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1952–53 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Holkar (4th title)
Participants	20
Most runs	Bhausaheb Nimbalkar (Holkar) (474)
Most wickets	Montu Banerjee (Bengal) (26)
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

The 1952–53 Ranji Trophy was the 19th season of the Ranji Trophy. Holkar won the title defeating Bengal in the final.

Highlights

Kerala, as Travancore-Cochin, made its first appearance

Zonal Matches

South Zone

Round 1		Round 2

8 Nov 1952 – Trivandrum

Travancore-Cochin	86 & 86
		27 Dec 1952 – Bangalore
Mysore	220
		Mysore	299 & 211/1
5 Dec 1952 – Madras
		Madras	291 & 218
Madras (T)	161

Hyderabad	80/1

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

North Zone

Round 1		Round 2

15 Nov 1952 – Jullundur

Eastern Punjab	274 & 293/8d
		25 Dec 1952 – New Delhi
Delhi	393 & 177/3
		Delhi	94 & 453/7

		Services	567

West Zone

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3




		14 Feb 1953 – Rajkot

		Saurashtra	91 & 93
21 Nov 1952 – Baroda
		Gujarat	273
Baroda	246 & 277/3
				28 Feb 1953 – Ahmedbad
Gujarat	364 & 451/4d
				Gujarat	202 & 234

				Maharashtra	260 & 178/2

		18 Dec 1952 – Sholapur

		Maharashtra	167 & 271

		Bombay	112 & 307

East Zone

Round 1		Round 2

6 Dec 1952 – Cuttack

Orissa	303
		17 Jan 1953 – Cuttack
Assam	74 & 90
		Orissa	126 & 258
3 Jan 1953 – Calcutta
		Bengal	301 & 85/3
Bengal	323 & 354/5d

Bihar	235 & 140/7

Central Zone

Round 1		Round 2

6 Dec 1952 – Ratlam

Holkar	285 & 11/0
		17 Jan 1953 – Indore
Rajputana	148 & 143
		Holkar	464
19 Dec 1952 – Nagpur
		Uttar Pradesh	85 & 53
Madhya Pradesh	350 & 167

Uttar Pradesh	274 & 285

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

13 Feb 1953 – Calcutta

Bengal	191 & 356
		26 Feb 1953 – Calcutta
Services	107 & 183
		Bengal	358 & 110

		Mysore	198 & 166

				20 Mar 1953 – Calcutta

				Bengal	479 & 320/5d

				Holkar	496 & 177/9

		12 Mar 1953 – Indore

		Holkar	469 & 235/3

		Maharashtra	331 & 369

Final

20–24 March 1953
Scorecard

Bengal (H)	v	Holkar
479 (198.4 overs) P. B. Datta 141 Hiralal Gaekwad 4/128		496 (171.1 overs) B. B. Nimbalkar 219 S. K. Shome 4/195
320 for 5 decl (44.5 overs) Benjamin Frank 62 Arjun Naidu 2/73		177/9 (105 overs) Mushtaq Ali 46 S. K. Girdhari 3/17

Holkar won on first innings lead
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: Santosh Ganguli and M. G. Vijayasarathi

Bengal won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

References

"Ranji Trophy, 1952/53 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
"Ranji Trophy, 1952/53 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.

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Current teams	Andhra Arunachal Pradesh Assam Baroda Bengal Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Mumbai Nagaland Odisha Pondicherry Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra Services Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Vidarbha
Former teams	Army Central Provinces and Berar Eastern Punjab Nawanagar Northern India Northern Punjab North West Frontier Province Patiala Sind Southern Punjab Travancore-Cochin Western India
Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks

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