1970–71 Ranji Trophy

February 2013 April 2022 1970-71 Ranji Trophy Ranji_trophy.jpg 285px The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get. BCCI First-class cricket League and knockout Bombay 22 24 Hemant Kanitkar (Maharashtra) (687)Ranji Trophy, 1970/71 / Records / Most runs subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1970-71/Batting_by_Runs.html 14 November 2014 B. S. Chandrasekhar (Mysore) (46)Ranji Trophy, 1970/71 / Records / Most wickets subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1970-71/Bowling_by_Wickets.html 14 November 2014 1969–70 1969–70 Ranji Trophy 1971–72 1971–72 Ranji Trophy 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. A proposal to promote two teams from the zonal leagues to the knockout stage was made Maharashtra in the working committee meeting of BCCI at Shillong on 16 August 1970.Cricket board to discuss changes in Ranji Trophy rules, Indian Express, August 15, 1970 Bombay had won Ranji Trophy in the previous twelve seasons and Maharashtra repeatedly found their qualification from the West Zone blocked. Ironically, Maharashtra won the West Zone in the 1970–71 and Bombay finished second in the zone for the first time since 1958–59. But the new rules enabled Bombay to qualify for the knockout matches as the second team and they eventually beat Maharashtra in the final. Highlights From this season, two teams qualified from each zone to the knockout rounds. For the first time in 13 seasons, Bombay finished second in the West Zone, but thanks to new rule, qualified to the quarterfinals behind Maharashtra. They then won their 13th title in a row beating Maharashtra in the final. Group stage South Zone TeamPld PlayedW WonL LostD DrawT TiedNR No ResultPts PointsQ QuotientHyderabad 4 4 0 0 0 0 34 2.938Mysore 4 3 1 0 0 0 25 1.355Madras 4 1 2 1 0 0 14 1.029Andhra 4 0 2 2 0 0 8 0.721Kerala 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0.293 North Zone TeamPld PlayedW WonL LostD DrawT TiedNR No ResultPts PointsQ QuotientDelhi 5 3 0 2 0 0 35 1.451Punjab 5 2 0 3 0 0 28 1.352Railways 5 2 1 2 0 0 26 1.523Services 5 2 1 2 0 0 25 1.116Haryana 5 1 3 1 0 0 11 0.565Jammu & Kashmir 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0.562 Central Zone TeamPld PlayedW WonL LostD DrawT TiedNR No ResultPts PointsQ QuotientRajasthan 3 3 0 0 0 0 24 2.582Vidarbha 3 2 1 0 0 0 16 1.178Madhya Pradesh 3 0 2 1 0 0 5 0.718Uttar Pradesh 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.487 West Zone TeamPld PlayedW WonL LostD DrawT TiedNR No ResultPts PointsQ QuotientMaharashtra 4 2 0 2 0 0 27 1.376Bombay 4 2 0 2 0 0 26 1.645Baroda 4 0 1 3 0 0 12 0.407Gujarat 4 0 1 3 0 0 10 1.243Saurashtra 4 0 2 2 0 0 8 0.854 East Zone TeamPld PlayedW WonL LostD DrawT TiedNR No ResultPts PointsQ QuotientBihar 3 2 0 1 0 0 23 2.387Bengal 3 2 0 1 0 0 19 1.726Assam 3 1 2 0 0 0 8 0.648Orissa 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.380 Knockout stage 25px 150px 100px 13 Feb 1971 – Delhi Delhi 366 & 235 Hyderabad 210 & 269 18 Feb 1971 – Jamshedpur Bihar 406/9d & 165/3d Punjab 404 & 54/1 26 Feb 1971 – Calcutta Bengal 330 & 255/7d Vidarbha 187 & 157/4 28 Feb 1971 – Bombay Bombay 301 & 82/0 Delhi 185 & 197 28 Feb 1971 – Poona Maharashtra 624/5d Rajasthan 604 28 Feb 1971 – Bangalore Mysore 195 & 210/8 Bihar 196 & 205 19 Mar 1971 – Calcutta Bengal 158 & 275/9 Bombay 459 19 Mar 1971 – Poona Maharashtra 210 & 315/8 Mysore 239 & 246 2 Apr 1971 – Bombay Bombay 287 & 196 Maharashtra 230 & 205 yes yes yes no yes yes yes no Pre-Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals no Semi-finals 19–22 March 1971 1st Semi-final Bombay Bengal (H) 459 (184 overs) Mahesh Sampat 141 Dilip Doshi 3/72 (45 overs) 158 (98.3 overs) Prakash Poddar 47 Padmakar Shivalkar 5/36 (29 overs) 275/9 (111 overs) SS Mitra 130* Padmakar Shivalkar 5/69 (38 overs) Match drawn Scorecard Calcutta 19–22 March 1971 2nd Semi-final Maharashtra (H) Mysore 210 (69.1 overs) Nicholas Saldanha 45 BS Chandrasekhar 4/66 (26 overs) 239 (98 overs) B Raghunath 87 VN Joshi 3/56 (31 overs) 315/8d (81.4 overs) Chetan Chauhan 147 BS Chandrasekhar 5/110 (30 overs) 246 (110.5 overs) Brijesh Patel 77 VN Joshi 7/80 (46.5 overs) Maharashtra won by 40 runs Scorecard Pune Final 2–7 April 1971 Final Maharashtra Bombay (H) 287 (110 overs) Ramnath Parkar 108 Nicholas Saldanha 6/66 (26 overs) 230 (92.3 overs) Nicholas Saldanha 50 Abdul Ismail 4/41 (19 overs) 196 (107.3 overs) Mahesh Sampat 60 Vithal Joshi 5/62 (27.1 overs) 205 (83.4 overs) Chandu Borde 51 Padmakar Shivalkar 6/56 (29.4 overs) Bombay won by 48 runs Brabourne Stadium, Bombay M. V. Nagendra and B. Satyaji Rao Scorecard Bombay won the toss and elected to bat. Scorecards and average CricketArchive References External links Ranji Trophy, 1970-71 at ESPNcricinfo Ranji Trophy, 1970-71 https://web.archive.org/web/20170709182928/http://www.bcci.tv/ranji-trophy-1970-71/results 9 July 2017 at BCCI Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1970-71 Ranji Trophy 1970/71 Category:1970 in Indian cricket Category:1971 in Indian cricket Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1970–71 Category:Ranji Trophy seasons Category:Long stubs with short prose