1963–64 Ranji Trophy

{{Infobox cricket tournament

| name = 1963–64 Ranji Trophy

| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg

| imagesize = 350px

| caption = The Ranji Trophy

| administrator = BCCI

| cricket format = First-class

| tournament format = League and knockout

| fromdate =

| todate =

| champions = Bombay

| count = 15

| participants = 24

| matches =

| attendance =

| player of the series =

| most runs = Vijay Mehra (Delhi) (601){{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1963/64 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1963-64/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}

| most wickets = Vijay Sondhi (Delhi) (32){{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1963/64 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1963-64/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=14 November 2014}}

| website =

| previous_year = 1962–63

| previous_tournament = 1962–63 Ranji Trophy

| next_year = 1964–65

| next_tournament = 1964–65 Ranji Trophy

}}

The 1963–64 Ranji Trophy was the 30th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Rajasthan in the final. This was the fourth consecutive final between the two teams, all of which were won by Bombay

Highlights

On a rain affected wicket in Bangalore against Mysore, Kerala got all out for 27 in two hours. Kerala lost the first four wickets for zero runs and first nine for 12. TK Madhavan batting at No.11 top scored with 11 and the last wicket more than doubled the score.
Delhi and Jammu Kashmir played the second shortest match in Ranji trophy. Jammu & Kashmir finished the first day on 37 for 9 in the second innings, and were all out for 38 early on the second day to lose by an innings.
Jammu and Kashmir failed to reach 100 in the eight innings in their last four matches.
Joginder Rao of Services took a hat-trick on his debut against Jammu and Kashmir.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28676583/anyone-taken-two-hat-tricks-one-first-class-innings |title=Has anyone taken two hat-tricks in one first-class innings? |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=12 February 2020}}
In his second match, against Northern Punjab, Rao took two hat-tricks in the same innings. Three hat-tricks in two matches is a unique feat. Albert Trott is the only other bowler to take two hat-tricks in the same innings.

Group stage

=South Zone=

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class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="background:#cfc;" \|style="text-align:left"\|Mysore \| 4	3	0	1	0	0	31	2.984
style="text-align:left"\|Madras \| 4	2	0	2	0	0	23	1.529
style="text-align:left"\|Hyderabad \| 4	2	1	1	0	0	20	1.251
style="text-align:left"\|Kerala \| 4	1	3	0	0	0	8	0.468
style="text-align:left"\|Andhra \| 4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.481

=North Zone=

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style="background:#cfc;" \|style="text-align:left"\|Delhi \| 5	4	0	1	0	0	49	2.236
style="text-align:left"\|Services \| 5	3	0	2	0	0	33	1.782
style="text-align:left"\|Railways \| 5	2	1	2	0	0	25	2.108
style="text-align:left"\|Northern Punjab \| 5	2	3	0	0	0	17	0.835
style="text-align:left"\|Southern Punjab \| 5	1	3	1	0	0	13	0.657
style="text-align:left"\|Jammu & Kashmir \| 5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0.175

=East Zone=

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style="background:#cfc;" \|style="text-align:left"\|Bengal \| 3	1	0	2	0	0	19	2.139
style="text-align:left"\|Bihar \| 3	1	0	2	0	0	15	1.210
style="text-align:left"\|Orissa \| 3	0	1	2	0	0	10	0.625
style="text-align:left"\|Assam \| 3	0	1	2	0	0	6	0.654

=West Zone=

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style="background:#cfc;" \|style="text-align:left"\|Bombay \| 4	2	0	2	0	0	27	2.160
style="text-align:left"\|Maharashtra \| 4	1	0	3	0	0	21	1.852
style="text-align:left"\|Baroda \| 4	1	1	2	0	0	16	0.713
style="text-align:left"\|Gujarat \| 4	0	1	3	0	0	11	0.720
style="text-align:left"\|Saurashtra \| 4	0	2	2	0	0	6	0.526

=Central Zone=

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style="background:#cfc;" \|style="text-align:left"\|Rajasthan \| 3	2	0	1	0	0	22	2.264
style="text-align:left"\|Vidarbha \| 3	1	1	1	0	0	11	0.497
style="text-align:left"\|Madhya Pradesh \| 3	1	2	0	0	0	9	0.925
style="text-align:left"\|Uttar Pradesh \| 3	1	2	0	0	0	8	0.998

Knockout stage

{{Round8

| seed-width = 25px

| team-width = 125px

| score-width = 90px

|||||

|20 Mar 1964 – Bombay|Bombay|526 & 21/1|Rajasthan|108 & 438||

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

}}

=Final=

{{Test match

| date = 20–24 Mar 1964

| team1 = Bombay (H)

| team2 = Rajasthan

| score-team1-inns1 = 526 (150 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Sharad Diwadkar 177

| wickets-team1-inns1 = G. R. Sunderam 4/71

| score-team2-inns1 = 108 (57 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Salim Durani 30

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Ramakant Desai 3/18

| score-team2-inns2 = 438 (163.5 overs, follow on)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Hanumant Singh 128, Salim Durani 118, Vijay Manjrekar 105

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Arun Varde 3/69

| score-team1-inns2 = 21/1 (4.3 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Ashok Mankad 18*

| wickets-team1-inns2 = G. R. Sunderam 1/7

| result = Bombay won by 9 wickets

| venue = Brabourne Stadium, Bombay

| umpires = Santosh Ganguli and B. Satyaji Rao

| report = [https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1963-64/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BOM_RAJ_RJI-FINAL_20-24MAR1964.html Scorecard]

| toss = Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field

| rain =

| notes =

}}

Scorecards and averages

[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1963-64/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/ ESPNcricinfo]
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1963-64.html CricketArchive]

References

Category:1963 in Indian cricket

Category:1964 in Indian cricket

Category:Ranji Trophy seasons

Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1963–64