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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1972–73 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 = 24
| participants = 24
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Chetan Chauhan]] (Maharashtra) (873)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1972/73 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1972-73/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[S. Venkataraghavan]] (Tamil Nadu) (58)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1972/73 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1972-73/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1971–72
| previous_tournament = 1971–72 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1973–74
| next_tournament = 1973–74 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1972–73 Ranji Trophy''' was the 39th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] won their 15th title in a row defeating [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] in the final.

==Highlights==
* Bombay won their 15th successive Ranji Trophy. This is a record for the national championships in the Test countries. Bombay lost the [[1973–74 Ranji Trophy|1973–74 semifinal]] to [[Karnataka]] on first innings lead.
* 27 wickets fell on the second day of the Bombay – Tamil Nadu final at [[Chepauk]]. The match ended on the first ball of the third day
* [[Ajit Wadekar]] captained Bombay to the title for the fourth time. He had already captained in the 1968–69, 1969–70 and 1971–72 finals. As of 2017, [[C. K. Nayudu]] of [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]] is the only other captain to win four Ranji titles.<ref>[[Indian Cricket (annual)|Indian Cricket 2004]]</ref>

==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"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''28''' || 2.203
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''27''' || 1.882
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]
| 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''21''' || 1.596
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.324
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.301
|}

===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 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''36''' || 1.774
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''28''' || 1.089
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 1.368
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 5 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''21''' || 1.007
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 5 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''10''' || 0.776
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| 5 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.469
|}

===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 || '''25''' || 3.838
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 1.915
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.507
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.292
|}
{{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 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''29''' || 1.808
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''27''' || 1.968
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 0.770
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''5''' || 0.694
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 0.624
|}

===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"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''18''' || 1.257
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 1.126
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 1.043
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''6''' || 0.657
|}
{{col-end}}

==Knockout stage==

{{Round16

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

|3 Mar 1973 – Poona|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''560/2d'''|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]|250 & 193
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|3 Mar 1973 – Jamshedpur|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|131 & 149/5|'''[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]'''|'''168'''
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|23 Mar 1973 – Poona|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''547/9d & 8/1'''|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|254 & 297
|16 Mar 1973 – Madras|'''[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]'''|'''206 & 124'''|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]|132 & 88
|24 Mar 1973 – Indore|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]|214 & 186|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''368 & 36/1'''
|23 Mar 1973 – Hyderabad|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''|'''253 & 273'''|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|136 & 194

|6 Apr 1973 – Poona|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|227 & 96|'''[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]'''|'''160 & 187'''
|8 Apr 1973 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''471 & 100/2'''|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|339 & 231/7d

|18 Apr 1973 – Madras|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]|80 & 61|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''151 & 113'''

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

===Final===
{{Test match
| date = 18–21 April 1973
| team2 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] (H)
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| score-team1-inns1 = '''151 (71.5 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ashok Mankad]] 38
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Vaman Kumar|V. V. Kumar]] 5/48, [[Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan|S. Venkataraghavan]] 5/60
| score-team2-inns1 = '''80 (45.5 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Abdul Jabbar (Tamil Nadu cricketer)|Abdul Jabbar]] 29
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Padmakar Shivalkar]] 8/16
| score-team1-inns2 = '''113 (49.3 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Sudhir Naik]] 28*, [[Ajit Naik]] 28
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[B. Kalyanasundaram]] 4/8
| score-team2-inns2 = '''61 (33.1 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Abdul Jabbar (Tamil Nadu cricketer)|Abdul Jabbar]] 28
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Padmakar Shivalkar]] 5/18, [[Eknath Solkar]] 5/23
| result = Bombay won by 123 runs
| venue = [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras Cricket Club Ground]], [[Chennai|Madras]]
| umpires = [[Sukken Bhattacharya]] and [[Har Sharma|Har Prasad Sharma]]
| motm =
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/33/33151.html Scorecard]
| toss = Bombay won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1972-73.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1972-73 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1972 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1973 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1972–73]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]

{{Indian-domestic-cricket-competition-stub}}

1972 73 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

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