1972–73 Ranji Trophy
Cricket tournament
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The 1972–73 Ranji Trophy was the 39th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won their 15th title in a row defeating Tamil Nadu in the final.
AdministratorBCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsBombay (24th title)
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get. | |
| Administrator | BCCI |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | League and knockout |
| Champions | Bombay (24th title) |
| Participants | 24 |
| Most runs | Chetan Chauhan (Maharashtra) (873)[1] |
| Most wickets | S. Venkataraghavan (Tamil Nadu) (58)[2] |
Highlights
- Bombay won their 15th successive Ranji Trophy. This is a record for the national championships in the Test countries. Bombay lost the 1973–74 semifinal to Karnataka on first innings lead.
- 27 wickets fell on the second day of the Bombay – Tamil Nadu final at Chepauk. The match ended on the first ball of the third day
- Ajit Wadekar captained Bombay to the title for the fourth time. He had already captained in the 1968–69, 1969–70 and 1971–72 finals. As of 2017, C. K. Nayudu of Holkar is the only other captain to win four Ranji titles.[3]
Group stage
South Zone
North Zone
East Zone
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West Zone
Central Zone
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Knockout stage
| Pre-Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 3 Mar 1973 – Poona | ||||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 560/2d | |||||||||||||
| 23 Mar 1973 – Poona | ||||||||||||||
| Vidarbha | 250 & 193 | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 547/9d & 8/1 | |||||||||||||
| Bengal | 254 & 297 | |||||||||||||
| 6 Apr 1973 – Poona | ||||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 227 & 96 | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 160 & 187 | |||||||||||||
| 16 Mar 1973 – Madras | ||||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 206 & 124 | |||||||||||||
| Railways | 132 & 88 | |||||||||||||
| 18 Apr 1973 – Madras | ||||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 80 & 61 | |||||||||||||
| 3 Mar 1973 – Jamshedpur | ||||||||||||||
| Bombay | 151 & 113 | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | 131 & 149/5 | |||||||||||||
| 24 Mar 1973 – Indore | ||||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 168 | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 214 & 186 | |||||||||||||
| Bombay | 368 & 36/1 | |||||||||||||
| 8 Apr 1973 – Bombay | ||||||||||||||
| Bombay | 471 & 100/2 | |||||||||||||
| Hyderabad | 339 & 231/7d | |||||||||||||
| 23 Mar 1973 – Hyderabad | ||||||||||||||
| Hyderabad | 253 & 273 | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 136 & 194 | |||||||||||||
