1966–67 Ranji Trophy

The 1966–67 Ranji Trophy was the 33rd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Rajasthan in the final. This was the sixth final in seven years between the teams all of which were won by Bombay.

1966–67 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Bombay (18th title)
Participants	24
Most runs	Hanumant Singh (Rajasthan) (869)[1]
Most wickets	B. S. Chandrasekhar (Mysore) (35)[2]
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

Group stage

South Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Mysore 4 4 0 0 0 0 34 2.176 Madras 4 2 1 1 0 0 23 1.254 Kerala 4 1 1 2 0 0 16 0.805 Andhra 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 0.412 Hyderabad 4 0 3 1 0 0 5 0.997 North Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Railways 5 3 0 2 0 0 36 1.831 Services 5 3 0 2 0 0 36 1.748 Delhi 5 1 0 4 0 0 26 1.066 Southern Punjab 5 1 2 2 0 0 12 0.977 Northern Punjab 5 0 2 3 0 0 3 0.658 Jammu & Kashmir 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0.275 East Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bengal 3 2 0 1 0 0 19 1.501 Bihar 3 2 0 1 0 0 14 0.845 Assam 3 1 2 0 0 0 11 0.953 Orissa 3 0 3 0 0 0 5 0.843

West Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bombay 4 3 0 1 0 0 30 2.527 Maharashtra 4 1 1 2 0 0 19 1.261 Gujarat 4 2 2 0 0 0 16 0.885 Baroda 4 1 1 2 0 0 14 0.664 Saurashtra 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0.567 Central Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Rajasthan 3 1 0 2 0 0 19 1.501 Vidarbha 3 1 0 2 0 0 14 0.845 Madhya Pradesh 3 1 1 1 0 0 11 0.953 Uttar Pradesh 3 0 2 1 0 0 5 0.843

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					24 Feb 1967 – Bombay
					Bombay	602/7d
					Mysore	341 & 256
									23 Mar 1967 – Bombay
									Bombay	586/7d & 52/2
	24 Feb 1967 – Calcutta
									Rajasthan	284 & 445/7d
	Bengal	202 & 331
					9 Mar 1967 – Bangalore
	Railways	163 & 264/7
					Bengal	100 & 150
					Rajasthan	204 & 200

Final

23–27 March 1967 Scorecard

Rajasthan	v	Bombay (H)
284 (144.4 overs) Hanumant Singh 109 Arun Varde 3/34		586/7 decl (171 overs) Dilip Sardesai 199, Manohar Hardikar 108, R. G. Nadkarni 103 Chandrasekhar Joshi 4/182
445/7 decl (168 overs) Hanumant Singh 213*, Suryaveer Singh 132 Dilip Sardesai 2/15		54/2 (14 overs) Ashok Mankad 25* Salim Durani 1/13

Bombay won on first innings lead Brabourne Stadium, Bombay Umpires: I. Gopalakrishnan and B. Satyaji Rao

• Bombay won the toss and decided to field
• Brothers Hanumant Singh and Suryaveer Singh added 176 and 213 in the two innings.
• Hanumant Singh became the first Indian batsman to score a hundred and double hundred in the same first class match.

Scorecards and averages

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