1957–58 Ranji Trophy

1957-58 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s) BCCI
Cricket format First-class cricket
Tournament format(s) League and knockout
Champions Baroda
Most runs Polly Umrigar (Bombay) (594)[1]
Most wickets Ghulam Ahmed (Hyderabad) and V.V. Kumar(28)[2]

The 1957–58 Ranji Trophy was the 24th season of the Ranji Trophy. Baroda won the title defeating Services in the final. Vidarbha made their debut in the competition.[3]

Highlights

  • Bombay conceded its last match in the West Zone match against Baroda when it became certain that Baroda would qualify from the West Zone.[4] It would be twenty years, 124 matches and 18 Ranji titles before Bombay lost another match outright, against Gujarat in 1977-78.[5]
  • Prakash Bhandari hit 227 and took 4/34 and 5/47 for Delhi against Patiala [6]

Final

13–16 March 1958
Scorecard
Baroda (H)
v
495 (171.4 overs)
Vijay Hazare 203
C. B. Ramesh 3/58 (25 overs)
239 (113.1 overs)
Mohinder Singh 73
Jyotirvadan Vin 4/32 (21.1 overs)
205 f/o (85.1 overs)
Mahipetsinhji 57
Vijay Hazare 3/17 (11 overs)
Baroda won by an innings and 51 runs
Moti Bagh Stadium, Baroda
Umpires: Noshirvan Nagarwala and M. G. Vijayasarathi
  • Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Vijay Hazare (Baroda) passed 6,000 runs in first-class matches.[7]

References

  1. "Ranji Trophy, 1957/58 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014. (Subscription required (help)).
  2. "Ranji Trophy, 1957/58 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. "Vidarbha's maiden Ranji title in 61 seasons". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. Baroda v Bombay, Solapur, 1957/58
  5. Gujarat v Bombay, Bulsar, 1977/78
  6. Delhi v Patiala, Patiala, 1957/58
  7. "Baroda v Services, Ranji Trophy 1957/58 (Final)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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