1953–54 Ranji Trophy

1953–54 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Bombay (7th title)
Participants	21
Most runs	Madhav Mantri (Bombay) (522)^[1]
Most wickets	Chandu Sarwate (Holkar) (23)^[2]
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 Ranji Trophy was the 20th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Holkar in the final.

Zonal Matches

Central Zone

	Round 1				Round 2

	25 Dec 1953 – Ajmer

	Rajputana	199 & 173
					23 Jan 1954 – Ajmer
	Uttar Pradesh	182 & 123
					Rajputana	125 & 161
	28 Nov 1953 – Jabalpur
					Holkar	486
	Madhya Pradesh	72 & 147

	Holkar	464

West Zone

	Round 1				Round 2				Round 3




					12 Dec 1953 – Bombay

					Bombay	249 & 122/2

					Baroda	117 & 251

									23 Jan 1954 – Bombay

									Bombay	385 & 62/0

									Maharashtra	239 & 206

					9 Jan 1954 – Kolhapur

					Maharashtra	576/6d
	28 Nov 1953 – Ahmedabad
					Gujarat	151 & 364/6
	Gujarat	225 & 360/8d

	Saurashtra	207 & 192/9

South Zone

	Round 1				Round 2				Round 3




					25 Dec 1953 – Madras

					Madras (T)	101/6
	28 Nov 1953 – Bangalore
					Mysore	243/8d
	Mysore	290 & 49/2
									21 Jan 1954 – Madras
	Andhra	150 & 188
									Madras	275 & 336/5d

									Travancore-Cochin	147 & 148

					28 Nov 1953 – Trivandrum

					Travancore-Cochin	241 & 171/4d

					Hyderabad	125 & 104/4

(T) – Advanced to next round by spin of coin.

East Zone

	Round 1				Round 2




					13 Feb 1954 – Jamshedpur

					Bihar	169 & 267/7
	12 Dec 1953 – Cuttack
					Bengal	256 & 304
	Orissa	118 & 142

	Bengal	479 & 321/9d

North Zone

	Round 1				Round 2

	18 Dec 1953 – Delhi

	Services	345 & 124/5d
					18 Jan 1954 – Jullundur
	Eastern Punjab	367 & 76/2
					Eastern Punjab	163 & 82/6
	23 Dec 1953 – Patiala
					Delhi	123 & 120/6d
	Patiala	119/9d & 258

	Delhi	125 & 253/4

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	12 Feb 1954 – Indore

	Holkar	350/9d & 10/0
					6 Mar 1954 – Indore
	Eastern Punjab	127 & 229
					Holkar	575

					Bengal	149 & 111

									13 Mar 1954 – Indore

									Holkar	292 & 193

									Bombay	376 & 111/2

					20 Feb 1954 – Bombay

					Bombay	504 & 342/9d

					Madras	318 & 149

Final

13–17 March 1954
Scorecard

Holkar (H)	v	Bombay
292 (145.4 overs) Chandu Sarwate 82 Baloo Gupte 3/95		376 (143.1 overs) Rusi Modi 141 Chandu Sarwate 4/76
193 (89 overs) Madhavsinh Jagdale 53 Vinoo Mankad 4/61		111/2 (49 overs) Madhav Apte 53* Arjun Naidu 1/39

Bombay won by 8 wickets
Yeshwant Club Ground, Indore
Umpires: Santosh Ganguli and Balkrishna Mohoni

Holkar won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

CricketArchive

References

^ "Ranji Trophy, 1953/54 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1953/54 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.

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