1961–62 Ranji Trophy

Indian cricket tournament

Cricket tournament
1961–62 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsBombay (13th title)
Participants23
Most runsHarcharan Singh (Southern Punjab) (495)[1]
Most wicketsP. Sitaram (Delhi) (40)[2]
← 1960–61
1962–63 →

The 1961–62 Ranji Trophy was the 28th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Rajasthan in the final.

Highlights

  • Prakash Bhandari scored a hundred in 60 minutes against Rajasthan in the semifinal which was then the fastest hundred in Ranji trophy.[3]

Group stage

South Zone

Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q
Madras 3 2 0 1 0 0 22 2.170
Mysore 3 1 0 2 0 0 18 1.526
Hyderabad 3 0 1 2 0 0 5 0.619
Kerala 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 0.324

West Zone

Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q
Bombay 4 3 0 1 0 0 33 2.464
Maharashtra 4 3 1 0 0 0 25 0.941
Baroda 4 1 2 1 0 0 13 1.150
Saurashtra 4 1 2 1 0 0 12 0.683
Gujarat 4 0 3 1 0 0 5 0.606

Central Zone

Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q
Rajasthan 3 1 0 2 0 0 16 1.150
Uttar Pradesh 3 0 0 3 0 0 15 0.902
Vidarbha 3 0 1 2 0 0 12 1.059
Madhya Pradesh 3 0 0 3 0 0 11 0.914

East Zone

Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q
Bengal 3 2 0 1 0 0 24 2.908
Assam 3 0 0 3 0 0 13 0.993
Bihar 3 1 1 1 0 0 12 0.773
Orissa 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.452

North Zone

Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q
Delhi 5 4 0 1 0 0 41 1.941
Railways 5 4 1 0 0 0 36 1.842
Services 5 1 1 3 0 0 23 1.080
Southern Punjab 5 1 2 2 0 0 17 1.047
Northern Punjab 5 1 2 2 0 0 17 0.913
Jammu & Kashmir 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0.193

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
26 Jan 1962 – Madras
 
 
Madras182 & 203
 
17 Feb 1962 – Delhi
 
Delhi385 & 136
 
Delhi149 & 267
 
 
Bombay290 & 116/2
 
 
20 Mar 1962 – Bombay
 
 
Bombay539
 
 
Rajasthan157 & 95
 
 
16 Feb 1962 – Udaipur
 
 
Rajasthan392 & 195/5
 
 
Bengal292 & 291/3d
 
 
 
 

Final

20–22 Mar 1962
Scorecard
Bombay (H)
v
539 (140.2 overs)
Ajit Wadekar 235, G. S. Ramchand 100
Raj Singh 4/86
157 (62.4 overs)
Suryaveer Singh 32
Sharad Diwadkar 5/68
95 (34.4 overs, follow on)
Hanumant Singh 48*
G. S. Ramchand 2/16
Bombay won by an innings and 287 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: Sukken Bhattacharya and Narayan Sane
  • Bombay won the toss and elected to bat

Scorecards and averages

  • CricketArchive

References

  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1961/62 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1961/62 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ^ Rajasthan v Bengal, Udaipur, 1961/62
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