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{{Infobox cricket tournament<br />
| name = 1953–54 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 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]<br />
| count = 7<br />
| participants = 21<br />
| matches = <br />
| attendance =<br />
| player of the series =<br />
| most runs = [[Madhav Mantri]] (Bombay) (522)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1953/54 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1953-54/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref><br />
| most wickets = [[Chandu Sarwate]] (Holkar) (23)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1953/54 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1953-54/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref><br />
| website =<br />
| previous_year = 1952–53<br />
| previous_tournament = 1952–53 Ranji Trophy<br />
| next_year = 1954–55<br />
| next_tournament = 1954–55 Ranji Trophy<br />
}}<br />
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The '''1953–54 Ranji Trophy''' was the 20th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] won the title defeating [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]] in the final.<br />
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==Zonal Matches==<br />
===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 />
|25 Dec 1953 – Ajmer|'''[[Rajputana cricket team|Rajputana]]'''|'''199 & 173'''|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]|182 & 123<br />
|28 Nov 1953 – Jabalpur|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]|72 & 147|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''464'''<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|23 Jan 1954 – Ajmer|[[Rajputana cricket team|Rajputana]]|125 & 161|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''486'''<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 />
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|28 Nov 1953 – Ahmedabad|'''[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]'''|'''225 & 360/8d'''|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]|207 & 192/9<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|12 Dec 1953 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''249 & 122/2'''|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]|117 & 251<br />
|9 Jan 1954 – Kolhapur|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''576/6d'''|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]|151 & 364/6<br />
<!-- Round 3 --><br />
|23 Jan 1954 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''385 & 62/0'''|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|239 & 206<br />
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|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=yes|skipmatch04=no<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2|RD3 = Round 3}}<br />
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=== South 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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|28 Nov 1953 – Bangalore|'''[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]'''|'''290 & 49/2'''|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]|150 & 188<br />
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<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|25 Dec 1953 – Madras|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]] (T)'''|101/6|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]|243/8d<br />
|28 Nov 1953 – Trivandrum|'''[[Travancore-Cochin cricket team|Travancore-Cochin]]'''|'''241 & 171/4d'''|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|125 & 104/4<br />
<!-- Round 3 --><br />
|21 Jan 1954 – Madras|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''275 & 336/5d'''|[[Travancore-Cochin cricket team|Travancore-Cochin]]|147 & 148<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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'''(T)''' – Advanced to next round by spin of coin.<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 />
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|12 Dec 1953 – Cuttack|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]|118 & 142|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''479 & 321/9d'''<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|13 Feb 1954 – Jamshedpur|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|169 & 267/7|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''256 & 304'''<br />
<!-- exclude matches --><br />
|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=no<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}<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 />
|18 Dec 1953 – Delhi|[[Services cricket team|Services]]|345 & 124/5d|'''[[Eastern Punjab cricket team|Eastern Punjab]]'''|'''367 & 76/2'''<br />
|23 Dec 1953 – Patiala|[[Patiala cricket team|Patiala]]|119/9d & 258|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''125 & 253/4'''<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|18 Jan 1954 – Jullundur|'''[[Eastern Punjab cricket team|Eastern Punjab]]'''|'''163 & 82/6'''|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|123 & 120/6d<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 = 90px<br />
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|12 Feb 1954 – Indore|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''350/9d & 10/0'''|[[Eastern Punjab cricket team|Eastern Punjab]]|127 & 229<br />
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|6 Mar 1954 – Indore|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''575'''|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|149 & 111<br />
|20 Feb 1954 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''504 & 342/9d'''|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]|318 & 149<br />
<!-- final --><br />
|13 Mar 1954 – Indore|[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]|292 & 193|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''376 & 111/2'''<br />
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|skipmatch01=no|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=yes|skipmatch04=yes<br />
}}<br />
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===Final===<br />
{{Test match<br />
| date = 13–17 March 1954<br />
| team1 = [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]] (H)<br />
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]<br />
| score-team1-inns1 = '''292 (145.4 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Chandu Sarwate]] 82<br />
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Baloo Gupte]] 3/95<br />
| score-team2-inns1 = '''376 (143.1 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Rusi Modi]] 141<br />
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Chandu Sarwate]] 4/76<br />
| score-team1-inns2 = '''193 (89 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Madhavsinh Jagdale]] 53<br />
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Vinoo Mankad]] 4/61<br />
| score-team2-inns2 = '''111/2 (49 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Madhav Apte]] 53*<br />
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Arjun Naidu]] 1/39<br />
| result = Bombay won by 8 wickets<br />
| venue = [[Yeshwant Club|Yeshwant Club Ground]], [[Indore]]<br />
| umpires = [[Santosh Ganguli]] and [[Balkrishna Mohoni]]<br />
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21003.html Scorecard]<br />
| toss = Holkar 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_1953-54.html CricketArchive]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:1953-54 Ranji Trophy}}<br />
[[Category:1953 in Indian cricket]]<br />
[[Category:1954 in Indian cricket]]<br />
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]<br />
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1953–54]]<br />
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