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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 = 1965–66 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 = League and [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout]]
| fromdate =
| todate =
| champions = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| count = 17
| participants = 24
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Ajit Wadekar]] (Bombay) (695)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1965/66 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1965-66/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[B. S. Chandrasekhar]] (Mysore) (37)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1965/66 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1965-66/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1964–65
| previous_tournament = 1964–65 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1966–67
| next_tournament = 1966–67 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1965–66 Ranji Trophy''' was the 32nd season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] won the title defeating [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]] in the final.

==Highlights==
*[[Bapu Nadkarni|R. G. Nadkarni]] captained Bombay to a win for the third season in a row. As of 2017, he is the only captain to win three consecutive Ranji titles.<ref>[[Indian Cricket (annual)|Indian Cricket 2004]]</ref>
*Ravinder Pal took a hat-trick for [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] v [[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]. This match was the first [[first class cricket|first class]] match played at [[Sector 16 Stadium]], [[Chandigarh]]

==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''' || 2.039
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.353
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 0.899
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.807
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.527
|-
|}

===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]]
| 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''36''' || 1.909
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''32''' || 1.645
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.270
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]
| 5 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''21''' || 1.023
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Northern Punjab cricket team|Northern Punjab]]
| 5 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.730
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
| 5 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.305
|-
|}

===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 || '''19''' || 2.415
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 1.039
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.918
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''5''' || 0.566
|}
{{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"|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''31''' || 2.423
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''26''' || 2.101
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 1.147
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.381
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.360
|-
|}

===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 || '''22''' || 1.873
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''9''' || 0.597
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.994
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.786
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

==Knockout stage==
{{Round8

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

|||||
|28 Jan 1966 – Jaipur|'''[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]'''|'''330 & 97/3'''|[[Services cricket team|Services]]|156 & 268
|||||
|||||

|5 Feb 1966 – Bangalore|[[Karnataka cricket team|Mysore]]|397 & 243/7d|'''[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]'''|'''458 & 183/9'''
|29 Jan 1966 – Bombay|'''[[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''254 & 109/1'''|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|109 & 252

|17 Feb 1966 – Jaipur|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]|125 & 288|'''[[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''382 & 32/2'''||



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

===Final===
{{Test match
| date = 17–20 February 1966
| team1 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]] (H)
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| score-team1-inns1 = '''125 (56.5 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Salim Durani]] 29
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Manohar Hardikar]] 6/25
| score-team2-inns1 = '''382 (112.3 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ajit Wadekar]] 185
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Chandrasekhar Joshi]] 6/83
| score-team1-inns2 = '''288 (137 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Kailash Gattani]] 94
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Ramakant Desai]] 4/72
| score-team2-inns2 = '''32/2 (6.4 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Ajit Wadekar]] 22*
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Gundibail Sunderam|G. R. Sunderam]] 2/3
| result = Bombay won by eight wickets
| venue = [[Railway Cricket Ground, Jaipur|Railway Cricket Ground]], [[Jaipur]]
| umpires = [[Sunil Banerjee]] and [[Samar Roy]]
| report = [https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1965-66/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/RAJ_BOM_RJI-FINAL_17-20FEB1966.html Scorecard]
| toss = Bombay won the toss and decided to field
| rain =
| notes =
}}

* The match was played on a coir matting wicket.
* Wadekar (185) and [[Dilip Sardesai]] (99) added 212 runs in 220 minutes. Sardesai spent half an hour in the nineties, was dropped at extra cover and then stumped for 99 in 300 minutes with 9 fours. Wadekar hit 26 fours and a six off Sunderam.
* The Ranji trophy was presented by [[Gayatri Devi]] of Jaipur

==Scorecards and averages==
*[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1965-66/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/ ESPNcricinfo]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1965-66.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1965-66 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1965 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1966 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1965–66]]

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1965 66 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

Subhamaykarjee at 17:10, 24 January 2024