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{{Infobox cricket tournament<br />
| name = 1955–56 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 = 8<br />
| participants = 22<br />
| matches = <br />
| attendance =<br />
| player of the series =<br />
| most runs = [[Polly Umrigar]] (Bombay) (595)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1955/56 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1955-56/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref><br />
| most wickets = [[Premangsu Chatterjee]] (Bengal) (26)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1955/56 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1955-56/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref><br />
| website =<br />
| previous_year = 1954–55<br />
| previous_tournament = 1954–55 Ranji Trophy<br />
| next_year = 1956–57<br />
| next_tournament = 1956–57 Ranji Trophy<br />
}}<br />
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The '''1955–56 Ranji Trophy''' was the 22nd season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] won the title defeating [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] in the final.<br />
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==Zonal Matches==<br />
=== 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 />
|17 Jan 1956 – Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''429 & 262/5d'''|[[Patiala cricket team|Patiala]]|143 & 125<br />
|1 Dec 1955 – Delhi|'''[[Services cricket team|Services]]'''|'''424'''|[[Eastern Punjab cricket team|Eastern Punjab]]|158 & 174<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|18 Feb 1956 – Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] (T)'''|412|[[Services cricket team|Services]]|385/7<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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=== 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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|31 Dec 1955 – Trivandrum|[[Travancore-Cochin cricket team|Travancore-Cochin]]|135 & 142|'''[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]'''|'''462/9d'''<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|10 Dec 1955 – Bangalore|'''[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]'''|'''338 & 248/5d'''|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|171 & 264/6<br />
|13 Jan 1956 – Madras|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''507/9d'''|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]|275 & 160/8<br />
<!-- Round 3 --><br />
|4 Feb 1956 – Bangalore|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]|249 & 186/6d|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''281 & 145/7'''<br />
<!-- exclude matches --><br />
|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=yes|skipmatch04=no<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2|RD3 = Round 3}}<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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|11 Dec 1955 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''307/6'''|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]|306<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|14 Jan 1956 – Rajkot|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]|240 & 192/7d|'''[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]'''|'''266 & 123/2'''<br />
|4 Feb 1956 – Sholapur|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|412|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''481/5d'''<br />
<!-- Round 3 --><br />
|18 Feb 1956 – Ahmedabad|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]|232 & 100/6|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''337'''<br />
<!-- exclude matches --><br />
|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=yes|skipmatch04=no<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2|RD3 = Round 3}}<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 />
|16 Dec 1955 – Indore|[[Madhya Bharat cricket team|Madhya Bharat]]|251|'''[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]'''|'''327 & 103/3'''<br />
|15 Jan 1956 – Udaipur|[[Rajputana cricket team|Rajputana]]|337 & 267/7d|'''[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]'''|'''388 & 103/0'''<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|4 Feb 1956 – Nagpur|'''[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]'''|'''215 & 152'''|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]|95 & 213<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}<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 />
|13 Jan 1956 – Jamshedpur|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|60 & 135|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''157 & 39/1'''<br />
|13 Jan 1956 – Gauhati|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]|115 & 213/7|'''[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]'''|'''333'''<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|11 Feb 1956 – Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''373'''|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]|143 & 174<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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|3 Mar 1956 – Delhi|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|273|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''274/4'''<br />
<!-- semi finals --><br />
|3 Mar 1956 – Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''289 & 23/0'''|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]|155 & 155<br />
|11 Mar 1956 – Madras|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]|124 & 89|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''457'''<br />
<!-- final --><br />
|30 Mar 1956 – Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|255 & 179|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''307 & 129/2'''<br />
<!-- exclude matches --><br />
|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=yes|skipmatch04=no<br />
}}<br />
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===Final===<br />
{{Test match<br />
| date = 30 March – 2 April 1956<br />
| team1 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] (H)<br />
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] <br />
| score-team1-inns1 = '''255 (146.1 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Probir Sen]] 55, R. M. Chanda 55<br />
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Manohar Hardikar]] 8/39<br />
| score-team2-inns1 = '''308 (119.2 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Polly Umrigar]] 112<br />
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Premangsu Chatterjee]] 7/101<br />
| score-team1-inns2 = '''179 (85.5 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team1-inns2 = Basu Thakkar 68<br />
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Baloo Gupte]] 5/80<br />
| score-team2-inns2 = '''129/2 (42.3 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team2-inns2 = Yatin Rele 49*<br />
| wickets-team2-inns2 = K. K. Biswas 1/9<br />
| result = Bombay won by 8 wickets<br />
| venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata|Calcutta]]<br />
| umpires = [[George Ayling]] and Dinkar Desai<br />
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21913.html Scorecard]<br />
| toss = Toss not known<br />
| rain = <br />
| notes =<br />
}}<br />
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==Scorecards and averages==<br />
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1955-56.html CricketArchive]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:1955-56 Ranji Trophy}}<br />
[[Category:1955 in Indian cricket]]<br />
[[Category:1956 in Indian cricket]]<br />
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]<br />
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1955–56]]<br />
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