1975–76 Ranji Trophy

The 1975–76 Ranji Trophy was the 42nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay retained the title defeating Bihar.

1975-76 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 (26th title)
Participants	24
Most runs	Yajurvindra Singh (Maharashtra) (583)[1]
Most wickets	Abdul Ismail (Bombay) (38)[2]
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Highlights

• A 16 year old Kapil Dev made his first class debut for Haryana against Punjab taking 6 for 39 and 2 for 78.^[3]

Group stage

West Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bombay 4 2 0 2 0 0 26 2.972 Maharashtra 4 0 0 4 0 0 16 1.003 Baroda 4 1 1 2 0 0 16 0.830 Saurashtra 4 1 1 2 0 0 14 0.692 Gujarat 4 0 2 2 0 0 8 0.750 South Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Karnataka 4 2 0 2 0 0 25 1.752 Hyderabad 4 1 0 3 0 0 22 1.371 Tamil Nadu 4 1 0 2 0 1 18 1.603 Andhra 4 0 2 1 0 1 5 0.385 Kerala 4 0 2 0 0 2 4 0.332 Central Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Rajasthan 4 2 0 2 0 0 26 1.816 Railways 4 0 0 4 0 0 18 1.224 Uttar Pradesh 4 1 1 2 0 0 17 1.169 Vidarbha 4 0 1 3 0 0 11 0.602 Madhya Pradesh 4 0 1 3 0 0 9 0.647

North Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Delhi 4 3 0 1 0 0 30 5.348 Haryana 4 3 1 0 0 0 25 1.500 Services 4 1 1 2 0 0 15 0.714 Punjab 4 0 2 2 0 0 10 0.653 Jammu and Kashmir 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0.376 East Zone Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q Bengal 3 2 0 1 0 0 22 4.714 Bihar 3 2 0 1 0 0 20 1.416 Orissa 3 1 2 0 0 0 8 0.614 Assam 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.309

Knockout stage

Pre-Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

8 Jan 1976 — Delhi

Delhi

334 & 108

Bihar

392 & 207

25 Jan 1976 — Jamshedpur

Bihar

394 & 35/0

Karnataka

157 & 268

17 Jan 1976 — Bangalore

Karnataka

465 & 296/6d

9 Jan 1976 — Jaipur

Maharashtra

444 & 56/2

Rajasthan

279 & 157/6

15 Feb 1976 — Jamshedpur

Maharashtra

286

Bihar

161 & 240

Bombay

352 & 50/0

8 Jan 1976 — Calcutta

Bengal

205

Haryana

135 & 66

30 Jan 1976 — Calcutta

Bengal

310 & 159/2d

Bombay

329 & 54/2

16 Jan 1976 — Bombay

Bombay

222 & 275/4d

9 Jan 1976 — Hyderabad

Hyderabad

281 & 146

Hyderabad

50/8d & 376/8d

Railways

279 & 76

Final

15–19 February 1976 Scorecard

Bihar (H)	v	Bombay
161 (72.2 overs) Sumit Shome 34 Abdul Ismail 5/48		352 (121 overs) Ashok Mankad 98 Sekhar Sinha 4/117
240 (102 overs) Daljit Singh 87 Abdul Ismail 5/58		50/0 (11.4 overs) Ramnath Parkar 31*

Bombay won by 10 wickets Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Umpires: Mohammad Ghouse and B. Satyaji Rao

• Bihar won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

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