1972–73 Ranji Trophy

1972-73 Ranji Trophy
Ranji trophy.jpg
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsBombay
Participants24
Most runsChetan Chauhan (Maharashtra) (873)[1]
Most wicketsS. Venkataraghavan (Tamil Nadu) (58)[2]

The 1972–73 Ranji Trophy was the 39th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won their 15th title in a row defeating Tamil Nadu in the final.

Highlights

  • Bombay won their 15th successive Ranji Trophy. This is a record for the national championships in the Test countries. Bombay lost the 1973-74 semifinal to Karnataka on first innings lead.
  • 27 wickets fell on the second day of the Bombay - Tamil Nadu final at Chepauk. The match ended on the first ball of the third day
  • Ajit Wadekar captained Bombay to the title for the fourth time. He had already captained in the 1968-69, 1969-70 and 1971-72 finals. As of 2017, C. K. Nayudu of Holkar is the only other captain to win four Ranji titles. [3]

Final

18–21 April 1973
Scorecard
v
151 (71.5 overs)
Ashok Mankad 38
V. V. Kumar 5/48, S. Venkataraghavan 5/60
80 (45.5 overs)
Abdul Jabbar 29
Padmakar Shivalkar 8/16
113 (49.3 overs)
Sudhir Naik 28*, Ajit Naik 28
B. Kalyanasundaram 4/8
61 (33.1 overs)
Abdul Jabbar 28
Padmakar Shivalkar 5/18, Eknath Solkar 5/23
  • Bombay won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

References

  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1972/73 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1972/73 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ^ Indian Cricket 2004

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