1967–68 Ranji Trophy
Indian cricket tournament
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The 1967–68 Ranji Trophy was the 34th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won their tenth title in a row defeating Madras in the final.
AdministratorBCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsBombay (19th title)
The Ranji Trophy | |
| Administrator | BCCI |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format(s) | League and knockout |
| Champions | Bombay (19th title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Most runs | K. R. Rajagopal (Madras) (729)[1] |
| Most wickets | S. Venkataraghavan (Madras) (46)[2] |
Highlights
- Madras won all their six matches going in to the final. Bombay won outright only one of their six matches in the tournament
- Gundappa Viswanath made his debut in first class cricket on 11 November scoring 230 for Mysore against Andhra.
- Vikram Thambuswamy took 8 wickets for 37 runs in an innings for Madras v Andhra. But it would be his only first class match
- In all their matches, Madhya Pradesh's middle order was constituted by Vijay Nayudu, Ashok Jagdale and Gulrez Ali who were respectively the grandson of C. K. Nayudu, and the sons of Madhavsinh Jagdale and Mushtaq Ali.
Group stage
South Zone
Central Zone
East Zone
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West Zone
North Zone
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Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 Feb 1968 – Calcutta | ||||||||||
| Bengal | 186 & 287 | |||||||||
| Bombay | 436/9d & 4/1 | |||||||||
| 16 Feb 1968 – Bombay | ||||||||||
| Bombay | 312 & 225/5 | |||||||||
| 19 Jan 1968 – Madras | ||||||||||
| Madras | 258 & 302 | |||||||||
| Madras | 348 & 357/9d | |||||||||
| 2 Feb 1968 – Madras | ||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 259 & 167 | |||||||||
| Madras | 286 & 76/3 | |||||||||
| Services | 213 & 145 | |||||||||
