1962–63 Ranji Trophy

Indian cricket tournament December 2023 December 2023 1962–63 Ranji Trophy Ranji_trophy.jpg 350px The Ranji Trophy BCCI First-class Knockout Bombay 14 21 Pankaj Roy (Bengal) (662)Ranji Trophy, 1962/63 / Records / Most runs subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1962-63/Batting_by_Runs.html 14 November 2014 Baloo Gupte (Bombay) (38)Ranji Trophy, 1962/63 / Records / Most wickets subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1962-63/Bowling_by_Wickets.html 14 November 2014 1961–62 1961–62 Ranji Trophy 1963–64 1963–64 Ranji Trophy 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. Highlights 8-ball overs were used for the only time in Ranji Trophy. Following India's 0–5 loss to West Indies in the 1961–62 away series, BCCI contracted four West Indian fast bowlers to play in the Ranji Trophy. Thus Charlie Stayers played for Bombay, Roy Gilchrist for Hyderabad, Lester King for Bengal and Chester Watson for Delhi. Subhash Gupte took 15 for 104 for Rajasthan v Vidarbha.Rajasthan v Vidarbha This was the best bowling in a match in Ranji Trophy till 1985–86.Most wickets in a match in Ranji Trophy Rajinder Goel took 6 for 6 in four overs for Northern Punjab v Southern Punjab.Southern Punjab v Northern Punjab Pankaj Roy scored hundreds in both innings for Bengal v Hyderabad in the quarter-final.Bengal v Hyderabad, Quarter-final This match involved fiery bowling by the West Indian fast bowlers Roy Gilchrist and Lester King G. S. Ramchand scored a hundred in his third successive Ranji final, a unique feat. Group stage West Zone TeamPld PlayedW WonL LostD DrawT TiedNR No ResultPts PointsQ QuotientBombay 4 3 0 1 0 0 39 2.512Baroda 4 1 1 2 0 0 23 1.051Saurashtra 4 1 1 2 0 0 19 0.990Maharashtra 4 0 1 3 0 0 14 0.713Gujarat 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 0.561 East Zone TeamPld PlayedW WonL LostD DrawT TiedNR No ResultPts PointsQ QuotientBengal 2 2 0 0 0 0 21 3.653Bihar "n" Orissa's match against Bihar was not played. 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.370Orissa "n" Orissa's match against Bihar was not played. 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.191 North Zone TeamPld PlayedW WonL LostD DrawT TiedNR No ResultPts PointsQ QuotientDelhi 5 3 0 0 0 2 35 2.595Northern Punjab 5 2 1 0 0 2 24 1.235Railways "n" Railways's only match was against Jammu & Kashmir. 5 1 0 0 0 4 19 7.179Services "n" Services's only match was against Jammu & Kashmir. 5 1 0 0 0 4 18 2.051Southern Punjab 5 1 2 0 0 2 15 0.645Jammu & Kashmir 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0.381 South Zone TeamPld PlayedW WonL LostD DrawT TiedNR No ResultPts PointsQ QuotientHyderabad 4 3 0 1 0 0 36 2.342Madras 4 3 0 1 0 0 33 2.253Mysore 4 2 2 0 0 0 22 1.193Andhra 4 0 3 1 0 0 7 0.473Kerala 4 0 3 1 0 0 4 0.410 Central Zone TeamPld PlayedW WonL LostD DrawT TiedNR No ResultPts PointsQ QuotientRajasthan 3 2 0 1 0 0 26 2.309Madhya Pradesh 3 0 0 3 0 0 12 0.922Uttar Pradesh 3 0 1 2 0 0 9 0.741Vidarbha 3 0 1 2 0 0 9 0.693 Knockout stage 25px 125px 90px 22 Feb 1963 – Calcutta Bengal 386 & 280 Hyderabad 361 & 121/8 15 Feb 1963 – Delhi Delhi 204 & 146 Rajasthan 220 & 133/5 2 Mar 1963 – Calcutta Bengal 322 & 199 Bombay 552 9 Mar 1963 – Jaipur Rajasthan 196 & 336 Bombay 551/6d yes yes no yes Final 9–13 Mar 1963 Bombay Rajasthan (H) 551/6 decl (117 overs) R. G. Nadkarni 219, Ramakant Desai 107, G. S. Ramchand 102 G. R. Sunderam 3/73 196 (55.2 overs) Kishan Rungta 64 Charlie Stayers 6/36 336 (95 overs, follow on) Vijay Manjrekar 108 Charlie Stayers 3/85 Bombay won by an innings and 19 runs Maharaja College Ground, Jaipur Sunil Banerjee and Samar Roy Scorecard Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field Notes n Scorecards and averages CricketArchive ESPNcricinfo References Category:1962 in Indian cricket Category:1963 in Indian cricket Category:Ranji Trophy seasons Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1962–63 Category:Long stubs with short prose