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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 = 1968–69 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 = 20
| participants = 23
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Vijay Bhosle]] (Bombay) (507)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1968/69 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1968-69/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[E. A. S. Prasanna]] (Mysore) (39)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1968/69 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1968-69/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1967–68
| previous_tournament = 1967–68 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1969–70
| next_tournament = 1969–70 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1968–69 Ranji Trophy''' was the 35th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] retained the title defeating [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] in the final.

==Highlights==
*[[M. V. Nagendra]] was an umpire in the final between Bombay and Bengal, emulating his father [[M. G. Vijayasarathi]] who stood in the [[1940–41 Ranji Trophy|1940–41]] final.

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

===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]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 1.815
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.799
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 1.358
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''15''' || 0.890
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.171
|}

===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 || '''25''' || 1.540
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.051
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 1.049
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.802
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''5''' || 0.771
|-
|}

===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 || '''24''' || 2.704
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 1.934
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.497
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.394
|}
{{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''' || 1.983
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''29''' || 1.760
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]
| 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''18''' || 1.654
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''5''' || 0.565
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 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"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''21''' || 1.645
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 1.364
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.951
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.497
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

==Knockout stage==
{{Round8

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

|11 Jan 1969 – Delhi|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|187 & 241/4|'''[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]'''|'''473 & 190/6d'''
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|31 Jan 1969 – Udaipur|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]|226 & 377/2|'''[[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''559'''
|31 Jan 1969 – Bangalore|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]|188 & 106|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''251 & 158'''

|15 Feb 1969 – Bombay|'''[[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''469 & 77/3'''|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|387 & 261/7d||



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

===Final===
{{Test match
| date = 15–19 February 1969
| team1 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] (H)
| score-team1-inns1 = '''387 (157.3 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Chuni Goswami]] 96
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Eknath Solkar]] 3/63, [[Milind Rege]] 3/63
| score-team2-inns1 = '''469 (156.2 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ajit Wadekar]] 133
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Gopal Bose]] 3/88
| score-team1-inns2 = '''261/7 decl (122.2 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Chuni Goswami]] 84
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Ramakant Desai]] 2/48
| score-team2-inns2 = '''77/3 (17 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Eknath Solkar]] 36
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ambar Roy]] 1/9
| result = Bombay won on first innings lead
| venue = [[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Mumbai|Bombay]]
| umpires = [[M. V. Nagendra]] and [[S. K. Raghunatha Rao]]
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/29/29925.html Scorecard]
| toss = Bengal won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1968-69.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1968-69 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1968 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1969 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1968–69]]

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1968 69 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

DellaPugh3766180 at 17:11, 24 January 2024