1972–73 Ranji Trophy

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.

1972–73 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsBombay (24th title)
Participants24
Most runsChetan Chauhan (Maharashtra) (873)[1]
Most wicketsS. 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

Knockout stage
 
Pre-Quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
 
              
 
3 Mar 1973 – Poona
 
 
Maharashtra560/2d
 
23 Mar 1973 – Poona
 
Vidarbha250 & 193
 
Maharashtra547/9d & 8/1
 
 
Bengal254 & 297
 
 
6 Apr 1973 – Poona
 
 
Maharashtra227 & 96
 
 
Tamil Nadu160 & 187
 
 
16 Mar 1973 – Madras
 
 
Tamil Nadu206 & 124
 
 
Railways132 & 88
 
 
18 Apr 1973 – Madras
 
 
Tamil Nadu80 & 61
 
3 Mar 1973 – Jamshedpur
 
Bombay151 & 113
 
Bihar131 & 149/5
 
24 Mar 1973 – Indore
 
Madhya Pradesh168
 
Madhya Pradesh214 & 186
 
 
Bombay368 & 36/1
 
 
8 Apr 1973 – Bombay
 
 
Bombay471 & 100/2
 
 
Hyderabad339 & 231/7d
 
 
23 Mar 1973 – Hyderabad
 
 
Hyderabad253 & 273
 
 
Delhi136 & 194
 
 
 
 

Final
18–21 April 1973
Scorecard
v
151 (71.5 overs)
Ashok Mankad 38
V. V. Kumar 5/48, S. Venkataraghavan 5/60
80 (45.5 overs)
Abdul Jabbar 29
Padmakar Shivalkar 8/16
113 (49.3 overs)
Sudhir Naik 28*, Ajit Naik 28
B. Kalyanasundaram 4/8
61 (33.1 overs)
Abdul Jabbar 28
Padmakar Shivalkar 5/18, Eknath Solkar 5/23
  • Bombay won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

References
  1. "Ranji Trophy, 1972/73 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. "Ranji Trophy, 1972/73 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. Indian Cricket 2004
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