1957–58 Ranji Trophy Explained

1957–58 Ranji Trophy
Administrator:	BCCI
Cricket Format:	First-class
Tournament Format:	Knockout
Champions:	Baroda
Count:	4
Participants:	22
Most Runs:	Polly Umrigar (Bombay) (594)^[1]
Most Wickets:	Ghulam Ahmed (Hyderabad) and V.V. Kumar (Madras) (28)^[2]
Previous Year:	1956–57
Previous Tournament:	1956–57 Ranji Trophy
Next Year:	1958–59
Next Tournament:	1958–59 Ranji Trophy

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

The Zonal matches were played in a round-robin format, for the first time in Ranji Trophy history.
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]

Group stage

South Zone

Team
Hyderabad	4	3	0	1	0	0	29	1.574
Mysore	4	2	1	1	0	0	23	1.250
Madras	4	1	0	3	0	0	20	1.183
Andhra	4	1	2	1	0	0	13	1.086
Kerala	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.460

Central Zone

Team
Rajasthan	3	0	0	3	0	0	18	1.540
Uttar Pradesh	3	0	0	3	0	0	14	1.024
Madhya Pradesh	3	0	0	3	0	0	11	0.838
Vidarbha	3	0	0	3	0	0	10	0.748

North Zone

Team
Services	3	2	0	1	0	0	24	1.970
Delhi	3	2	0	1	0	0	20	1.673
Patiala	3	1	2	3	0	0	8	0.727
Eastern Punjab	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.481

West Zone

Team
Baroda	4	1	0	3	0	0	27	1.574
Bombay	4	1	0	3	0	0	24	1.250
Maharashtra	4	1	0	3	0	0	21	1.183
Gujarat	4	0	0	4	0	0	15	1.086
Saurashtra	4	0	3	1	0	0	3	0.460

East Zone

Team
Bengal	3	3	0	0	0	0	27	2.759
Bihar	3	2	1	0	0	0	18	1.688
Assam	3	0	2	1	0	0	5	0.598
Orissa	3	0	2	1	0	0	3	0.283

Points System

Win : 8 points
Draw (with First Innings Lead) : 5 points
Draw (without First Innings Lead) : 3 points
Lost : 0 points
Bonus : 1 point

Knockout stage

Final

External links

Ranji Trophy, 1957-58 as ESPNcricinfo archive

Notes and References

Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1957/58 / Records / Most runs . subscription . 14 November 2014.
Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1957/58 / Records / Most wickets . subscription . 14 November 2014.
Web site: Vidarbha's maiden Ranji title in 61 seasons . 1 January 2018 . ESPNcricinfo.
https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1957-58/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/WEST/BARODA_BOM_RJI-W_21-23DEC1957.html Baroda v Bombay, Solapur, 1957/58
https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1977-78/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/WEST/GUJ_BOM_RJI-W_24-26DEC1977.html Gujarat v Bombay, Bulsar, 1977/78
https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1957-58/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/NORTH/PATIALA_DELHI_RJI-N_20-22DEC1957.html Delhi v Patiala, Patiala, 1957/58