1969–70 Ranji Trophy

The 1969–70 Ranji Trophy was the 36th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay retained the title defeating Rajasthan in the final.

1969–70 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Bombay (21st title)
Participants	23
Most runs	Ashok Mankad (Bombay) (540)[1]
Most wickets	Kailash Gattani (Rajasthan) (41)[2]
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Group stage

South Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Mysore 4 2 0 2 0 0 26 2.187 Madras 4 1 0 3 0 0 24 1.873 Hyderabad 4 1 0 3 0 0 18 1.053 Andhra 4 0 1 3 0 0 11 0.615 Kerala 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0.429 Central Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Rajasthan 3 1 0 2 0 0 16 1.581 Madhya Pradesh 3 0 0 3 0 0 11 1.019 Vidarbha 3 0 0 3 0 0 11 0.698 Uttar Pradesh 3 0 1 2 0 0 10 1.061 North Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Railways 4 1 0 3 0 0 24 1.335 Delhi 4 2 0 2 0 0 23 1.341 Services 4 1 0 3 0 0 21 1.492 Punjab 4 1 1 2 0 0 15 1.115 Jammu & Kashmir 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.321

West Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bombay 4 2 0 2 0 0 26 1.645 Maharashtra 4 1 0 3 0 0 24 1.376 Gujarat 4 1 0 3 0 0 20 1.243 Saurashtra 4 1 3 0 0 0 8 0.854 Baroda 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 0.407 East Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bengal 3 3 0 0 0 0 24 3.468 Bihar 3 2 1 0 0 0 16 1.729 Assam 3 1 2 0 0 0 8 0.497 Orissa 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.412

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					20 Mar 1970 – Bombay
					Bombay	520/8d & 57/0
					Mysore	309 & 346/8d
									2 Apr 1970 – Bombay
									Bombay	531
	13 Mar 1970 – Jaipur
									Rajasthan	217 & 255
	Rajasthan	225 & 144/6
					20 Mar 1970 – Jaipur
	Railways	149 & 219
					Rajasthan	243
					Bengal	74 & 135

Final

2–6 April 1970 Scorecard

Rajasthan	v	Bombay (H)
217 (85.2 overs) Parthasarathy Sharma 67 Abdul Ismail 4/58		531 (160.1 overs) Ashok Mankad 171, Sunil Gavaskar 114 Salim Durani 4/141
255 (113.3 overs) Suryaveer Singh 69 Milind Rege 4/75

Bombay won by an innings and 59 runs Brabourne Stadium, Bombay Umpires: Sambhu Pan and N. S. Rishi

• Rajasthan won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

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