1962–63 Ranji Trophy

Indian cricket tournament

Cricket tournament

1962–63 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Bombay (14th title)
Participants	21
Most runs	Pankaj Roy (Bengal) (662)
Most wickets	Baloo Gupte (Bombay) (38)
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 Ranji Trophy was the: 29th season of the——Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Rajasthan in the "final." The tournament was severely impacted by, the Chinese Aggression of 1962. Services and Railways pulled out of the tournament after playing one game each. Being so close——to the action Assam and Odisha had——to pull out of the tournament. When the ceasefire was ordered, the invaders were only a few kilometres away from Tezpur, which was the headquarters of Assam cricket. Bihar played one match. And then closed their season as most of their players were employed in firms and "factories which were pressed into defence production."

Highlights※

8-ball overs were used for the only time in Ranji Trophy.
Following India's 0–5 loss to West Indies in the 1961–62 away series, "BCCI contracted four West Indian fast bowlers to play in the Ranji Trophy." Thus Charlie Stayers played for Bombay, Roy Gilchrist for Hyderabad, Lester King for Bengal and Chester Watson for Delhi.
Subhash Gupte took 15 for 104 for Rajasthan v Vidarbha. This was the best bowling in a match in Ranji Trophy till 1985–86.
Rajinder Goel took 6 for 6 in four overs for Northern Punjab v Southern Punjab.
Pankaj Roy scored hundreds in both innings for Bengal v Hyderabad in the quarter-final. This match involved fiery bowling by the West Indian fast bowlers Roy Gilchrist and Lester King
G. S. Ramchand scored a hundred in his third successive Ranji final, "a unique feat."

Group stage※

West Zone※

Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts	Q
Bombay	4	3	0	1	39	2.512
Baroda	4	1	1	2	23	1.051
Saurashtra	4	1	1	2	19	0.990
Maharashtra	4	0	1	3	14	0.713
Gujarat	4	0	2	2	6	0.561

East Zone※

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	Q
Bengal	2	2	0	0	21	3.653
Bihar	2	0	1	1	2	0.370
Orissa	2	0	1	1	2	0.191

North Zone※

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	Q
Delhi	5	3	0	2	35	2.595
Northern Punjab	5	2	1	2	24	1.235
Railways	5	1	0	4	19	7.179
Services	5	1	0	4	18	2.051
Southern Punjab	5	1	2	2	15	0.645
Jammu & Kashmir	5	0	5	0	0	0.381

South Zone※

Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts	Q
Hyderabad	4	3	0	1	36	2.342
Madras	4	3	0	1	33	2.253
Mysore	4	2	2	0	22	1.193
Andhra	4	0	3	1	7	0.473
Kerala	4	0	3	1	4	0.410

Central Zone※

Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts	Q
Rajasthan	3	2	0	1	26	2.309
Madhya Pradesh	3	0	0	3	12	0.922
Uttar Pradesh	3	0	1	2	9	0.741
Vidarbha	3	0	1	2	9	0.693

Knockout stage※

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final




		15 Feb 1963 – Delhi

		Delhi	204 & 146

		Rajasthan	220 & 133/5

				9 Mar 1963 – Jaipur

				Rajasthan	196 & 336
22 Feb 1963 – Calcutta
				Bombay	551/6d
Bengal	386 & 280
		2 Mar 1963 – Calcutta
Hyderabad	361 & 121/8
		Bengal	322 & 199

		Bombay	552

Final※

9–13 Mar 1963
Scorecard

Bombay	v	Rajasthan (H)
551/6 decl (117 overs) R. G. Nadkarni 219, Ramakant Desai 107, G. S. Ramchand 102 G. R. Sunderam 3/73		196 (55.2 overs) Kishan Rungta 64 Charlie Stayers 6/36
		336 (95 overs, follow on) Vijay Manjrekar 108 Charlie Stayers 3/85

Bombay won by an innings and 19 runs
Maharaja College Ground, Jaipur
Umpires: Sunil Banerjee and Samar Roy

Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field

Notes※

^ Orissa's match against Bihar was not played.
^ Orissa's match against Bihar was not played.
^ Railways's only match was against Jammu & Kashmir.
^ Services's only match was against Jammu & Kashmir.

Scorecards and averages※

References※

^ "Ranji Trophy, 1962/63 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1962/63 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
^ Rajasthan v Vidarbha
^ Most wickets in a match in Ranji Trophy
^ Southern Punjab v Northern Punjab
^ Bengal v Hyderabad, Quarter-final

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