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{{Infobox cricket tournament<br />
| name = 1956–57 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 = 9<br />
| participants = 22<br />
| matches = <br />
| attendance =<br />
| player of the series =<br />
| most runs = [[Ramnath Kenny]] (Bombay) (529)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1956/57 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1956-57/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref><br />
| most wickets = [[Polly Umrigar]] (Bombay) (35)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1956/57 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1956-57/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref><br />
| website =<br />
| previous_year = 1955–56<br />
| previous_tournament = 1955–56 Ranji Trophy<br />
| next_year = 1957–58<br />
| next_tournament = 1957–58 Ranji Trophy<br />
}}<br />
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The '''1956–57 Ranji Trophy''' was the 23rd season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] won the title defeating [[Services cricket team|Services]] in the final.<br />
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==Zonal Matches==<br />
=== 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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|24 Nov 1956 – Khadakvasla|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''332'''|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]|83 & 88<br />
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<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|8 Dec 1956 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''525 & 49/1'''|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]|222 & 366<br />
|18 Jan 1957 – Nasik|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''441'''|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]|226 & 358/6<br />
<!-- Round 3 --><br />
|12 Feb 1957 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''657/9d'''|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|171 & 193<br />
<!-- exclude matches --><br />
|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=no|skipmatch04=yes<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2|RD3 = Round 3}}<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 />
|8 Dec 1956 – Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''271 & 87/1'''|[[Eastern Punjab cricket team|Eastern Punjab]]|166 & 190<br />
|13 Jan 1957 – Delhi|'''[[Services cricket team|Services]]'''|'''246 & 85'''|[[Patiala cricket team|PEPSU]]|164 & 121<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|9 Feb 1957 – Delhi|'''[[Services cricket team|Services]]'''|'''289 & 269'''|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|221 & 218/7<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}<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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|12 Jan 1957 – Guntur|'''[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]'''|'''171 & 201/3'''|[[Travancore-Cochin cricket team|Travancore-Cochin]]|180 & 185<br />
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<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|14 Dec 1956 – Salem|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''431 & 329/6d'''|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|310 & 194/7<br />
|30 Jan 1957 – Guntur|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]|266 & 234/8d|'''[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]'''|'''296 & 215/8'''<br />
<!-- Round 3 --><br />
|15 Feb 1957 – Madras|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''384 & 128/3'''|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]|251 & 254/9d<br />
<!-- exclude matches --><br />
|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=no|skipmatch04=yes<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 />
|15 Dec 1956 – Banaras|'''[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]'''|'''238 & 56/1'''|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]|116 & 177<br />
|22 Dec 1956 – Indore|[[Madhya Bharat cricket team|Madhya Bharat]]|91 & 184|'''[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]'''|'''594/8d'''<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|2 Feb 1957 – Banaras|'''[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]'''|'''310 & 342/5'''|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]|256<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 />
|26 Jan 1957 – Jorhat|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]|54 & 245|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''505'''<br />
|22 Dec 1956 – Jamshedpur|'''[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]'''|'''217 & 254/4'''|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]|196 & 350/7d<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|9 Feb 1957 – Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''356'''|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|124 & 83<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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|2 Mar 1957 – Banaras|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]|147 & 229|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''575'''<br />
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<!-- semi finals --><br />
|23 Feb 1957 – Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|302/4|'''[[Services cricket team|Services]] (T)'''|399<br />
|16 Mar 1957 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''634/9d'''|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]|150 & 161<br />
<!-- final --><br />
|29 Mar 1957 – Delhi|[[Services cricket team|Services]]|171 & 150|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''359/7d'''<br />
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|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=no|skipmatch04=yes<br />
}}<br />
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'''(T)''' – Advanced to final by spin of coin.<br />
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===Final===<br />
{{Test match<br />
| date = 29 March – 1 April 1957<br />
| team1 = [[Services cricket team|Services]] (H)<br />
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] <br />
| score-team1-inns1 = '''171 (87.4 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Chandrasekhar Gadkari]] 53<br />
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Polly Umrigar]] 4/65<br />
| score-team2-inns1 = '''359/7 decl (142 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Yatin Rele]] 162*<br />
| wickets-team2-inns1 = N. P. Jagdishan 3/51<br />
| score-team1-inns2 = '''150 (77.1 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Chandrasekhar Gadkari]] 40<br />
| wickets-team1-inns2 = K. R. Panjri 5/57<br />
| result = Bombay won by an innings and 38 runs<br />
| venue = [[Roshanara Bagh|Roshanara Club Ground]], [[Delhi]]<br />
| umpires = [[Noshirvan Nagarwala]] and [[M. G. Vijayasarathi]]<br />
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22370.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_1956-57.html CricketArchive]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:1956-57 Ranji Trophy}}<br />
[[Category:1956 in Indian cricket]]<br />
[[Category:1957 in Indian cricket]]<br />
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]<br />
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1956–57]]<br />
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