1971–72 Ranji Trophy

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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)^[1]
Most wickets	Padmakar Shivalkar (Bombay) (41)^[2]
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

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	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 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

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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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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