Administrator(s) | BCCI |
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Cricket format | First-class |
Tournament format(s) | League and knockout |
Champions | Bombay (20th title) |
Participants | 23 |
Most runs | Vijay Bhosle (Bombay) (507) [1] |
Most wickets | E. A. S. Prasanna (Mysore) (39) [2] |
The 1968–69 Ranji Trophy was the 35th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay retained the title defeating Bengal in the final.
North Zone
West Zone
East Zone
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Central Zone
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Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
11 Jan 1969 – Delhi | ||||||||||
Delhi | 187 & 241/4 | |||||||||
31 Jan 1969 – Udaipur | ||||||||||
Rajasthan | 473 & 190/6d | |||||||||
Rajasthan | 226 & 377/2 | |||||||||
Bombay | 559 | |||||||||
15 Feb 1969 – Bombay | ||||||||||
Bombay | 469 & 77/3 | |||||||||
Bengal | 387 & 261/7d | |||||||||
31 Jan 1969 – Bangalore | ||||||||||
Mysore | 188 & 106 | |||||||||
Bengal | 251 & 158 | |||||||||
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 1934–35 Ranji Trophy was the inaugural edition of the Ranji Trophy, the first-class cricket championship of India. The competition was contemporarily titled The Cricket Championship of India, but was renamed Ranji Trophy ahead of the 1935–36 edition. The first tournament ran from 4 November 1934 to 12 March 1935 and was contested in a knockout format by 15 teams divided into four zones. In the opening match, Madras defeated Mysore by an innings and 23 runs at the Chepauk Stadium and the match ended five minutes before close of play on the first day. It remains the only Ranji Trophy match to be completed in a single day's play. In the final, Bombay defeated Northern India by 208 runs at the Bombay Gymkhana Ground.
The 1935–36 Ranji Trophy was the second edition of the Ranji Trophy, an annual first-class cricket tournament in India. Having been called 'The Cricket Championship of India' in 1935–36, the tournament was rebranded as the Ranji Trophy in honour of the late Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji.
The 1943–44 Ranji Trophy was the tenth season of the Ranji Trophy. Western India won their only title defeating Bengal in the final.
The 1944–45 Ranji Trophy was the 11th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Holkar in the final.
The 1951–52 Ranji Trophy was the 18th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Holkar in the final.
The 1955–56 Ranji Trophy was the 22nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Bengal in the final.
The 1957–58 Ranji Trophy was the 24th season of the Ranji Trophy. Baroda won the title defeating Services in the final. Vidarbha made their debut in the competition.
The 1958–59 Ranji Trophy was the 25th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Bengal in the final. This started a sequence of 15 consecutive Ranji titles for Bombay.
The 1959–60 Ranji Trophy was the 26th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Mysore in the final.
The 1961–62 Ranji Trophy was the 28th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Rajasthan in the final.
The 1962–63 Ranji Trophy was the 29th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Rajasthan in the final. The tournament was severely impacted by the Chinese Aggression of 1962. Services and Railways pulled out of the tournament after playing one game each. Being so close to the action Assam and Odisha had to pull out of the tournament. When the ceasefire was ordered, the invaders were only a few kilometres away from Tezpur, which was the headquarters of Assam cricket. Bihar played one match and then closed their season as most of their players were employed in firms and factories which were pressed into defence production.
The 1964–65 Ranji Trophy was the 31st season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between September 1965 and April 1965. Bombay won their seventh consecutive title defeating Hyderabad in the final.
The 1966–67 Ranji Trophy was the 33rd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Rajasthan in the final. This was the sixth final in seven years between the teams all of which were won by Bombay.
The 1970–71 Ranji Trophy was the 37th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won their 13th title in a row defeating Maharashtra in the final.
The 1971–72 Ranji Trophy was the 38th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won their 14th title in a row defeating Bengal in the final.
The 1972–73 Ranji Trophy was the 39th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won their 15th title in a row defeating Tamil Nadu in the final.
The 1988–89 Ranji Trophy was the 55th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between October 1988 and March 1989. Delhi defeated Bengal by an innings and 210 runs in the final.
The 1993–94 Ranji Trophy was the 60th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay defeated Bengal by 8 wickets in the final.