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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 = 1961–62 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 = 13
| participants = 23
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Harcharan Singh (cricketer)|Harcharan Singh]] (Southern Punjab) (495)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1961/62 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1961-62/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Ponnuswami Sitaram|P. Sitaram]] (Delhi) (40)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1961/62 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1961-62/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1960–61
| previous_tournament = 1960–61 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1962–63
| next_tournament = 1962–63 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1961–62 Ranji Trophy''' was the 28th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] won the title defeating [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]] in the final.

==Highlights==
* [[Prakash Bhandari]] scored a hundred in 60 minutes against Rajasthan in the semifinal which was then the fastest hundred in Ranji trophy.<ref>[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1961-62/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/RAJ_BENG_RJI-SEMI1_16-19FEB1962.html Rajasthan v Bengal, Udaipur, 1961/62]</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"|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''22''' || 2.170
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''18''' || 1.526
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''5''' || 0.619
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''2''' || 0.324
|-
|}

===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 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''33''' || 2.464
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 0.941
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''13''' || 1.150
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''12''' || 0.683
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''5''' || 0.606
|-
|}

===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 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 1.150
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''15''' || 0.902
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''12''' || 1.059
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.914
|-
|}
{{col-2}}

===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 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 2.908
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''13''' || 0.993
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''12''' || 0.773
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.452
|}

===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"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 5 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''41''' || 1.941
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 5 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''36''' || 1.842
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 5 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''23''' || 1.080
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]
| 5 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 1.047
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Northern Punjab cricket team|Northern Punjab]]
| 5 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 0.913
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
| 5 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.193
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

==Knockout stage==
{{Round8

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

|26 Jan 1962 – Madras|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]|182 & 203|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''385 & 136'''
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|17 Feb 1962 – Delhi|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|149 & 267|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''290 & 116/2'''
|16 Feb 1962 – Udaipur|'''[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]'''|'''392 & 195/5'''|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|292 & 291/3d

|20 Mar 1962 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''539'''|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]|157 & 95

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

===Final===
{{Test match
| date = 20–22 Mar 1962
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] (H)
| team2 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| score-team1-inns1 = '''539 (140.2 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ajit Wadekar]] 235, [[Gulabrai Ramchand|G. S. Ramchand]] 100
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Raj Singh Dungarpur|Raj Singh]] 4/86
| score-team2-inns1 = '''157 (62.4 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Suryaveer Singh]] 32
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sharad Diwadkar]] 5/68
| score-team2-inns2 = '''95 (34.4 overs, follow on)'''
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Hanumant Singh]] 48*
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Gulabrai Ramchand|G. S. Ramchand]] 2/16
| result = Bombay won by an innings and 287 runs
| venue = [[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Mumbai|Bombay]]
| umpires = [[Sukken Bhattacharya]] and [[Narayan Sane]]
| report = [https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1961-62/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BOM_RAJ_RJI-FINAL_20-22MAR1962.html Scorecard]
| toss = Bombay won the toss and elected to bat
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1961-62.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1961-62 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1961 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1962 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1961–62]]

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1961 62 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

Animesh at 17:10, 24 January 2024