1975–76 Ranji Trophy Explained

1975-76 Ranji Trophy
Administrator:	BCCI
Cricket Format:	First-class cricket
Tournament Format:	League and knockout
Champions:	Bombay
Count:	26
Participants:	24
Most Runs:	Yajurvindra Singh (Maharashtra) (583)^[1]
Most Wickets:	Abdul Ismail (Bombay) (38)^[2]
Previous Year:	1974–75
Previous Tournament:	1974–75 Ranji Trophy
Next Year:	1976–77
Next Tournament:	1976–77 Ranji Trophy

The 1975–76 Ranji Trophy was the 42nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay retained the title defeating Bihar.

Highlights

A 16 year old Kapil Dev made his first class debut for Haryana against Punjab taking 6 for 39 and 2 for 78.^[3]

Group stage

West Zone

Team
Bombay	4	2	0	2	0	0	26	2.972
Maharashtra	4	0	0	4	0	0	16	1.003
Baroda	4	1	1	2	0	0	16	0.830
Saurashtra	4	1	1	2	0	0	14	0.692
Gujarat	4	0	2	2	0	0	8	0.750

South Zone

Team
Karnataka	4	2	0	2	0	0	25	1.752
Hyderabad	4	1	0	3	0	0	22	1.371
Tamil Nadu	4	1	0	2	0	1	18	1.603
Andhra	4	0	2	1	0	1	5	0.385
Kerala	4	0	2	0	0	2	4	0.332

Central Zone

Team
Rajasthan	4	2	0	2	0	0	26	1.816
Railways	4	0	0	4	0	0	18	1.224
Uttar Pradesh	4	1	1	2	0	0	17	1.169
Vidarbha	4	0	1	3	0	0	11	0.602
Madhya Pradesh	4	0	1	3	0	0	9	0.647

North Zone

Team
Delhi	4	3	0	1	0	0	30	5.348
	4	3	1	0	0	0	25	1.500
	4	1	1	2	0	0	15	0.714
Punjab	4	0	2	2	0	0	10	0.653
	4	0	3	1	0	0	3	0.376

East Zone

Team
Bengal	3	2	0	1	0	0	22	4.714
	3	2	0	1	0	0	20	1.416
	3	1	2	0	0	0	8	0.614
	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.309

Knockout stage

Final

Scorecards and averages

CricketArchive

Notes and References

Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1975/76 / Records / Most runs . subscription . 13 December 2014.
Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1975/76 / Records / Most wickets . subscription . 13 December 2014.
https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35708.html Haryana v Punjab, Rohtak, 1975/76