 The Ranji Trophy | |
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Bombay (14th title) |
| Participants | 21 |
| Most runs | Pankaj Roy (Bengal) (662)[1] |
| Most wickets | Baloo Gupte (Bombay) (38)[2] |
The 1962–63 Ranji Trophy was the 29th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Rajasthan in the final. The tournament was severely impacted by the Chinese Aggression of 1962. Services and Railways pulled out of the tournament after playing one game each. Being so close to the action Assam and Odisha had to pull out of the tournament. When the ceasefire was ordered, the invaders were only a few kilometres away from Tezpur, which was the headquarters of Assam cricket. Bihar played one match and then closed their season as most of their players were employed in firms and factories which were pressed into defence production.
Highlights[edit | edit source]
- 8-ball overs were used for the only time in Ranji Trophy.
- Following India's 0–5 loss to West Indies in the 1961–62 away series, BCCI contracted four West Indian fast bowlers to play in the Ranji Trophy. Thus Charlie Stayers played for Bombay, Roy Gilchrist for Hyderabad, Lester King for Bengal and Chester Watson for Delhi.
- Subhash Gupte took 15 for 104 for Rajasthan v Vidarbha.[3] This was the best bowling in a match in Ranji Trophy till 1985–86.[4]
- Rajinder Goel took 6 for 6 in four overs for Northern Punjab v Southern Punjab.[5]
- Pankaj Roy scored hundreds in both innings for Bengal v Hyderabad in the quarter-final.[6] This match involved fiery bowling by the West Indian fast bowlers Roy Gilchrist and Lester King
- G. S. Ramchand scored a hundred in his third successive Ranji final, a unique feat.
Group stage[edit | edit source]
West Zone[edit | edit source]
East Zone[edit | edit source]
North Zone[edit | edit source]
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South Zone[edit | edit source]
Central Zone[edit | edit source]
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Knockout stage[edit | edit source]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 15 Feb 1963 – Delhi | ||||||||||
| Delhi | 204 & 146 | |||||||||
| Rajasthan | 220 & 133/5 | |||||||||
| 9 Mar 1963 – Jaipur | ||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 196 & 336 | |||||||||
| 22 Feb 1963 – Calcutta | ||||||||||
| Bombay | 551/6d | |||||||||
| Bengal | 386 & 280 | |||||||||
| 2 Mar 1963 – Calcutta | ||||||||||
| Hyderabad | 361 & 121/8 | |||||||||
| Bengal | 322 & 199 | |||||||||
| Bombay | 552 | |||||||||
Final[edit | edit source]
9–13 Mar 1963
Scorecard |
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Rajasthan (H)
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551/6 decl (117 overs)
R. G. Nadkarni 219, Ramakant Desai 107, G. S. Ramchand 102 G. R. Sunderam 3/73 |
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- Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field
Notes[edit | edit source]
Scorecards and averages[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 1962/63 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 1962/63 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ Rajasthan v Vidarbha
- ↑ Most wickets in a match in Ranji Trophy
- ↑ Southern Punjab v Northern Punjab
- ↑ Bengal v Hyderabad, Quarter-final
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