1963–64 Ranji Trophy

The 1963–64 Ranji Trophy was the 30th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Rajasthan in the final. This was the fourth consecutive final between the two teams, all of which were won by Bombay

1963–64 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsBombay (15th title)
Participants24
Most runsVijay Mehra (Delhi) (601)[1]
Most wicketsVijay Sondhi (Delhi) (32)[2]

Highlights

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  • On a rain affected wicket in Bangalore against Mysore, Kerala got all out for 27 in two hours. Kerala lost the first four wickets for zero runs and first nine for 12. TK Madhavan batting at No.11 top scored with 11 and the last wicket more than doubled the score.
  • Delhi and Jammu Kashmir played the second shortest match in Ranji trophy. Jammu & Kashmir finished the first day on 37 for 9 in the second innings, and were all out for 38 early on the second day to lose by an innings.
  • Jammu and Kashmir failed to reach 100 in the eight innings in their last four matches.
  • Joginder Rao of Services took a hat-trick on his debut against Jammu and Kashmir.[3]
  • In his second match, against Northern Punjab, Rao took two hat-tricks in the same innings. Three hat-tricks in two matches is a unique feat. Albert Trott is the only other bowler to take two hat-tricks in the same innings.[3]

Group stage

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Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
6 Mar 1964 – Bangalore
 
 
Mysore155 & 256
 
 
Bombay299 & 113/3
 
 
20 Mar 1964 – Bombay
 
 
Bombay526 & 21/1
 
 
Rajasthan108 & 438
 
 
13 Mar 1964 – Jaipur
 
 
Rajasthan231 & 236/5
 
6 Mar 1964 – Delhi
 
Delhi126 & 330
 
Delhi524 & 174
 
 
Bengal308 & 149/4
 

Final

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20–24 Mar 1964
Scorecard
Bombay (H)
v
526 (150 overs)
Sharad Diwadkar 177
G. R. Sunderam 4/71
108 (57 overs)
Salim Durani 30
Ramakant Desai 3/18
21/1 (4.3 overs)
Ashok Mankad 18*
G. R. Sunderam 1/7
438 (163.5 overs, follow on)
Hanumant Singh 128, Salim Durani 118, Vijay Manjrekar 105
Arun Varde 3/69
Bombay won by 9 wickets
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: Santosh Ganguli and B. Satyaji Rao
  • Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field

Scorecards and averages

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References

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  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1963/64 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1963/64 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Has anyone taken two hat-tricks in one first-class innings?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2020.