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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 = 1967–68 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 = 19
| participants = 22
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = K. R. Rajagopal (Madras) (729)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1967/68 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1967-68/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[S. Venkataraghavan]] (Madras) (46)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1967/68 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1967-68/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1966–67
| previous_tournament = 1966–67 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1968–69
| next_tournament = 1968–69 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1967–68 Ranji Trophy''' was the 34th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] won their tenth title in a row defeating [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]] in the final.

==Highlights==
* Madras won all their six matches going in to the final. Bombay won outright only one of their six matches in the tournament
* [[Gundappa Viswanath]] made his debut in first class cricket on 11 November scoring 230 for Mysore against Andhra.
* Vikram Thambuswamy took 8 wickets for 37 runs in an innings for Madras v Andhra. But it would be his only first class match
* In all their matches, Madhya Pradesh's middle order was constituted by Vijay Nayudu, [[Ashok Jagdale]] and Gulrez Ali who were respectively the grandson of [[C. K. Nayudu]], and the sons of [[Madhavsinh Jagdale]] and [[Syed Mushtaq Ali|Mushtaq Ali]].

==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]]
| 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''33''' || 1.983
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''23''' || 1.760
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 1.654
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.565
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.318
|-
|}

===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"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 1.223
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 1.306
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.597
|-
|}

===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 || '''22''' || 2.260
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''21''' || 1.993
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''5''' || 0.378
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.666
|}
{{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"|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''26''' || 1.953
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''26''' || 1.487
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''22''' || 1.193
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.714
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.456
|-
|}

===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 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 1.534
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.318
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.849
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.758
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Northern Punjab cricket team|Northern Punjab]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''10''' || 0.733
|}
{{col-end}}

==Knockout stage==
{{Round8

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

|||||
|||||
|19 Jan 1968 – Madras|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''348 & 357/9d'''|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]|259 & 167
|||||

|2 Feb 1968 – Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|186 & 287|'''[[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''436/9d & 4/1'''
|2 Feb 1968 – Madras|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''286 & 76/3'''|[[Services cricket team|Services]]|213 & 145

|16 Feb 1968 – Bombay|'''[[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''312 & 225/5'''|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]|258 & 302||



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

===Final===
{{Test match
| date = 16–20 February 1968
| team1 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]]
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] (H)
| score-team1-inns1 = '''258 (89.3 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[C. K. Bhaskaran]] 76*
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Arun Varde]] 4/45
| score-team2-inns1 = '''312 (141.1 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ashok Mankad]] 112
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[C. K. Bhaskaran]] 4/68
| score-team1-inns2 = '''302 (143.4 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[K. R. Rajagopal]] 73
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Padmakar Shivalkar]] 3/86
| score-team2-inns2 = '''225/5 (119 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Manohar Hardikar]] 62*
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Vaman Kumar|V. V. Kumar]] 2/81
| result = Bombay won on first innings lead
| venue = [[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Mumbai|Bombay]]
| umpires = [[S. K. Bhattacharya]] and [[Sambhu Pan]]
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/29/29284.html Scorecard]
| toss = Bombay won the toss and decided to field
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1967-68.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1967-68 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1967 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1968 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1967–68]]

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Aeon at 17:11, 24 January 2024