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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1974-75 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 285px
| fromdate =
| todate =
| caption = The Ranji Trophy, which the winners receive
| 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 = 25
| participants = 24
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Ashok Mankad]] (Bombay) (575)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1974/75 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1974-75/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Bishan Bedi]] (Delhi) (64)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1974/75 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1974-75/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1973–74
| previous_tournament = 1973–74 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1975–76
| next_tournament = 1975–76 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1974–75 Ranji Trophy''' was the 41st season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] regained the title defeating defending champions Karnataka.

==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 || '''26''' || 1.983
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 0.819
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''15''' || 0.924
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''14''' || 1.150
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''9''' || 0.604
|}

===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 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''41''' || 2.615
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''30''' || 1.340
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 1.387
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 5 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 0.760
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 5 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.700
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| 5 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.392
|}

===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 || '''21''' || 3.182
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''20''' || 1.707
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.606
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.254
|}
{{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"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''27''' || 1.387
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 1.298
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 1.160
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 0.832
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.606
|}

===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 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''18''' || 2.309
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''14''' || 0.884
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''11''' || 0.864
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''5''' || 0.705
|}
{{col-end}}

== Knockout stage ==
{{Round16|style=white-space:nowrap

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

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|14 Feb 1975 — Indore|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]|383 & 97/2|'''[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]'''|'''583'''
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|14 Feb 1975 — Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''331 & 100/4'''|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]|282 & 145
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|28 Feb 1975 — Hyderabad|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''|'''334 & 88/0'''|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]|180 & 241
|28 Feb 1975 — Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''307'''|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|43 & 236
|28 Feb 1975 — Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''195 & 109/7'''|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]|94 & 207
|28 Feb 1975 — Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|398|'''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''|'''492 & 131/4'''

|14 Mar 1975 — Hyderabad|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|323 & 149/7|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''500/8d & 156/6d'''
|14 Mar 1975 — Delhi|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|220 & 171|'''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''|'''300 & 95/3'''

|29 Mar 1975 — Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''305 & 151/3'''|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]|240 & 215

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

==Final==
{{Test match
| date = 29 March - 1 April 1975
| team1 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] (H)
| score-team1-inns1 = '''240 (100.5 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Gundappa Viswanath|G. R. Viswanath]] 144
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Karsan Ghavri]] 5/66
| score-team2-inns1 = '''305 (102 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sunil Gavaskar]] 96*
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Erapalli Prasanna|E. A. S. Prasanna]] 6/123
| score-team1-inns2 = '''215 (98.5 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Brijesh Patel]] 70
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Eknath Solkar]] 4/43
| score-team2-inns2 = '''151/3 (37.1 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Ashok Mankad]] 48*
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[B. S. Chandrasekhar]] 2/48
| result = Bombay won by 7 wickets
| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium]], [[Mumbai|Bombay]]
| umpires =
| motm =
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/34/34972.html Scorecard]
| toss = Not known
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1974-75/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/ ESPNcricinfo]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1974-75.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1974-75 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1974 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1975 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1974–75]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]

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

1974 75 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

Completegurus at 11:26, 1 May 2026