1971–72 Ranji Trophy

The 1971–72 Ranji Trophy was the 38th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won their 14th title in a row defeating Bengal in the final.

1971–72 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Bombay (23rd title)
Participants	22
Most runs	Chetan Chauhan (Maharashtra) (540)[1]
Most wickets	Padmakar Shivalkar (Bombay) (41)[2]
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Highlights

• Bengal was captained in the final by former Indian football captain Chuni Goswami.

Group stage

East Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bengal 3 2 0 1 0 0 21 1.668 Bihar 3 2 0 1 0 0 20 1.905 Orissa 3 0 2 1 0 0 5 0.732 Assam 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.377 South Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Hyderabad 4 3 0 1 0 0 30 1.662 Mysore 4 2 0 2 0 0 24 1.478 Tamil Nadu 4 2 1 1 0 0 22 1.850 Kerala 4 1 3 0 0 0 8 0.469 Andhra 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.485 North Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Punjab 3 0 0 3 0 0 16 1.075 Railways 3 1 0 2 0 0 15 1.898 Delhi 3 1 0 2 0 0 15 1.414 Haryana 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.343

Central Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Madhya Pradesh 3 2 0 1 0 0 19 1.297 Rajasthan 3 2 1 1 0 0 16 1.169 Uttar Pradesh 3 0 1 1 0 0 10 0.936 Vidarbha 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.669 West Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bombay 4 3 0 1 0 0 31 2.577 Maharashtra 4 2 0 2 0 0 24 1.882 Baroda 4 1 2 1 0 0 11 0.811 Gujarat 4 0 2 2 0 0 8 0.555 Saurashtra 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 0.513

Knockout stage

Pre-Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

17 Mar 1972 – Bombay

Bombay

504

10 Mar 1972 – Jamshedpur

Bihar

171 & 320

Bihar (T)

379

31 Mar 1972 – Bombay

Railways

338/4

Bombay

257 & 316/8

Mysore

90 & 111

17 Mar 1972 – Bangalore

Mysore

223 & 328

Rajasthan

114 & 123

21 Apr 1972 – Bombay

Bombay

377 & 254

Bengal

279 & 106

18 Mar 1972 – Calcutta

Bengal

328 & 34/2

Maharashtra

136 & 225

7 Apr 1972 – Calcutta

Bengal

290 & 98/1

18 Mar 1972 – Jullender

Hyderabad

183 & 201/6d

Punjab

437/4d

31 Mar 1972 – Jullender

Madhya Pradesh

141 & 224/6

Punjab

161 & 256

Hyderabad

476

(T) – Advanced to next round by spin of coin.

Final

21–26 April 1972 Scorecard

Bombay (H)	v	Bengal
377 (135.2 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 157 Subroto Guha 3/77		279 (119.2 overs) Ashok Gandotra 92 Padmakar Shivalkar 3/75
254 (83.5 overs) Ashok Mankad 98 Dilip Doshi 3/73		106 (38.4 overs) Kalyan Chowdhury 20 Padmakar Shivalkar 6/43

Bombay won by 246 runs Brabourne Stadium, Bombay Umpires: B. Satyaji Rao and M. V. Nagendra

• Bombay won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

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