# 1952–53 Ranji Trophy

The 1952–53 Ranji Trophy was the 19th season of the Ranji Trophy. Holkar won the title defeating Bengal in the final.

## Highlights

* Kerala, as Travancore-Cochin, made its first appearance

## Zonal Matches
### South Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| 8 Nov 1952 – Trivandrum | 8 Nov 1952 – Trivandrum |
| Travancore-Cochin | 86 & 86 |
| Travancore-Cochin | 86 & 86 | 27 Dec 1952 – Bangalore | 27 Dec 1952 – Bangalore |
| Mysore | 220 | 27 Dec 1952 – Bangalore | 27 Dec 1952 – Bangalore |
| Mysore | 220 | Mysore | 299 & 211/1 |
| 5 Dec 1952 – Madras | 5 Dec 1952 – Madras | | Mysore | 299 & 211/1 |
| 5 Dec 1952 – Madras | 5 Dec 1952 – Madras | Madras | 291 & 218 |
| Madras (T) | 161 | Madras | 291 & 218 |
| Hyderabad | 80/1 | | |
(T) – Advanced to next round by spin of coin.

### North Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| 15 Nov 1952 – Jullundur | 15 Nov 1952 – Jullundur |
| Eastern Punjab | 274 & 293/8d |
| Eastern Punjab | 274 & 293/8d | 25 Dec 1952 – New Delhi | 25 Dec 1952 – New Delhi |
| Delhi | 393 & 177/3 | 25 Dec 1952 – New Delhi | 25 Dec 1952 – New Delhi |
| Delhi | 393 & 177/3 | Delhi | 94 & 453/7 |
| | | Services | 567 |

### West Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | | Round 3 | Round 3 |
| | | 14 Feb 1953 – Rajkot | 14 Feb 1953 – Rajkot | | |
| | | Saurashtra | 91 & 93 | |
| 21 Nov 1952 – Baroda | 21 Nov 1952 – Baroda | | Saurashtra | 91 & 93 | |
| 21 Nov 1952 – Baroda | 21 Nov 1952 – Baroda | Gujarat | 273 | |
| Baroda | 246 & 277/3 | Gujarat | 273 | |
| Baroda | 246 & 277/3 | | | | 28 Feb 1953 – Ahmedbad | 28 Feb 1953 – Ahmedbad |
| Gujarat | 364 & 451/4d | | | | 28 Feb 1953 – Ahmedbad | 28 Feb 1953 – Ahmedbad |
| Gujarat | 364 & 451/4d | | | | Gujarat | 202 & 234 |
| | | | | | Maharashtra | 260 & 178/2 |
| | | 18 Dec 1952 – Sholapur | 18 Dec 1952 – Sholapur | | | |
| | | Maharashtra | 167 & 271 | | | |
| | | Bombay | 112 & 307 | |

### East Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| 6 Dec 1952 – Cuttack | 6 Dec 1952 – Cuttack |
| Orissa | 303 |
| Orissa | 303 | 17 Jan 1953 – Cuttack | 17 Jan 1953 – Cuttack |
| Assam | 74 & 90 | 17 Jan 1953 – Cuttack | 17 Jan 1953 – Cuttack |
| Assam | 74 & 90 | Orissa | 126 & 258 |
| 3 Jan 1953 – Calcutta | 3 Jan 1953 – Calcutta | | Orissa | 126 & 258 |
| 3 Jan 1953 – Calcutta | 3 Jan 1953 – Calcutta | Bengal | 301 & 85/3 |
| Bengal | 323 & 354/5d | Bengal | 301 & 85/3 |
| Bihar | 235 & 140/7 | | |

### Central Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| 6 Dec 1952 – Ratlam | 6 Dec 1952 – Ratlam |
| Holkar | 285 & 11/0 |
| Holkar | 285 & 11/0 | 17 Jan 1953 – Indore | 17 Jan 1953 – Indore |
| Rajputana | 148 & 143 | 17 Jan 1953 – Indore | 17 Jan 1953 – Indore |
| Rajputana | 148 & 143 | Holkar | 464 |
| 19 Dec 1952 – Nagpur | 19 Dec 1952 – Nagpur | | Holkar | 464 |
| 19 Dec 1952 – Nagpur | 19 Dec 1952 – Nagpur | Uttar Pradesh | 85 & 53 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 350 & 167 | Uttar Pradesh | 85 & 53 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 274 & 285 | | |

## Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 13 Feb 1953 – Calcutta | 13 Feb 1953 – Calcutta | | |
| Bengal | 191 & 356 | | |
| Bengal | 191 & 356 | 26 Feb 1953 – Calcutta | 26 Feb 1953 – Calcutta | |
| Services | 107 & 183 | 26 Feb 1953 – Calcutta | 26 Feb 1953 – Calcutta |
| Services | 107 & 183 | Bengal | 358 & 110 |
| | | Mysore | 198 & 166 |
| | | | | 20 Mar 1953 – Calcutta | 20 Mar 1953 – Calcutta |
| | | | | Bengal | 479 & 320/5d |
| | | | | Holkar | 496 & 177/9 |
| | | 12 Mar 1953 – Indore | 12 Mar 1953 – Indore | | |
| | | Holkar | 469 & 235/3 | | |
| | | Maharashtra | 331 & 369 |

### Final

* 20–24 March 1953 Scorecard
* Holkar won on first innings lead Eden Gardens, Calcutta Umpires: Santosh Ganguli and M. G. Vijayasarathi
* Bengal won the toss and decided to bat

## Scorecards and averages

* CricketArchive
* ESPNcricinfo