1957–58 Ranji Trophy
Indian cricket tournament
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The 1957–58 Ranji Trophy was the 24th season of the Ranji Trophy. Baroda won the title defeating Services in the final. Vidarbha made their debut in the competition.[3]
The Ranji Trophy | |
| Administrator | BCCI |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format | Knockout |
| Champions | Baroda (4th title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Most runs | Polly Umrigar (Bombay) (594)[1] |
| Most wickets | Ghulam Ahmed (Hyderabad) and V.V. Kumar (Madras) (28)[2] |
Highlights
- The Zonal matches were played in a round-robin format, for the first time in Ranji Trophy history.
- Bombay conceded its last match in the West Zone match against Baroda when it became certain that Baroda would qualify from the West Zone.[4] It would be twenty years, 124 matches and 18 Ranji titles before Bombay lost another match outright, against Gujarat in 1977–78.[5]
- Prakash Bhandari hit 227 and took 4/34 and 5/47 for Delhi against Patiala[6]
Group stage
South Zone
Central Zone
North Zone
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West Zone
East Zone
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Points System
- Win : 8 points
- Draw (with First Innings Lead) : 5 points
- Draw (without First Innings Lead) : 3 points
- Lost : 0 points
- Bonus : 1 point
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 7 Feb 1958 – Udaipur | ||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 256 & 127/2 | |||||||||
| Baroda | 424 | |||||||||
| 13 Mar 1958 – Baroda | ||||||||||
| Baroda | 495 | |||||||||
| Services | 239 & 205 | |||||||||
| 28 Feb 1958 – Delhi | ||||||||||
| Services | 370/2 | |||||||||
| 21 Feb 1958 – Hyderabad | ||||||||||
| Bengal | 360 | |||||||||
| Hyderabad | 122 & 188 | |||||||||
| Bengal | 310 & 4/0 | |||||||||
Final
13–16 March 1958 Scorecard |
Baroda (H) |
v |
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239 (113.1 overs) Mohinder Singh 73 Jyotirvadan Vin 4/32 (21.1 overs) | ||
- Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
- Vijay Hazare (Baroda) passed 6,000 runs in first-class matches.[7]
