| 1973-74 Ranji Trophy | |
| Administrator: | BCCI |
| Cricket Format: | First-class cricket |
| Tournament Format: | League and knockout |
| Champions: | Karnataka |
| Count: | 1 |
| Participants: | 24 |
| Most Runs: | Hemant Kanitkar (Maharashtra) (629)[1] |
| Most Wickets: | B. S. Chandrasekhar (Karnataka) (55)[2] |
| Previous Year: | 1972–73 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1972–73 Ranji Trophy |
| Next Year: | 1974–75 |
| Next Tournament: | 1974–75 Ranji Trophy |
The 1973–74 Ranji Trophy was the 40th season of the Ranji Trophy. Karnataka ended Bombay's sequence of 15 consecutive titles by defeating them on first innings in the semifinal. They defeated Rajasthan by 185 runs in the final to win their first Ranji Trophy.
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyderabad | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2.332 | |
| Karnataka | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.948 | |
| Tamil Nadu | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1.699 | |
| Andhra | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.533 | |
| Kerala | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.295 |
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.264 | |
| Railways | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.219 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1.088 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.829 | ||
| Punjab | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.900 | |
| 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.386 |
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2.535 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1.540 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.660 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.453 |
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombay | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2.390 | |
| Maharashtra | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.297 | |
| Gujarat | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.959 | |
| Baroda | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.741 | |
| Saurashtra | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.549 |
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.874 | |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.413 | |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.015 | |
| Vidarbha | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.813 |
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