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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 = 1958–59 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 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| count = 10
| participants = 23
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Pankaj Roy]] (Bengal) (605)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1958/59 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1958-59/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Ramakant Desai]] (Bombay) (50)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1958/59 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1958-59/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1957–58
| previous_tournament = 1957–58 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1959–60
| next_tournament = 1959–60 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1958–59 Ranji Trophy''' was the 25th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] won the title defeating [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] in the final. This started a sequence of 15 consecutive Ranji titles for Bombay.

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

===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"|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''29''' || 2.325
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''27''' || 1.514
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''15''' || 1.057
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''14''' || 0.708
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.439
|-
|}

===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 || '''26''' || 3.600
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 0.963
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]{{refn|group="n"|The match between [[Assam cricket team|Assam]] and [[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]] was not played. Assam were declared winners}}
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.498
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.272
|-
|}

===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]]
| 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''34''' || 2.966
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''20''' || 1.657
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''20''' || 1.222
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Eastern Punjab cricket team|Eastern Punjab]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.443
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Patiala cricket team|Patiala]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.375
|-
|}
{{col-2}}

===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"|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''30''' || 1.733
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''23''' || 1.317
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''22''' || 1.332
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''9''' || 0.598
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.543
|-
|}

===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 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''19''' || 1.996
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''14''' || 1.126
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''13''' || 0.993
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.527
|-
|}

{{col-end}}

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

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

|21 Feb 1959 – Madras|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]|93 & 298|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''389 & 4/0'''
|||||
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|27 Feb 1959 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''438 & 33/0'''|[[Services cricket team|Services]]|211 & 259
|14 Feb 1959 – Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''293 & 169/1'''|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]|198 & 263

|7 Mar 1959 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''294 & 536/9d'''|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|176 & 234

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

===Final===

{{Test match
| date = 7–11 Mar 1959
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] (H)
| team2 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| score-team1-inns1 = '''294 (107.5 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[H. D. Amroliwala]] 139
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Premangsu Chatterjee]] 6/76
| score-team2-inns1 = '''176 (72.4 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Pankaj Roy]] 51
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Manohar Hardikar]] 4/24
| score-team1-inns2 = '''536/9 decl (141 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Madhav Apte]] 157, [[Ramnath Kenny]] 111
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Sujit Bose 3/125
| score-team2-inns2 = '''234 (70.3 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Pankaj Roy]] 95
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Ramakant Desai]] 4/37
| result = Bombay won by 420 runs
| venue = [[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Mumbai|Bombay]]
| umpires = [[Mohammad Yunus (umpire)|Mohammad Yunus]] and [[Narayan Sane]]
| report = [https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1958-59/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BOM_BENG_RJI-FINAL_07-11MAR1959.html Scorecard]
| toss = Bombay won the toss and elected to bat
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1958-59.html CricketArchive]
*[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1958-59/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/ ESPNcricinfo]

== Notes ==

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==References==
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{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1958-59 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1958 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1959 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1958–59]]

{{Indian-domestic-cricket-competition-stub}}

1958 59 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

FallonMansom317 at 16:37, 23 February 2026