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.
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.Baroda v Bombay, Solapur, 1957/58 It would be twenty years, 124 matches and 18 Ranji titles before Bombay lost another match outright, against Gujarat in 1977–78.Gujarat v Bombay, Bulsar, 1977/78 Prakash Bhandari hit 227 and took 4/34 and 5/47 for Delhi against PatialaDelhi v Patiala, Patiala, 1957/58
Group stage
South Zone TeamHyderabad 4 3 0 1 0 0 29 1.574Mysore 4 2 1 1 0 0 23 1.250Madras 4 1 0 3 0 0 20 1.183Andhra 4 1 2 1 0 0 13 1.086Kerala 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.460
Central Zone TeamRajasthan 3 0 0 3 0 0 18 1.540Uttar Pradesh 3 0 0 3 0 0 14 1.024Madhya Pradesh 3 0 0 3 0 0 11 0.838Vidarbha 3 0 0 3 0 0 10 0.748
North Zone TeamServices 3 2 0 1 0 0 24 1.970Delhi 3 2 0 1 0 0 20 1.673Patiala 3 1 2 3 0 0 8 0.727Eastern Punjab 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.481
West Zone TeamBaroda 4 1 0 3 0 0 27 1.574Bombay 4 1 0 3 0 0 24 1.250Maharashtra 4 1 0 3 0 0 21 1.183Gujarat 4 0 0 4 0 0 15 1.086Saurashtra 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0.460
East Zone TeamBengal 3 3 0 0 0 0 27 2.759Bihar 3 2 1 0 0 0 18 1.688Assam 3 0 2 1 0 0 5 0.598Orissa 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
References
External links Ranji Trophy, 1957-58 as ESPNcricinfo archive