1952–53 Ranji Trophy
Indian cricket tournament
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The 1952–53 Ranji Trophy was the 19th season of the Ranji Trophy. Holkar won the title defeating Bengal in the final.
The Ranji Trophy | |
| Administrator | BCCI |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format | Knockout |
| Champions | Holkar (4th title) |
| Participants | 20 |
| Most runs | Bhausaheb Nimbalkar (Holkar) (474)[1] |
| Most wickets | Montu Banerjee (Bengal) (26)[2] |
Highlights
- Kerala, as Travancore-Cochin, made its first appearance
Zonal Matches
South Zone
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 8 Nov 1952 – Trivandrum | ||||||
| Travancore-Cochin | 86 & 86 | |||||
| 27 Dec 1952 – Bangalore | ||||||
| Mysore | 220 | |||||
| Mysore | 299 & 211/1 | |||||
| 5 Dec 1952 – Madras | ||||||
| Madras | 291 & 218 | |||||
| Madras (T) | 161 | |||||
| Hyderabad | 80/1 | |||||
(T) – Advanced to next round by spin of coin.
North Zone
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 15 Nov 1952 – Jullundur | ||||||
| Eastern Punjab | 274 & 293/8d | |||||
| 25 Dec 1952 – New Delhi | ||||||
| Delhi | 393 & 177/3 | |||||
| Delhi | 94 & 453/7 | |||||
| Services | 567 | |||||
West Zone
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
| 14 Feb 1953 – Rajkot | ||||||||||
| Saurashtra | 91 & 93 | |||||||||
| 21 Nov 1952 – Baroda | ||||||||||
| Gujarat | 273 | |||||||||
| Baroda | 246 & 277/3 | |||||||||
| 28 Feb 1953 – Ahmedbad | ||||||||||
| Gujarat | 364 & 451/4d | |||||||||
| Gujarat | 202 & 234 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 260 & 178/2 | |||||||||
| 18 Dec 1952 – Sholapur | ||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 167 & 271 | |||||||||
| Bombay | 112 & 307 | |||||||||
East Zone
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 6 Dec 1952 – Cuttack | ||||||
| Orissa | 303 | |||||
| 17 Jan 1953 – Cuttack | ||||||
| Assam | 74 & 90 | |||||
| Orissa | 126 & 258 | |||||
| 3 Jan 1953 – Calcutta | ||||||
| Bengal | 301 & 85/3 | |||||
| Bengal | 323 & 354/5d | |||||
| Bihar | 235 & 140/7 | |||||
Central Zone
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 6 Dec 1952 – Ratlam | ||||||
| Holkar | 285 & 11/0 | |||||
| 17 Jan 1953 – Indore | ||||||
| Rajputana | 148 & 143 | |||||
| Holkar | 464 | |||||
| 19 Dec 1952 – Nagpur | ||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 85 & 53 | |||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 350 & 167 | |||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 274 & 285 | |||||
Inter-Zonal Knockout matches
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 13 Feb 1953 – Calcutta | ||||||||||
| Bengal | 191 & 356 | |||||||||
| 26 Feb 1953 – Calcutta | ||||||||||
| Services | 107 & 183 | |||||||||
| Bengal | 358 & 110 | |||||||||
| Mysore | 198 & 166 | |||||||||
| 20 Mar 1953 – Calcutta | ||||||||||
| Bengal | 479 & 320/5d | |||||||||
| Holkar | 496 & 177/9 | |||||||||
| 12 Mar 1953 – Indore | ||||||||||
| Holkar | 469 & 235/3 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 331 & 369 | |||||||||
