1965–66 Ranji Trophy

The 1965–66 Ranji Trophy was the 32nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Rajasthan in the final.

1965–66 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsBombay (17th title)
Participants24
Most runsAjit Wadekar (Bombay) (695)[1]
Most wicketsB. S. Chandrasekhar (Mysore) (37)[2]

Highlights

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Group stage

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Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
5 Feb 1966 – Bangalore
 
 
Mysore397 & 243/7d
 
28 Jan 1966 – Jaipur
 
Rajasthan458 & 183/9
 
Rajasthan330 & 97/3
 
17 Feb 1966 – Jaipur
 
Services156 & 268
 
Rajasthan125 & 288
 
 
Bombay382 & 32/2
 
 
29 Jan 1966 – Bombay
 
 
Bombay254 & 109/1
 
 
Bengal109 & 252
 
 
 
 

Final

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17–20 February 1966
Scorecard
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125 (56.5 overs)
Salim Durani 29
Manohar Hardikar 6/25
382 (112.3 overs)
Ajit Wadekar 185
Chandrasekhar Joshi 6/83
288 (137 overs)
Kailash Gattani 94
G. R. Sunderam 2/3
32/2 (6.4 overs)
Ajit Wadekar 22*
Ramakant Desai 4/72
Bombay won by eight wickets
Railway Cricket Ground, Jaipur
Umpires: Sunil Banerjee and Samar Roy
  • Bombay won the toss and decided to field
  • The match was played on a coir matting wicket.
  • Wadekar (185) and Dilip Sardesai (99) added 212 runs in 220 minutes. Sardesai spent half an hour in the nineties, was dropped at extra cover and then stumped for 99 in 300 minutes with 9 fours. Wadekar hit 26 fours and a six off Sunderam.
  • The Ranji trophy was presented by Gayatri Devi of Jaipur

Scorecards and averages

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References

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  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1965/66 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1965/66 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ^ Indian Cricket 2004