1961–62 Ranji Trophy

The 1961–62 Ranji Trophy was the 28th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Rajasthan in the final.

1961–62 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsBombay (13th title)
Participants23
Most runsHarcharan Singh (Southern Punjab) (495)[1]
Most wicketsP. Sitaram (Delhi) (40)[2]

Highlights edit

  • Prakash Bhandari scored a hundred in 60 minutes against Rajasthan in the semifinal which was then the fastest hundred in Ranji trophy.[3]

Group stage edit

Knockout stage edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
26 Jan 1962 – Madras
 
 
Madras182 & 203
 
17 Feb 1962 – Delhi
 
Delhi385 & 136
 
Delhi149 & 267
 
 
Bombay290 & 116/2
 
 
20 Mar 1962 – Bombay
 
 
Bombay539
 
 
Rajasthan157 & 95
 
 
16 Feb 1962 – Udaipur
 
 
Rajasthan392 & 195/5
 
 
Bengal292 & 291/3d
 
 
 
 

Final edit

20–22 Mar 1962
Scorecard
Bombay (H)
v
539 (140.2 overs)
Ajit Wadekar 235, G. S. Ramchand 100
Raj Singh 4/86
157 (62.4 overs)
Suryaveer Singh 32
Sharad Diwadkar 5/68
95 (34.4 overs, follow on)
Hanumant Singh 48*
G. S. Ramchand 2/16
Bombay won by an innings and 287 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: Sukken Bhattacharya and Narayan Sane
  • Bombay won the toss and elected to bat

Scorecards and averages edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1961/62 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1961/62 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ^ Rajasthan v Bengal, Udaipur, 1961/62