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Cricket tournament
1971–72 Ranji Trophy
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)
Most wicketsPadmakar Shivalkar (Bombay) (41)
← 1970–711972–73 →

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

East Zone

Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q
Bengal 3 2 0 1 0 0 21 1.668
Bihar 3 2 0 1 0 0 20 1.905
Orissa 3 0 2 1 0 0 5 0.732
Assam 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.377

South Zone

Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q
Hyderabad 4 3 0 1 0 0 30 1.662
Mysore 4 2 0 2 0 0 24 1.478
Tamil Nadu 4 2 1 1 0 0 22 1.850
Kerala 4 1 3 0 0 0 8 0.469
Andhra 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.485

North Zone

Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q
Punjab 3 0 0 3 0 0 16 1.075
Railways 3 1 0 2 0 0 15 1.898
Delhi 3 1 0 2 0 0 15 1.414
Haryana 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.343

Central Zone

Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q
Madhya Pradesh 3 2 0 1 0 0 19 1.297
Rajasthan 3 2 1 1 0 0 16 1.169
Uttar Pradesh 3 0 1 1 0 0 10 0.936
Vidarbha 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.669

West Zone

Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q
Bombay 4 3 0 1 0 0 31 2.577
Maharashtra 4 2 0 2 0 0 24 1.882
Baroda 4 1 2 1 0 0 11 0.811
Gujarat 4 0 2 2 0 0 8 0.555
Saurashtra 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 0.513

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 Bengal
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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