1970–71 Ranji Trophy

The 1970–71 Ranji Trophy was the 37th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won their 13th title in a row defeating Maharashtra in the final.

1970-71 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsBombay (22nd title)
Participants24
Most runsHemant Kanitkar (Maharashtra) (687)[1]
Most wicketsB. S. Chandrasekhar (Mysore) (46)[2]

A proposal to promote two teams from the zonal leagues to the knockout stage was made Maharashtra in the working committee meeting of BCCI at Shillong on 16 August 1970.[3] Bombay had won Ranji Trophy in the previous twelve seasons and Maharashtra repeatedly found their qualification from the West Zone blocked. Ironically, Maharashtra won the West Zone in the 1970–71 and Bombay finished second in the zone for the first time since 1958–59. But the new rules enabled Bombay to qualify for the knockout matches as the second team and they eventually beat Maharashtra in the final.

Highlights
  • From this season, two teams qualified from each zone to the knockout rounds.
  • For the first time in 13 seasons, Bombay finished second in the West Zone, but thanks to new rule, qualified to the quarterfinals behind Maharashtra. They then won their 13th title in a row beating Maharashtra in the final.

Group stage

Knockout stage
 
Pre-Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
26 Feb 1971 – Calcutta
 
 
Bengal330 & 255/7d
 
 
Vidarbha187 & 157/4
 
 
19 Mar 1971 – Calcutta
 
 
Bengal158 & 275/9
 
 
Bombay459
 
 
28 Feb 1971 – Bombay
 
 
Bombay301 & 82/0
 
13 Feb 1971 – Delhi
 
Delhi185 & 197
 
Delhi366 & 235
 
2 Apr 1971 – Bombay
 
Hyderabad210 & 269
 
Bombay287 & 196
 
 
Maharashtra230 & 205
 
 
28 Feb 1971 – Poona
 
 
Maharashtra624/5d
 
 
Rajasthan604
 
 
19 Mar 1971 – Poona
 
 
Maharashtra210 & 315/8
 
 
Mysore239 & 246
 
 
28 Feb 1971 – Bangalore
 
 
Mysore195 & 210/8
 
18 Feb 1971 – Jamshedpur
 
Bihar196 & 205
 
Bihar406/9d & 165/3d
 
 
Punjab404 & 54/1
 

Semi-finals
19–22 March 1971
1st Semi-final
Scorecard
v
Bengal (H)
459 (184 overs)
Mahesh Sampat 141
Dilip Doshi 3/72 (45 overs)
158 (98.3 overs)
Prakash Poddar 47
Padmakar Shivalkar 5/36 (29 overs)
275/9 (111 overs)
SS Mitra 130*
Padmakar Shivalkar 5/69 (38 overs)
Match drawn
Calcutta
19–22 March 1971
2nd Semi-final
Scorecard
v
210 (69.1 overs)
Nicholas Saldanha 45
BS Chandrasekhar 4/66 (26 overs)
239 (98 overs)
B Raghunath 87
VN Joshi 3/56 (31 overs)
315/8d (81.4 overs)
Chetan Chauhan 147
BS Chandrasekhar 5/110 (30 overs)
246 (110.5 overs)
Brijesh Patel 77
VN Joshi 7/80 (46.5 overs)
Maharashtra won by 40 runs
Pune

Final
2–7 April 1971
Final
Scorecard
Bombay (H)
v
287 (110 overs)
Ramnath Parkar 108
Nicholas Saldanha 6/66 (26 overs)
230 (92.3 overs)
Nicholas Saldanha 50
Abdul Ismail 4/41 (19 overs)
196 (107.3 overs)
Mahesh Sampat 60
Vithal Joshi 5/62 (27.1 overs)
205 (83.4 overs)
Chandu Borde 51
Padmakar Shivalkar 6/56 (29.4 overs)
Bombay won by 48 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: M. V. Nagendra and B. Satyaji Rao
  • Bombay won the toss and elected to bat.

Scorecards and average

References
  1. "Ranji Trophy, 1970/71 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. "Ranji Trophy, 1970/71 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. Cricket board to discuss changes in Ranji Trophy rules, Indian Express, August 15, 1970
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