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{{Infobox cricket tournament<br />
| name = 1952–53 Ranji Trophy<br />
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg <br />
| imagesize = 350px<br />
| caption = The Ranji Trophy <br />
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]<br />
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| tournament format = [[Single-elimination tournament|Knockout]]<br />
| fromdate = <br />
| todate = <br />
| champions = [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]<br />
| count = 4<br />
| participants = 20<br />
| matches = <br />
| attendance =<br />
| player of the series =<br />
| most runs = [[Bhausaheb Nimbalkar]] (Holkar) (474)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1952/53 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1952-53/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref><br />
| most wickets = [[Montu Banerjee]] (Bengal) (26)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1952/53 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1952-53/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref><br />
| website =<br />
| previous_year = 1951–52<br />
| previous_tournament = 1951–52 Ranji Trophy<br />
| next_year = 1953–54<br />
| next_tournament = 1953–54 Ranji Trophy<br />
}}<br />
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The '''1952–53 Ranji Trophy''' was the 19th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]] won the title defeating [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] in the final.<br />
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==Highlights==<br />
* [[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]], as Travancore-Cochin, made its first appearance<br />
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==Zonal Matches==<br />
=== South Zone ===<br />
{{Round4|style=white-space:nowrap<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team v v1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 125px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- Round 1 --><br />
|8 Nov 1952 – Trivandrum|[[Travancore-Cochin cricket team|Travancore-Cochin]]|86 & 86|'''[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]'''|'''220'''<br />
|5 Dec 1952 – Madras|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]] (T)'''|161|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|80/1<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|27 Dec 1952 – Bangalore|'''[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]'''|'''299 & 211/1'''|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]|291 & 218<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}<br />
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'''(T)''' – Advanced to next round by spin of coin.<br />
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=== North Zone ===<br />
{{Round4|style=white-space:nowrap<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team v v1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 125px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- Round 1 --><br />
|15 Nov 1952 – Jullundur|[[Eastern Punjab cricket team|Eastern Punjab]]|274 & 293/8d|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''393 & 177/3'''<br />
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<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|25 Dec 1952 – New Delhi|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|94 & 453/7|'''[[Services cricket team|Services]]'''|'''567'''<br />
<!-- exclude matches --><br />
|skipmatch01=no|skipmatch02=yes<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}<br />
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=== West Zone ===<br />
{{Round8|style=white-space:nowrap<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team v v1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 125px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- Round 1 --><br />
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|21 Nov 1952 – Baroda|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]|246 & 277/3|'''[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]'''|'''364 & 451/4d'''<br />
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<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|14 Feb 1953 – Rajkot|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]|91 & 93|'''[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]'''|'''273'''<br />
|18 Dec 1952 – Sholapur|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''167 & 271'''|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]|112 & 307<br />
<!-- Round 3 --><br />
|28 Feb 1953 – Ahmedbad|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]|202 & 234|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''260 & 178/2'''<br />
<!-- exclude matches --><br />
|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=no|skipmatch03=yes|skipmatch04=yes<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2|RD3 = Round 3}}<br />
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===East Zone===<br />
{{Round4|style=white-space:nowrap<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 125px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- Round 1--><br />
|6 Dec 1952 – Cuttack|'''[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]'''|'''303'''|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]|74 & 90<br />
|3 Jan 1953 – Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''323 & 354/5d'''|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|235 & 140/7<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|17 Jan 1953 – Cuttack|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]|126 & 258|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''301 & 85/3'''<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}<br />
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===Central Zone===<br />
{{Round4|style=white-space:nowrap<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 125px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- Round 1--><br />
|6 Dec 1952 – Ratlam|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''285 & 11/0'''|[[Rajputana cricket team|Rajputana]]|148 & 143<br />
|19 Dec 1952 – Nagpur|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]|350 & 167|'''[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]'''|'''274 & 285'''<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|17 Jan 1953 – Indore|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''464'''|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]|85 & 53<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}<br />
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==Inter-Zonal Knockout matches==<br />
{{Round8|style=white-space:nowrap<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 125px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- quarter finals --><br />
|13 Feb 1953 – Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''191 & 356'''|[[Services cricket team|Services]]|107 & 183<br />
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<!-- semi finals --><br />
|26 Feb 1953 – Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''358 & 110'''|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]|198 & 166<br />
|12 Mar 1953 – Indore|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''469 & 235/3'''|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|331 & 369<br />
<!-- final --><br />
|20 Mar 1953 – Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|479 & 320/5d|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''496 & 177/9'''<br />
<!-- exclude matches --><br />
|skipmatch01=no|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=yes|skipmatch04=yes<br />
}}<br />
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===Final===<br />
{{Test match<br />
| date = 20–24 March 1953<br />
| team1 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] (H)<br />
| team2 = [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]<br />
| score-team1-inns1 = '''479 (198.4 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Punya Datta|P. B. Datta]] 141<br />
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Hiralal Gaekwad]] 4/128<br />
| score-team2-inns1 = '''496 (171.1 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Bhausaheb Nimbalkar|B. B. Nimbalkar]] 219<br />
| wickets-team2-inns1 = S. K. Shome 4/195<br />
| score-team1-inns2 = '''320 for 5 decl (44.5 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Benjamin Frank]] 62<br />
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Arjun Naidu]] 2/73<br />
| score-team2-inns2 = '''177/9 (105 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Mushtaq Ali]] 46<br />
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[S. K. Girdhari]] 3/17<br />
| result = Holkar won on first innings lead<br />
| venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata|Calcutta]]<br />
| umpires = [[Santosh Ganguli]] and [[M. G. Vijayasarathi]]<br />
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20552.html Scorecard]<br />
| toss = Bengal won the toss and decided to bat<br />
| rain = <br />
| notes =<br />
}}<br />
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==Scorecards and averages==<br />
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1952-53.html CricketArchive]<br />
*[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1952-53/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/ ESPNcricinfo]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:1952-53 Ranji Trophy}}<br />
[[Category:1952 in Indian cricket]]<br />
[[Category:1953 in Indian cricket]]<br />
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]<br />
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1952–53]]<br />
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