1952–53 Ranji Trophy

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1952–53 Ranji Trophy
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The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s) BCCI
Cricket format First-class
Tournament format(s) Knockout
Champions Holkar (4th title)
Participants20
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.

Contents

Highlights

Zonal Matches

South Zone

 
Round 1Round 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.

North Zone

 
Round 1Round 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
 
 
 
 

West Zone

 
Round 1Round 2Round 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
 
 
 
 

East Zone

 
Round 1Round 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
 

Central Zone

 
Round 1Round 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
 

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
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
 
 
 
 

Final

20–24 March 1953
Scorecard
Bengal (H)
v
479 (198.4 overs)
P. B. Datta 141
Hiralal Gaekwad 4/128
496 (171.1 overs)
B. B. Nimbalkar 219
S. K. Shome 4/195
320 for 5 decl (44.5 overs)
Benjamin Frank 62
Arjun Naidu 2/73
177/9 (105 overs)
Mushtaq Ali 46
S. K. Girdhari 3/17
Holkar won on first innings lead
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: Santosh Ganguli and M. G. Vijayasarathi
  • Bengal won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

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References

  1. "Ranji Trophy, 1952/53 / Records / Most runs" . Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  2. "Ranji Trophy, 1952/53 / Records / Most wickets" . Retrieved 23 August 2014.