Cricket Championship Season
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
South Zone
North Zone
East Zone
Team
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Pld
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W
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L
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D
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T
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NR
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Pts
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Q
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Bengal
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3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
2.535
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Bihar
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3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
1.540
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Orissa
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3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0.660
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Assam
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3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.453
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West Zone
Central Zone
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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v
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155 (67.3 overs) Mumtaz Hussain 32Gajendra Singh Shaktawat 6/34 (20.3 overs)
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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.
- 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
- Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.
Scorecards and averages
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