1963–64 Ranji Trophy

The 1963–64 Ranji Trophy was the 30th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Rajasthan in the final. This was the fourth consecutive final between the two teams, all of which were won by Bombay

1963–64 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy
Administrator	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Bombay (15th title)
Participants	24
Most runs	Vijay Mehra (Delhi) (601)[1]
Most wickets	Vijay Sondhi (Delhi) (32)[2]
← 1962–63 1964–65 →

Highlights

• On a rain affected wicket in Bangalore against Mysore, Kerala got all out for 27 in two hours. Kerala lost the first four wickets for zero runs and first nine for 12. TK Madhavan batting at No.11 top scored with 11 and the last wicket more than doubled the score.
• Delhi and Jammu Kashmir played the second shortest match in Ranji trophy. Jammu & Kashmir finished the first day on 37 for 9 in the second innings, and were all out for 38 early on the second day to lose by an innings.
• Jammu and Kashmir failed to reach 100 in the eight innings in their last four matches.
• Joginder Rao of Services took a hat-trick on his debut against Jammu and Kashmir.^[3]
• In his second match, against Northern Punjab, Rao took two hat-tricks in the same innings. Three hat-tricks in two matches is a unique feat. Albert Trott is the only other bowler to take two hat-tricks in the same innings.^[3]

Group stage

South Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Mysore 4 3 0 1 0 0 31 2.984 Madras 4 2 0 2 0 0 23 1.529 Hyderabad 4 2 1 1 0 0 20 1.251 Kerala 4 1 3 0 0 0 8 0.468 Andhra 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.481 North Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Delhi 5 4 0 1 0 0 49 2.236 Services 5 3 0 2 0 0 33 1.782 Railways 5 2 1 2 0 0 25 2.108 Northern Punjab 5 2 3 0 0 0 17 0.835 Southern Punjab 5 1 3 1 0 0 13 0.657 Jammu & Kashmir 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0.175 East Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bengal 3 1 0 2 0 0 19 2.139 Bihar 3 1 0 2 0 0 15 1.210 Orissa 3 0 1 2 0 0 10 0.625 Assam 3 0 1 2 0 0 6 0.654

West Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bombay 4 2 0 2 0 0 27 2.160 Maharashtra 4 1 0 3 0 0 21 1.852 Baroda 4 1 1 2 0 0 16 0.713 Gujarat 4 0 1 3 0 0 11 0.720 Saurashtra 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 0.526 Central Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Rajasthan 3 2 0 1 0 0 22 2.264 Vidarbha 3 1 1 1 0 0 11 0.497 Madhya Pradesh 3 1 2 0 0 0 9 0.925 Uttar Pradesh 3 1 2 0 0 0 8 0.998

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					6 Mar 1964 – Bangalore
					Mysore	155 & 256
					Bombay	299 & 113/3
									20 Mar 1964 – Bombay
									Bombay	526 & 21/1
									Rajasthan	108 & 438
					13 Mar 1964 – Jaipur
					Rajasthan	231 & 236/5
	6 Mar 1964 – Delhi
					Delhi	126 & 330
	Delhi	524 & 174
	Bengal	308 & 149/4

Final

20–24 Mar 1964 Scorecard

Bombay (H)	v	Rajasthan
526 (150 overs) Sharad Diwadkar 177 G. R. Sunderam 4/71		108 (57 overs) Salim Durani 30 Ramakant Desai 3/18
21/1 (4.3 overs) Ashok Mankad 18* G. R. Sunderam 1/7		438 (163.5 overs, follow on) Hanumant Singh 128, Salim Durani 118, Vijay Manjrekar 105 Arun Varde 3/69

Bombay won by 9 wickets Brabourne Stadium, Bombay Umpires: Santosh Ganguli and B. Satyaji Rao

• Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field

Scorecards and averages

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