1955–56 Ranji Trophy

Indian cricket tournament December 2023 December 2023 1955–56 Ranji Trophy Ranji_trophy.jpg 350px The Ranji Trophy BCCI First-class Knockout Bombay 8 22 Polly Umrigar (Bombay) (595)Ranji Trophy, 1955/56 / Records / Most runs subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1955-56/Batting_by_Runs.html 23 August 2014 Premangsu Chatterjee (Bengal) (26)Ranji Trophy, 1955/56 / Records / Most wickets subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1955-56/Bowling_by_Wickets.html 23 August 2014 1954–55 1954–55 Ranji Trophy 1956–57 1956–57 Ranji Trophy The 1955–56 Ranji Trophy was the 22nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Bengal in the final. Zonal Matches North Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 125px 80px 17 Jan 1956 – Delhi Delhi 429 & 262/5d Patiala 143 & 125 1 Dec 1955 – Delhi Services 424 Eastern Punjab 158 & 174 18 Feb 1956 – Delhi Delhi (T) 412 Services 385/7 Round 1 Round 2 (T) – Advanced to next round by spin of coin. South Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 125px 80px 31 Dec 1955 – Trivandrum Travancore-Cochin 135 & 142 Andhra 462/9d 10 Dec 1955 – Bangalore Mysore 338 & 248/5d Hyderabad 171 & 264/6 13 Jan 1956 – Madras Madras 507/9d Andhra 275 & 160/8 4 Feb 1956 – Bangalore Mysore 249 & 186/6d Madras 281 & 145/7 yes yes yes no Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 West Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 125px 80px 11 Dec 1955 – Bombay Bombay 307/6 Baroda 306 14 Jan 1956 – Rajkot Saurashtra 240 & 192/7d Gujarat 266 & 123/2 4 Feb 1956 – Sholapur Maharashtra 412 Bombay 481/5d 18 Feb 1956 – Ahmedabad Gujarat 232 & 100/6 Bombay 337 yes yes yes no Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Central Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 125px 80px 16 Dec 1955 – Indore Madhya Bharat 251 Madhya Pradesh 327 & 103/3 15 Jan 1956 – Udaipur Rajputana 337 & 267/7d Uttar Pradesh 388 & 103/0 4 Feb 1956 – Nagpur Madhya Pradesh 215 & 152 Uttar Pradesh 95 & 213 Round 1 Round 2 East Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 125px 80px 13 Jan 1956 – Jamshedpur Bihar 60 & 135 Bengal 157 & 39/1 13 Jan 1956 – Gauhati Assam 115 & 213/7 Orissa 333 11 Feb 1956 – Calcutta Bengal 373 Orissa 143 & 174 Round 1 Round 2 Inter-Zonal Knockout matches white-space:nowrap 25px 125px 90px 3 Mar 1956 – Delhi Delhi 273 Bombay 274/4 3 Mar 1956 – Calcutta Bengal 289 & 23/0 Madhya Pradesh 155 & 155 11 Mar 1956 – Madras Madras 124 & 89 Bombay 457 30 Mar 1956 – Calcutta Bengal 255 & 179 Bombay 307 & 129/2 yes yes yes no Final 30 March – 2 April 1956 Bengal (H) Bombay 255 (146.1 overs) Probir Sen 55, R. M. Chanda 55 Manohar Hardikar 8/39 308 (119.2 overs) Polly Umrigar 112 Premangsu Chatterjee 7/101 179 (85.5 overs) Basu Thakkar 68 Baloo Gupte 5/80 129/2 (42.3 overs) Yatin Rele 49* K. K. Biswas 1/9 Bombay won by 8 wickets Eden Gardens, Calcutta George Ayling and Dinkar Desai Scorecard Toss not known Scorecards and averages CricketArchive References Category:1955 in Indian cricket Category:1956 in Indian cricket Category:Ranji Trophy seasons Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1955–56