1964–65 Ranji Trophy
![]() The Ranji Trophy  | |
| Administrator(s) | BCCI | 
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| Cricket format | First-class | 
| Tournament format(s) | League and knockout | 
| Champions | Bombay (16th title) | 
| Participants | 24 | 
| Most runs | M. L. Jaisimha (Hyderabad) (713)[1] | 
| Most wickets | M. Jairam (Hyderabad) (34)[2] | 
The 1964–65 Ranji Trophy was the 31st season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between September 1965 and April 1965. Bombay won their seventh consecutive title defeating Hyderabad in the final.
Highlights
- Mysore was out for 46 against Madras, their lowest score since being out for 28 against Bombay in 1951–52 (as of 2020).
 
Group stage
South Zone
 North Zone
 East Zone
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West Zone
 Central Zone
 
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Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 13 Feb 1965 – Secunderabad | ||||||||||
| Hyderabad | 635 | |||||||||
| 27 Mar 1965 – Hyderabad | ||||||||||
| Bengal | 219 & 229 | |||||||||
| Hyderabad | 615 | |||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 191 & 301 | |||||||||
| 3 April 1965 – Hyderabad | ||||||||||
| Hyderabad | 235 & 235 | |||||||||
| Bombay | 596 | |||||||||
| 19 Feb 1965 – Bombay | ||||||||||
| Bombay | 482/6d & 54/1 | |||||||||
| Services | 121 & 414 | |||||||||
Final
Hyderabad made two changes in their side that beat Uttar Pradesh in the semi-final. All-rounder Iftikharuddin and Sultan Saleem were included in place of R. H. Sabir and Kaleem-ul-Haq.[3]
3–6 April 1965    
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- Bombay won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Shankar More made his debut for Bombay in first-class matches.[4]
 - Farokh Engineer and Sharad Diwadkar passed 1,000 runs, while Bapu Nadkarni (all Bombay) passed 7,000 runs in first-class matches.[4]
 
References
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1964/65 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
 - ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1964/65 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
 - ^ "Two changes in team to meet Bombay". The Indian Express. 31 March 1965. p. 12.
 - ^ a b "Hyderabad v Bombay, Ranji Trophy 1964/65 (Final)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
 
External links
- Ranji Trophy, 1964-65 at ESPNcricinfo archive
 - Ranji Trophy 1964/65 at CricketArchive (subscription required)
 
