 The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get. | |
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
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| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | League and knockout |
| Champions | Karnataka (1st title) |
| Participants | 24 |
| Most runs | Hemant Kanitkar (Maharashtra) (629)[1] |
| Most wickets | B. S. Chandrasekhar (Karnataka) (55)[2] |
The 1973–74 Ranji Trophy was the 40th season of the Ranji Trophy. Karnataka ended Bombay's sequence of 15 consecutive titles by defeating them on first innings in the semifinal. They defeated Rajasthan by 185 runs in the final to win their first Ranji Trophy.
Group stage[edit | edit source]
South Zone[edit | edit source]
North Zone[edit | edit source]
East Zone[edit | edit source]
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West Zone[edit | edit source]
Central Zone[edit | edit source]
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Knockout stage[edit | edit source]
| Pre-Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 01 Mar 1974 — Hyderabad | ||||||||||||||
| Hyderabad | 493 | |||||||||||||
| 22 Feb 1974 — Calcutta | ||||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 254 & 429/9 | |||||||||||||
| Bengal | 143 & 161/3 | |||||||||||||
| 15 Mar 1974 — Hyderabad | ||||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 197 & 199 | |||||||||||||
| Hyderabad | 276 & 155 | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 196 & 247 | |||||||||||||
| 01 Mar 1974 — Delhi | ||||||||||||||
| Railways | 246 & 127/4 | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 255 & 281 | |||||||||||||
| 23 Mar 1974 — Jaipur | ||||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 176 & 127 | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 276 & 212 | |||||||||||||
| 01 Mar 1974 — Bangalore | ||||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 338 & 265 | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 206 & 174 | |||||||||||||
| 15 Mar 1974 — Bangalore | ||||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 385 & 279/8d | |||||||||||||
| 22 Feb 1974 — Jamshedpur | ||||||||||||||
| Bombay | 207 & 84/0 | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | 105 & 334/6d | |||||||||||||
| 01 Mar 1974 — Jamshedpur | ||||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 169 & 171 | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | 302 & 122 | |||||||||||||
| Bombay | 200 & 283 | |||||||||||||
Semi-finals[edit | edit source]
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- Sunil Benjamin (Rajasthan) passed 1,000 runs and Abbas Ali Baig (Hyderabad) passed 12,000 runs in first-class cricket.
- ML Jaisimha (Hyderabad) reached 400 wickets in first-class cricket.
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- Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Brijesh Patel (Karnataka) passed 2,000 runs in first-class cricket.
- Padmakar Shivalkar (Bombay) reached 300 wickets in first-class cricket.
Final[edit | edit source]
Scorecards and averages[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 1973/74 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 1973/74 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 13 December 2014.