1971–72 Ranji Trophy

1971–72 Ranji Trophy
	The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Bombay (23rd title)
Participants	22
Most runs	Chetan Chauhan (Maharashtra) (540)
Most wickets	Padmakar Shivalkar (Bombay) (41)
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

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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	Pts	Q
Bengal	3	2	0	1	21	1.668
Bihar	3	2	0	1	20	1.905
Orissa	3	0	2	1	5	0.732
Assam	3	0	2	1	3	0.377

South Zone

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

North Zone

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

Central Zone

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

West Zone

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

Knockout stage

Pre-Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

17 Mar 1972 – Bombay

Bombay

504

10 Mar 1972 – Jamshedpur

Bihar

171 & 320

Bihar (T)

379

31 Mar 1972 – Bombay

Railways

338/4

Bombay

257 & 316/8

Mysore

90 & 111

17 Mar 1972 – Bangalore

Mysore

223 & 328

Rajasthan

114 & 123

21 Apr 1972 – Bombay

Bombay

377 & 254

Bengal

279 & 106

18 Mar 1972 – Calcutta

Bengal

328 & 34/2

Maharashtra

136 & 225

7 Apr 1972 – Calcutta

Bengal

290 & 98/1

18 Mar 1972 – Jullender

Hyderabad

183 & 201/6d

Punjab

437/4d

31 Mar 1972 – Jullender

Madhya Pradesh

141 & 224/6

Punjab

161 & 256

Hyderabad

476

(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 the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

CricketArchive

References

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

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[1] "Ranji Trophy, 1971/72 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.

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