![]() The Ranji Trophy | |
Administrator(s) | BCCI |
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Cricket format | First-class |
Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
Champions | Holkar (4th title) |
Participants | 20 |
Most runs | Bhausaheb Nimbalkar (Holkar) (474) [1] |
Most wickets | Montu Banerjee (Bengal) (26) [2] |
The 1952–53 Ranji Trophy was the 19th season of the Ranji Trophy. Holkar won the title defeating Bengal in the final.
Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
8 Nov 1952 – Trivandrum | ||||||
Travancore-Cochin | 86 & 86 | |||||
27 Dec 1952 – Bangalore | ||||||
Mysore | 220 | |||||
Mysore | 299 & 211/1 | |||||
5 Dec 1952 – Madras | ||||||
Madras | 291 & 218 | |||||
Madras (T) | 161 | |||||
Hyderabad | 80/1 | |||||
(T) – Advanced to next round by spin of coin.
Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
15 Nov 1952 – Jullundur | ||||||
Eastern Punjab | 274 & 293/8d | |||||
25 Dec 1952 – New Delhi | ||||||
Delhi | 393 & 177/3 | |||||
Delhi | 94 & 453/7 | |||||
Services | 567 | |||||
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
14 Feb 1953 – Rajkot | ||||||||||
Saurashtra | 91 & 93 | |||||||||
21 Nov 1952 – Baroda | ||||||||||
Gujarat | 273 | |||||||||
Baroda | 246 & 277/3 | |||||||||
28 Feb 1953 – Ahmedbad | ||||||||||
Gujarat | 364 & 451/4d | |||||||||
Gujarat | 202 & 234 | |||||||||
Maharashtra | 260 & 178/2 | |||||||||
18 Dec 1952 – Sholapur | ||||||||||
Maharashtra | 167 & 271 | |||||||||
Bombay | 112 & 307 | |||||||||
Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
6 Dec 1952 – Cuttack | ||||||
Orissa | 303 | |||||
17 Jan 1953 – Cuttack | ||||||
Assam | 74 & 90 | |||||
Orissa | 126 & 258 | |||||
3 Jan 1953 – Calcutta | ||||||
Bengal | 301 & 85/3 | |||||
Bengal | 323 & 354/5d | |||||
Bihar | 235 & 140/7 | |||||
Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
6 Dec 1952 – Ratlam | ||||||
Holkar | 285 & 11/0 | |||||
17 Jan 1953 – Indore | ||||||
Rajputana | 148 & 143 | |||||
Holkar | 464 | |||||
19 Dec 1952 – Nagpur | ||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 85 & 53 | |||||
Madhya Pradesh | 350 & 167 | |||||
Uttar Pradesh | 274 & 285 | |||||
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
13 Feb 1953 – Calcutta | ||||||||||
Bengal | 191 & 356 | |||||||||
26 Feb 1953 – Calcutta | ||||||||||
Services | 107 & 183 | |||||||||
Bengal | 358 & 110 | |||||||||
Mysore | 198 & 166 | |||||||||
20 Mar 1953 – Calcutta | ||||||||||
Bengal | 479 & 320/5d | |||||||||
Holkar | 496 & 177/9 | |||||||||
12 Mar 1953 – Indore | ||||||||||
Holkar | 469 & 235/3 | |||||||||
Maharashtra | 331 & 369 | |||||||||
In India, the Bengal cricket team represents the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) in domestic competition. Based at the historic Eden Gardens in Kolkata, they have played first-class cricket since 1935. Bengal have won the Ranji Trophy twice and been runners-up 13 times. They also play in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy, both of which they have won once. Several international cricketers have played for the team including Dilip Doshi, Sourav Ganguly, Mohammed Shami, Pankaj Roy, and Wriddhiman Saha.
The Madhya Pradesh cricket team formerly known as Holkar cricket team, is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It competes in the Ranji Trophy.
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