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{{Short description|Indian cricket tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1957–58 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 350px
| caption = The Ranji Trophy
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| tournament format = [[Single-elimination tournament|Knockout]]
| fromdate =
| todate =
| champions = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| count = 4
| participants = 22
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Polly Umrigar]] (Bombay) (594)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1957/58 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1957-58/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Ghulam Ahmed (cricketer)|Ghulam Ahmed]] (Hyderabad) and [[Vaman Kumar|V.V. Kumar]] (Madras) (28)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1957/58 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1957-58/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1956–57
| previous_tournament = 1956–57 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1958–59
| next_tournament = 1958–59 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1957–58 Ranji Trophy''' was the 24th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] won the title defeating [[Services cricket team|Services]] in the final. [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]] made their debut in the competition.<ref name="Vidarbha5758">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21931887/vidarbha-maiden-ranji-title-61-seasons |title=Vidarbha's maiden Ranji title in 61 seasons |access-date=1 January 2018 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

==Highlights==
* The Zonal matches were played in a round-robin format, for the first time in Ranji Trophy history.
* Bombay conceded its last match in the West Zone match against Baroda when it became certain that Baroda would qualify from the West Zone.<ref>[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1957-58/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/WEST/BARODA_BOM_RJI-W_21-23DEC1957.html Baroda v Bombay, Solapur, 1957/58]</ref> It would be twenty years, 124 matches and 18 Ranji titles before Bombay lost another match outright, against Gujarat in [[1977–78 Ranji Trophy|1977–78]].<ref>[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1977-78/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/WEST/GUJ_BOM_RJI-W_24-26DEC1977.html Gujarat v Bombay, Bulsar, 1977/78]</ref>
* [[Prakash Bhandari]] hit 227 and took 4/34 and 5/47 for Delhi against Patiala<ref>[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1957-58/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/NORTH/PATIALA_DELHI_RJI-N_20-22DEC1957.html Delhi v Patiala, Patiala, 1957/58]</ref>

==Group stage==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}

===South Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''29''' || 1.574
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]
| 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''23''' || 1.250
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''20''' || 1.183
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''13''' || 1.086
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.460
|-
|}

===Central Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''18''' || 1.540
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''14''' || 1.024
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.838
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''10''' || 0.748
|-
|}

===North Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.970
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''20''' || 1.673
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Patiala cricket team|Patiala]]
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.727
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Eastern Punjab cricket team|Eastern Punjab]]
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.481
|-
|}

{{col-2}}

===West Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''27''' || 1.574
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.250
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''21''' || 1.183
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''15''' || 1.086
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.460
|-
|}

===East Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''27''' || 2.759
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''18''' || 1.688
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''5''' || 0.598
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.283
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

'''Points System'''
* Win : 8 points
* Draw (with First Innings Lead) : 5 points
* Draw (without First Innings Lead) : 3 points
* Lost : 0 points
* Bonus : 1 point

==Knockout stage==
{{Round8|style=white-space:nowrap

| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 125px
| score-width = 90px

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|21 Feb 1958 – Hyderabad|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|122 & 188|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''310 & 4/0'''

|7 Feb 1958 – Udaipur|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]|256 & 127/2|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''424'''
|28 Feb 1958 – Delhi|'''[[Services cricket team|Services]]'''|'''370/2'''|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|360

|13 Mar 1958 – Baroda|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''495'''|[[Services cricket team|Services]]|239 & 205

|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=yes|skipmatch04=no
}}

===Final===
{{Test match
| date = 13–16 March 1958
| team1 = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] (H)
| team2 = [[Services cricket team|Services]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 495 (171.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Vijay Hazare]] 203
| wickets-team1-inns1 = C. B. Ramesh 3/58 (25 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 239 (113.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Mohinder Singh 73
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Jyotirvadan Vin 4/32 (21.1 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 205 [[Follow-on|f/o]] (85.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Mahipetsinhji]] 57
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Vijay Hazare]] 3/17 (11 overs)
| result = Baroda won by an innings and 51 runs
| venue = [[Moti Bagh Stadium]], [[Vadodara|Baroda]]
| umpires = [[Noshirvan Nagarwala]] and [[M. G. Vijayasarathi]]
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1957-58/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BARODA_SVCS_RJI-FINAL_13-16MAR1958.html Scorecard]
| toss = Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Vijay Hazare]] (Baroda) passed 6,000 runs in first-class matches.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baroda v Services, Ranji Trophy 1957/58 (Final)|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22857.html|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206111144/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22857.html|archive-date=6 December 2013}}</ref>
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1957-58/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/ Ranji Trophy, 1957-58] as [[ESPNcricinfo]] archive
* {{CricketArchive|ref=Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1957-58|name=Ranji Trophy 1957/58}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

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[[Category:1957 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1958 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1957–58]]

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1957 58 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

ShaneraDeF at 16:36, 23 February 2026