The 1965–66 Ranji Trophy was the 32nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Rajasthan in the final.
Highlights R. G. Nadkarni captained Bombay to a win for the third season in a row. As of 2017, he is the only captain to win three consecutive Ranji titles.Indian Cricket 2004 Ravinder Pal took a hat-trick for Delhi v Southern Punjab. This match was the first first class match played at Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Group stage
West Zone TeamBombay 4 2 0 2 0 0 29 2.039Maharashtra 4 2 0 2 0 0 24 1.353Baroda 4 0 0 4 0 0 16 0.899Gujarat 4 1 2 1 0 0 11 0.807Saurashtra 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0.527
North Zone TeamServices 5 3 0 2 0 0 36 1.909Railways 5 3 0 2 0 0 32 1.645Delhi 5 1 0 4 0 0 24 1.270Southern Punjab 5 2 2 1 0 0 21 1.023Northern Punjab 5 1 3 1 0 0 11 0.730Jammu & Kashmir 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0.305
East Zone TeamBengal 3 2 0 1 0 0 19 2.415Bihar 3 1 1 1 0 0 11 1.039Orissa 3 1 1 1 0 0 11 0.918Assam 3 0 2 1 0 0 5 0.566
South Zone TeamMysore 4 3 0 1 0 0 31 2.423Hyderabad 4 2 0 2 0 0 26 2.101Madras 4 1 1 2 0 0 17 1.147Kerala 4 1 2 1 0 0 11 0.381Andhra 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.360
Central Zone TeamRajasthan 3 2 0 1 0 0 22 1.873Uttar Pradesh 3 0 0 3 0 0 9 0.597Madhya Pradesh 3 0 1 2 0 0 8 0.994Vidarbha 3 0 1 2 0 0 8 0.786
Knockout stage
Final
The match was played on a coir matting wicket. Wadekar (185) and Dilip Sardesai (99) added 212 runs in 220 minutes. Sardesai spent half an hour in the nineties, was dropped at extra cover and then stumped for 99 in 300 minutes with 9 fours. Wadekar hit 26 fours and a six off Sunderam. The Ranji trophy was presented by Gayatri Devi of Jaipur
Scorecards and averages ESPNcricinfo CricketArchive
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