1968–69 Ranji Trophy


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The 1968–69 Ranji Trophy was the 35th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay retained the title defeating Bengal in the final.

1968–69 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy

Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsBombay (20th title)
Participants23
Most runsVijay Bhosle (Bombay) (507)[1]
Most wicketsE. A. S. Prasanna (Mysore) (39)[2]

Highlights

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Group stage

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North Zone

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Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q
Delhi 4 2 0 2 0 0 25 1.815
Railways 4 1 0 3 0 0 24 1.799
Services 4 1 1 2 0 0 17 1.358
Punjab 4 1 1 2 0 0 15 0.890
Jammu & Kashmir 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0.171

West Zone

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Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q
Bombay 4 1 0 3 0 0 25 1.540
Gujarat 4 2 0 2 0 0 24 1.051
Maharashtra 4 1 0 3 0 0 17 1.049
Baroda 4 0 1 3 0 0 11 0.802
Saurashtra 4 0 3 1 0 0 5 0.771

East Zone

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Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q
Bengal 3 3 0 0 0 0 24 2.704
Bihar 3 2 1 0 0 0 16 1.934
Assam 3 1 2 0 0 0 8 0.497
Orissa 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.394

South Zone

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Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q
Mysore 4 3 0 1 0 0 31 1.983
Hyderabad 4 3 0 1 0 0 29 1.760
Madras 4 2 2 0 0 0 18 1.654
Andhra 4 0 3 1 0 0 5 0.565
Kerala 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0.318

Central Zone

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Team Pld W L D T NR Pts Q
Rajasthan 3 2 0 1 0 0 21 1.645
Vidarbha 3 1 0 2 0 0 16 1.364
Madhya Pradesh 3 1 1 1 0 0 11 0.951
Uttar Pradesh 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.497

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
          
11 Jan 1969 – Delhi
Delhi187 & 241/4
31 Jan 1969 – Udaipur
Rajasthan473 & 190/6d
Rajasthan226 & 377/2
Bombay559
15 Feb 1969 – Bombay
Bombay469 & 77/3
Bengal387 & 261/7d
31 Jan 1969 – Bangalore
Mysore188 & 106
Bengal251 & 158

Final

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15–19 February 1969
Scorecard

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Bombay (H)

387 (157.3 overs)
Chuni Goswami 96
Eknath Solkar 3/63, Milind Rege 3/63

469 (156.2 overs)
Ajit Wadekar 133
Gopal Bose 3/88

261/7 decl (122.2 overs)
Chuni Goswami 84
Ambar Roy 1/9

77/3 (17 overs)
Eknath Solkar 36
Ramakant Desai 2/48

Bombay won on first innings lead
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: M. V. Nagendra and S. K. Raghunatha Rao

  • Bengal won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

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References

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  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1968/69 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1968/69 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
   

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