1959–60 Ranji Trophy

The 1959–60 Ranji Trophy was the 26th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Mysore in the final.

1959–60 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsBombay (11th title)
Participants24
Most runsRusi Surti (Rajasthan) (539)[1]
Most wicketsB. Y. Alva (Mysore) (36)[2]

Highlights

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  • Asif Iqbal made his first class debut for Hyderabad against Kerala.[3] He moved to Pakistan two years later and captained them in Test cricket.

Group stage

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Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
26 Feb 1960 – Delhi
 
 
Services318 & 220/6
 
3 Mar 1960 – Delhi
 
Rajasthan289 & 317/6d
 
Services146 & 346/6d
 
 
Bombay416/9d & 32/1
 
 
10 Mar 1960 – Bombay
 
 
Bombay504
 
 
Mysore221 & 261
 
 
26 Feb 1960 – Jamshedpur
 
 
Bihar307 & 146
 
 
Mysore314 & 316
 
 
 
 

Final

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10–13 Mar 1960
Scorecard
Bombay (H)
v
504 (141.3 overs)
Manohar Hardikar 145
Deepak Das Gupta 4/77 (22.3 overs)
221 (93.4 overs)
KS Viswanath 51
Ghulam Guard 5/66 (25.4 overs)
261 (90.1 overs, follow-on)
V. Subramanya 103
Ghulam Guard 4/69 (25 overs)
Bombay won by an innings and 22 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: I. Gopalakrishnan and Sambhu Pan
  • Bombay won the toss and elected to bat.

Scorecards and averages

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References

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  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1959/60 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1959/60 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ^ Hyderabad v Kerala, Hyderabad, 1959/60