Cricket tournament
 The Ranji Trophy | |
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Bombay (6th title) |
| Participants | 21 |
| Most runs | Hemu Adhikari (Services) (554) |
| Most wickets | Dattu Phadkar (Bombay) (32) |
| ← 1950–511952–53 → | |
The 1951–52 Ranji Trophy was the 18th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Holkar in the final.
Highlights
- Mysore lost by an innings and 7 runs to Bombay despite conceding a first innings lead of only 35. The second innings total of 28 all out is the lowest total by Mysore/Karnataka in first class cricket.
- Bombay defeated Holkar by 531 runs in the final. As of 2020, it is the second largest margin of win by runs in Ranji Trophy, after Bengal's 540 run win over Orissa in 1953–54
Zonal Matches
West Zone
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
| 24 Nov 1951 – Bombay | ||||||||||
| Bombay | 467 | |||||||||
| Saurashtra | 119 & 25 | |||||||||
| 21 Jan 1952 – Bombay | ||||||||||
| Bombay | 506 | |||||||||
| 16 Nov 1951 – Kolhapur | ||||||||||
| Gujarat | 146 & 236 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 251 & 114/6 | |||||||||
| 1 Dec 1951 – Kolhapur | ||||||||||
| Baroda | 111 & 352/6d | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 272 & 25/0 | |||||||||
| Gujarat | 629 & 167/9d | |||||||||
North Zone
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
| 8 Dec 1951 – Ajmer | ||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 83 & 167 | |||||||||
| Services | 423/5d | |||||||||
| 21 Jan 1952 – Delhi | ||||||||||
| Services | 290 & 412 | |||||||||
| Southern Punjab | 189 & 363 | |||||||||
| 8 Dec 1951 – Patiala | ||||||||||
| Southern Punjab | 376/5d & 8/0 | |||||||||
| 16 Nov 1951 – Delhi | ||||||||||
| Eastern Punjab | 128 & 254 | |||||||||
| Delhi | 231/9d & 132/4 | |||||||||
| Eastern Punjab | 380 & 172/9d | |||||||||
South Zone
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
| 23 Dec 1951 – Madras | ||||||||||
| Madras | 405 & 56/0 | |||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 268 & 189 | |||||||||
| 25 Jan 1952 – Madras | ||||||||||
| Madras | 194 & 151 | |||||||||
| 8 Dec 1951 – Bangalore | ||||||||||
| Mysore | 228 & 291 | |||||||||
| Mysore | 322 | |||||||||
| 22 Dec 1951 – Bangalore | ||||||||||
| Travancore-Cochin | 150 & 85 | |||||||||
| Mysore | 344 & 402/4d | |||||||||
| Hyderabad | 126/9d & 198 | |||||||||
East Zone
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
| 14 Dec 1951 – Kanpur | ||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 178 & 180 | |||||||||
| 21 Dec 1951 – Jamshedpur | ||||||||||
| Bihar | 223 & 136/6 | |||||||||
| Bihar | 98 & 259 | |||||||||
| Holkar | 344 & 15/1 | |||||||||
| 30 Jan 1952 – Indore | ||||||||||
| Holkar | 367 & 129/3 | |||||||||
| Bengal | 180 & 315 | |||||||||
| 24 Jan 1952 – Calcutta | ||||||||||
| Bengal | 760 | |||||||||
| 15 Dec 1951 – Nowgong | ||||||||||
| Assam | 180 & 167 | |||||||||
| Assam | 116 & 278/6d | |||||||||
| Orissa | 177 & 144 | |||||||||
Inter-Zonal Knockout matches
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 22 Feb 1952 – Bangalore | ||||||
| Mysore | 170 & 28 | |||||
| 1 Mar 1952 – Bombay | ||||||
| Bombay | 205 | |||||
| Bombay | 596 & 442/5d | |||||
| 22 Feb 1952 – Indore | ||||||
| Holkar | 410 & 97 | |||||
| Holkar | 219 & 485 | |||||
| Services | 196 & 250 | |||||
Final
| 1–5 March 1952 Scorecard |
| Bombay (H) | v | Holkar |
| 596 (154.1 overs) G. S. Ramchand 149, Vinoo Mankad 141 C. K. Nayudu 2/72 |
410 (138.3 overs) Chandu Sarwate 70 Dattu Phadkar 7/109 | |
| 442 for 5 decl (118.1 overs) Madhav Mantri 152 Chandu Sarwate 2/106 |
97 (46 overs) Mushtaq Ali 30 Vinoo Mankad 4/21 |
| Bombay won by 531 runs Brabourne Stadium, Bombay Umpires: Balkrishna Mohoni and M. G. Vijayasarathi |
- Bombay won the toss and decided to bat
Scorecards and averages
References
- "Ranji Trophy, 1951/52 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Ranji Trophy, 1951/52 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- Lowest team totals in first class cricket, acscricket.com
- Highest winning margins in first class cricket, acscricket.com
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