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1958–59 Ranji Trophy

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1958–59 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsBombay (10th title)
Participants23
Most runsPankaj Roy (Bengal) (605)[1]
Most wicketsRamakant Desai (Bombay) (50)[2]

The 1958–59 Ranji Trophy was the 25th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Bengal in the final. This started a sequence of 15 consecutive Ranji titles for Bombay.

Group stage

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Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
21 Feb 1959 – Madras
 
 
Madras93 & 298
 
27 Feb 1959 – Bombay
 
Bombay389 & 4/0
 
Bombay438 & 33/0
 
 
Services211 & 259
 
 
7 Mar 1959 – Bombay
 
 
Bombay294 & 536/9d
 
 
Bengal176 & 234
 
 
14 Feb 1959 – Calcutta
 
 
Bengal293 & 169/1
 
 
Rajasthan198 & 263
 
 
 
 

Final

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7–11 Mar 1959
Scorecard
Bombay (H)
v
294 (107.5 overs)
H. D. Amroliwala 139
Premangsu Chatterjee 6/76
176 (72.4 overs)
Pankaj Roy 51
Manohar Hardikar 4/24
536/9 decl (141 overs)
Madhav Apte 157, Ramnath Kenny 111
Sujit Bose 3/125
234 (70.3 overs)
Pankaj Roy 95
Ramakant Desai 4/37
Bombay won by 420 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: Mohammad Yunus and Narayan Sane
  • Bombay won the toss and elected to bat

Scorecards and averages

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Notes

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  1. ^ The match between Assam and Orissa was not played. Assam were declared winners

References

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  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1958/59 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1958/59 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.