1965–66 Ranji Trophy Explained

1965–66 Ranji Trophy
Administrator:	BCCI
Cricket Format:	First-class
Tournament Format:	League and knockout
Champions:	Bombay
Count:	17
Participants:	24
Most Runs:	Ajit Wadekar (Bombay) (695)^[1]
Most Wickets:	B. S. Chandrasekhar (Mysore) (37)^[2]
Previous Year:	1964–65
Previous Tournament:	1964–65 Ranji Trophy
Next Year:	1966–67
Next Tournament:	1966–67 Ranji Trophy

The 1965–66 Ranji Trophy was the 32nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Rajasthan in the final.

Highlights

R. G. Nadkarni captained Bombay to a win for the third season in a row. As of 2017, he is the only captain to win three consecutive Ranji titles.^[3]
Ravinder Pal took a hat-trick for Delhi v Southern Punjab. This match was the first first class match played at Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh

Group stage

West Zone

Team
Bombay	4	2	0	2	0	0	29	2.039
Maharashtra	4	2	0	2	0	0	24	1.353
Baroda	4	0	0	4	0	0	16	0.899
Gujarat	4	1	2	1	0	0	11	0.807
Saurashtra	4	0	3	1	0	0	3	0.527

North Zone

Team
	5	3	0	2	0	0	36	1.909
Railways	5	3	0	2	0	0	32	1.645
Delhi	5	1	0	4	0	0	24	1.270
Southern Punjab	5	2	2	1	0	0	21	1.023
Northern Punjab	5	1	3	1	0	0	11	0.730
Jammu & Kashmir	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0.305

East Zone

Team
Bengal	3	2	0	1	0	0	19	2.415
	3	1	1	1	0	0	11	1.039
	3	1	1	1	0	0	11	0.918
	3	0	2	1	0	0	5	0.566

South Zone

Team
Mysore	4	3	0	1	0	0	31	2.423
Hyderabad	4	2	0	2	0	0	26	2.101
Madras	4	1	1	2	0	0	17	1.147
Kerala	4	1	2	1	0	0	11	0.381
Andhra	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.360

Central Zone

Team
Rajasthan	3	2	0	1	0	0	22	1.873
Uttar Pradesh	3	0	0	3	0	0	9	0.597
Madhya Pradesh	3	0	1	2	0	0	8	0.994
Vidarbha	3	0	1	2	0	0	8	0.786

Knockout stage

Final

The match was played on a coir matting wicket.
Wadekar (185) and Dilip Sardesai (99) added 212 runs in 220 minutes. Sardesai spent half an hour in the nineties, was dropped at extra cover and then stumped for 99 in 300 minutes with 9 fours. Wadekar hit 26 fours and a six off Sunderam.
The Ranji trophy was presented by Gayatri Devi of Jaipur

Scorecards and averages

Notes and References

Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1965/66 / Records / Most runs . subscription . 14 November 2014.
Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1965/66 / Records / Most wickets . subscription . 14 November 2014.
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