The 1956–57 Ranji Trophy was the 23rd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Services in the final.
 The Ranji Trophy | |
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Bombay (9th title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Most runs | Ramnath Kenny (Bombay) (529)[1] |
| Most wickets | Polly Umrigar (Bombay) (35)[2] |
Zonal Matches edit
West Zone edit
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
| 8 Dec 1956 – Bombay | ||||||||||
| Bombay | 525 & 49/1 | |||||||||
| Gujarat | 222 & 366 | |||||||||
| 12 Feb 1957 – Bombay | ||||||||||
| Bombay | 657/9d | |||||||||
| 24 Nov 1956 – Khadakvasla | ||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 171 & 193 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 332 | |||||||||
| 18 Jan 1957 – Nasik | ||||||||||
| Saurashtra | 83 & 88 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 441 | |||||||||
| Baroda | 226 & 358/6 | |||||||||
North Zone edit
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 8 Dec 1956 – Delhi | ||||||
| Delhi | 271 & 87/1 | |||||
| 9 Feb 1957 – Delhi | ||||||
| Eastern Punjab | 166 & 190 | |||||
| Services | 289 & 269 | |||||
| 13 Jan 1957 – Delhi | ||||||
| Delhi | 221 & 218/7 | |||||
| Services | 246 & 85 | |||||
| PEPSU | 164 & 121 | |||||
South Zone edit
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
| 14 Dec 1956 – Salem | ||||||||||
| Madras | 431 & 329/6d | |||||||||
| Hyderabad | 310 & 194/7 | |||||||||
| 15 Feb 1957 – Madras | ||||||||||
| Madras | 384 & 128/3 | |||||||||
| 12 Jan 1957 – Guntur | ||||||||||
| Mysore | 251 & 254/9d | |||||||||
| Andhra | 171 & 201/3 | |||||||||
| 30 Jan 1957 – Guntur | ||||||||||
| Travancore-Cochin | 180 & 185 | |||||||||
| Andhra | 266 & 234/8d | |||||||||
| Mysore | 296 & 215/8 | |||||||||
Central Zone edit
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 15 Dec 1956 – Banaras | ||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 238 & 56/1 | |||||
| 2 Feb 1957 – Banaras | ||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 116 & 177 | |||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 310 & 342/5 | |||||
| 22 Dec 1956 – Indore | ||||||
| Rajasthan | 256 | |||||
| Madhya Bharat | 91 & 184 | |||||
| Rajasthan | 594/8d | |||||
East Zone edit
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 26 Jan 1957 – Jorhat | ||||||
| Assam | 54 & 245 | |||||
| 9 Feb 1957 – Calcutta | ||||||
| Bengal | 505 | |||||
| Bengal | 356 | |||||
| 22 Dec 1956 – Jamshedpur | ||||||
| Bihar | 124 & 83 | |||||
| Bihar | 217 & 254/4 | |||||
| Orissa | 196 & 350/7d | |||||
Inter-Zonal Knockout matches edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 23 Feb 1957 – Calcutta | ||||||||||
| Bengal | 302/4 | |||||||||
| Services (T) | 399 | |||||||||
| 29 Mar 1957 – Delhi | ||||||||||
| Services | 171 & 150 | |||||||||
| 2 Mar 1957 – Banaras | ||||||||||
| Bombay | 359/7d | |||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 147 & 229 | |||||||||
| 16 Mar 1957 – Bombay | ||||||||||
| Bombay | 575 | |||||||||
| Bombay | 634/9d | |||||||||
| Madras | 150 & 161 | |||||||||
(T) – Advanced to final by spin of coin.
Final edit
Scorecards and averages edit
References edit
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1956/57 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1956/57 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
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