1971–72 Ranji Trophy

1971-72 Ranji Trophy
	285px The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Bombay
Most runs	Chetan Chauhan (Maharashtra) (540)
Most wickets	Padmakar Shivalkar (Bombay) (41)
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 Ranji Trophy was the 38th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won their 14th title in a row defeating Bengal in the final.

Highlights

Bengal was captained in the final by former Indian football captain Chuni Goswami.

21-26 April 1972
Scorecard

Bombay (H)	v	Bengal
377 (135.2 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 157 Subroto Guha 3/77		279 (119.2 overs) Ashok Gandotra 92 Padmakar Shivalkar 3/75
254 (83.5 overs) Ashok Mankad 98 Dilip Doshi 3/73		106 (38.4 overs) Kalyan Chowdhury 20 Padmakar Shivalkar 6/43

Bombay won by 246 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: S. Balaji Rao and M. V. Nagendra

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Current teams	Andhra Pradesh Assam Baroda Bengal Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Mumbai Odisha Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra Services Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Vidarbha
Former teams	Army Bihar Central India Central Provinces and Berar Eastern Punjab Holkar Madhya Bharat Northern India Northern Punjab Patiala Sindh Southern Punjab United Provinces
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