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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 = 1962–63 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 = 14
| participants = 21
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Pankaj Roy]] (Bengal) (662)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1962/63 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1962-63/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Baloo Gupte]] (Bombay) (38)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1962/63 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1962-63/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1961–62
| previous_tournament = 1961–62 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1963–64
| next_tournament = 1963–64 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1962–63 Ranji Trophy''' was the 29th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] won the title defeating [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]] in the final. The tournament was severely impacted by the [[Sino-Indian War|Chinese Aggression of 1962]]. [[Services cricket team|Services]] and [[Railways cricket team|Railways]] pulled out of the tournament after playing one game each. Being so close to the action [[Assam cricket team|Assam]] and [[Odisha cricket team|Odisha]] had to pull out of the tournament. When the ceasefire was ordered, the invaders were only a few kilometres away from [[Tezpur]], which was the headquarters of Assam cricket. [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]] played one match and then closed their season as most of their players were employed in firms and factories which were pressed into defence production.

==Highlights==
*8-ball overs were used for the only time in Ranji Trophy.
*Following India's 0–5 loss to West Indies in the 1961–62 away series, BCCI contracted four West Indian fast bowlers to play in the Ranji Trophy. Thus [[Charlie Stayers]] played for Bombay, [[Roy Gilchrist]] for Hyderabad, [[Lester King (cricketer)|Lester King]] for Bengal and [[Chester Watson (cricketer)|Chester Watson]] for Delhi.
*[[Subhash Gupte]] took 15 for 104 for Rajasthan v Vidarbha.<ref>[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1962-63/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/CENTRAL/VIDAR_RAJ_RJI-C_21-23DEC1962.html Rajasthan v Vidarbha]</ref> This was the best bowling in a match in Ranji Trophy till [[1985–86 Ranji Trophy|1985–86]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Series/Ranji_Trophy/Bowling_Records/Best_Match_Bowling.html Most wickets in a match in Ranji Trophy]</ref>
*[[Rajinder Goel]] took 6 for 6 in four overs for Northern Punjab v Southern Punjab.<ref>[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1962-63/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/NORTH/N-PNJB_S-PNJB_RJI-N_01-03DEC1962.html Southern Punjab v Northern Punjab]</ref>
*[[Pankaj Roy]] scored hundreds in both innings for Bengal v Hyderabad in the quarter-final.<ref>[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1962-63/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BENG_HYD_RJI-QF_22-25FEB1963.html Bengal v Hyderabad, Quarter-final]</ref> This match involved fiery bowling by the West Indian fast bowlers [[Roy Gilchrist]] and [[Lester King (cricketer)|Lester King]]
*[[Gulabrai Ramchand|G. S. Ramchand]] scored a hundred in his third successive Ranji final, a unique feat.

==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 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''39''' || 2.512
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''23''' || 1.051
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''19''' || 0.990
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''14''' || 0.713
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''6''' || 0.561
|-
|}

===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]]
| 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''21''' || 3.653
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]] {{refn|group="n"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]'s match against [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]] was not played.}}
| 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''2''' || 0.370
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]] {{refn|group="n"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]'s match against [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]] was not played.}}
| 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''2''' || 0.191
|}

===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 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || '''35''' || 2.595
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Northern Punjab cricket team|Northern Punjab]]
| 5 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || '''24''' || 1.235
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]] {{refn|group="n"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]'s only match was against [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]].}}
| 5 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || '''19''' || 7.179
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]] {{refn|group="n"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]'s only match was against [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]].}}
| 5 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || '''18''' || 2.051
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]
| 5 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || '''15''' || 0.645
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
| 5 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.381
|-
|}
{{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"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''36''' || 2.342
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''33''' || 2.253
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]
| 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''22''' || 1.193
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''7''' || 0.473
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''4''' || 0.410
|-
|}

===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 || '''26''' || 2.309
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''12''' || 0.922
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''9''' || 0.741
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''9''' || 0.693
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

==Knockout stage==
{{Round8

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

|||||
|||||
|22 Feb 1963 – Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''386 & 280'''|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|361 & 121/8
|||||

|15 Feb 1963 – Delhi|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|204 & 146|'''[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]'''|'''220 & 133/5'''
|2 Mar 1963 – Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|322 & 199|'''[[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''552'''

|9 Mar 1963 – Jaipur|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]|196 & 336|'''[[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''551/6d'''|

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

===Final===

{{Test match
| date = 9–13 Mar 1963
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| team2 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]] (H)
| score-team1-inns1 = '''551/6 decl (117 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Bapu Nadkarni|R. G. Nadkarni]] 219, [[Ramakant Desai]] 107, [[Gulabrai Ramchand|G. S. Ramchand]] 102
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Gundibail Sunderam|G. R. Sunderam]] 3/73
| score-team2-inns1 = '''196 (55.2 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Kishan Rungta]] 64
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Charlie Stayers]] 6/36
| score-team2-inns2 = '''336 (95 overs, follow on)'''
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Vijay Manjrekar]] 108
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Charlie Stayers]] 3/85
| result = Bombay won by an innings and 19 runs
| venue = [[Maharaja College, Jaipur|Maharaja College]] Ground, [[Jaipur]]
| umpires = [[Sunil Banerjee]] and [[Samar Roy]]
| report = [https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1962-63/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/RAJ_BOM_RJI-FINAL_09-13MAR1963.html Scorecard]
| toss = Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field
| rain =
| notes =
}}

== Notes ==
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==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1962-63.html CricketArchive]
*[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1962-63/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/ ESPNcricinfo]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1962-63 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1962 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1963 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1962–63]]
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1962 63 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

JamesTex at 18:40, 11 February 2026