  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1971/72 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1971/72 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.


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