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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1970-71 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 285px
| fromdate =
| todate =
| caption = The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket]]
| tournament format = League and [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout]]
| host =
| champions = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| count = 22
| participants = 24
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Hemant Kanitkar]] (Maharashtra) (687)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1970/71 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1970-71/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[B. S. Chandrasekhar]] (Mysore) (46)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1970/71 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1970-71/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1969–70
| previous_tournament = 1969–70 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1971–72
| next_tournament = 1971–72 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1970–71 Ranji Trophy''' was the 37th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] won their 13th title in a row defeating [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] in the final.

A proposal to promote two teams from the zonal leagues to the knockout stage was made Maharashtra in the working committee meeting of [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] at Shillong on 16 August 1970.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700815&printsec=frontpage&hl=en ''Cricket board to discuss changes in Ranji Trophy rules'', Indian Express, August 15, 1970]</ref> Bombay had won Ranji Trophy in the previous twelve seasons and Maharashtra repeatedly found their qualification from the West Zone blocked. Ironically, Maharashtra won the West Zone in the 1970–71 and Bombay finished second in the zone for the first time since [[1958–59 Ranji Trophy|1958–59]]. But the new rules enabled Bombay to qualify for the knockout matches as the second team and they eventually beat Maharashtra in the final.

==Highlights==
* From this season, two teams qualified from each zone to the knockout rounds.
* For the first time in 13 seasons, Bombay finished second in the West Zone, but thanks to new rule, qualified to the quarterfinals behind Maharashtra. They then won their 13th title in a row beating Maharashtra in the final.

==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"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''34''' || 2.938
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]
| 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 1.355
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]
| 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''14''' || 1.029
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.721
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.293
|-
|}

===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 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''35''' || 1.451
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''28''' || 1.352
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''26''' || 1.523
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 1.116
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 5 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.565
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]]
| 5 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.562
|}

===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 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 2.582
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 1.178
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''5''' || 0.718
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.487
|-
|}
{{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"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''27''' || 1.376
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''26''' || 1.645
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''12''' || 0.407
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''10''' || 1.243
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.854
|-
|}

===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"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''23''' || 2.387
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''19''' || 1.726
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.648
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.380
|}
{{col-end}}

==Knockout stage==

{{Round16

| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 150px
| score-width = 100px

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|13 Feb 1971 – Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''366 & 235'''|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|210 & 269
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|18 Feb 1971 – Jamshedpur|'''[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]'''|'''406/9d & 165/3d'''|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]|404 & 54/1

|26 Feb 1971 – Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''330 & 255/7d'''|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]|187 & 157/4
|28 Feb 1971 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''301 & 82/0'''|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|185 & 197
|28 Feb 1971 – Poona|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''624/5d'''|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]|604
|28 Feb 1971 – Bangalore|'''[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]'''|'''195 & 210/8'''|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|196 & 205

|19 Mar 1971 – Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|158 & 275/9|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''459'''
|19 Mar 1971 – Poona|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''210 & 315/8'''|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]|239 & 246

|2 Apr 1971 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''287 & 196'''|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|230 & 205

|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=yes|skipmatch04=no|skipmatch05=yes|skipmatch06=yes|skipmatch07=yes|skipmatch08=no
|RD1 = Pre-Quarter-finals|RD2 = Quarter-finals|RD3 = Semi-finals|RD4 = Finals
|3rdplace=no}}

=== Semi-finals ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 19–22 March 1971
| round = '''1st Semi-final'''
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| team2 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] (H)
| score-team1-inns1 = 459 (184 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Mahesh Sampat]] 141
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Dilip Doshi]] 3/72 (45 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 158 (98.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Prakash Poddar]] 47
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Padmakar Shivalkar]] 5/36 (29 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 =
| runs-team1-inns2 =
| wickets-team1-inns2 =
| score-team2-inns2 = 275/9 (111 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = SS Mitra 130[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Padmakar Shivalkar]] 5/69 (38 overs)
| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1970-71/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BENG_BOM_RJI-SEMI1_19-22MAR1971.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Calcutta]]
| umpires =
| motm =
| toss =
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 19–22 March 1971
| round = '''2nd Semi-final'''
| team1 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] (H)
| team2 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Mysore]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 210 (69.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Nicholas Saldanha]] 45
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[BS Chandrasekhar]] 4/66 (26 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 239 (98 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = B Raghunath 87
| wickets-team2-inns1 = VN Joshi 3/56 (31 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 315/8[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (81.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Chetan Chauhan]] 147
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[BS Chandrasekhar]] 5/110 (30 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 246 (110.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Brijesh Patel]] 77
| wickets-team2-inns2 = VN Joshi 7/80 (46.5 overs)
| result = Maharashtra won by 40 runs
| report = [https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1970-71/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/MAHA_MYSORE_RJI-SEMI2_19-22MAR1971.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Pune]]
| umpires =
| motm =
| toss =
| rain =
| notes =
}}

=== Final ===
{{Test match
| date = 2–7 April 1971
| round = '''Final'''
| team2 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] (H)
| score-team1-inns1 = 287 (110 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ramnath Parkar]] 108
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Nicholas Saldanha]] 6/66 (26 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 230 (92.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Nicholas Saldanha]] 50
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Abdul Ismail]] 4/41 (19 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 196 (107.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Mahesh Sampat]] 60
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Vithal Joshi]] 5/62 (27.1 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 205 (83.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Chandu Borde]] 51
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Padmakar Shivalkar]] 6/56 (29.4 overs)
| result = Bombay won by 48 runs
| venue = [[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Bombay]]
| umpires = [[M. V. Nagendra]] and [[B. Satyaji Rao]]
| motm =
| report = [https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1970-71/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BOM_MAHA_RJI-FINAL_02-07APR1971.html Scorecard]
| toss = Bombay won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and average==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1970-71.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1970-71/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/ Ranji Trophy, 1970-71] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
* [http://www.bcci.tv/ranji-trophy-1970-71/results Ranji Trophy, 1970-71] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709182928/http://www.bcci.tv/ranji-trophy-1970-71/results |date=9 July 2017 }} at [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
* {{CricketArchive|ref=Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1970-71|name=Ranji Trophy 1970/71}}

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