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Bombay 1965/66 cricket statistics and records

Bombay in Ranji Trophy: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Ranji Trophy 1965/66; Tests are excluded.

AL Wadekar leads the displayed batting table with 695 runs. RB Desai leads the bowling table with 25 wickets.

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Showing 1965/66 · Ranji Trophy · Bombay

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Recorded matches: 6
Recorded players: 17
Wins: 4
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1965-11-06 to 1966-02-17. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

Ranji Trophy standings · 1965-66

League table for 1965/66. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Bombay does not appear in the recorded table for this season.

Central Zone

Ranji Trophy 1965-66 Central Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Rajasthan	3	2	0	1	22
2	Uttar Pradesh	3	0	0	3	9
3	Madhya Pradesh	3	0	1	2	8
4	Vidarbha	3	0	1	2	8

East Zone

Ranji Trophy 1965-66 East Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Bengal	3	2	0	1	19
2	Bihar	3	1	1	1	11
3	Orissa	3	1	1	1	11
4	Assam	3	0	2	1	5

North Zone

Ranji Trophy 1965-66 North Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Services	5	3	0	2	36
2	Railways	5	3	0	2	32
3	Delhi	5	1	0	4	24
4	Southern Punjab	5	2	2	1	21
5	Northern Punjab	5	1	3	1	11
6	Jammu & Kashmir	5	0	5	0	0

South Zone

Ranji Trophy 1965-66 South Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Karnataka	4	3	0	1	31
2	Hyderabad	4	2	0	2	26
3	Madras	4	1	1	2	17
4	Kerala	4	1	2	1	11
5	Andhra	4	0	4	0	0

West Zone

Ranji Trophy 1965-66 West Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Mumbai	4	2	0	2	29
2	Maharashtra	4	2	0	2	24
3	Baroda	4	0	0	4	16
4	Gujarat	4	1	2	1	11
5	Saurashtra	4	0	3	1	3

Points are the recorded competition points, including any recorded bonuses or deductions. Source-table update: 2026-05-26.

Recorded table source 1

Season leaders · Ranji Trophy 1965/66

Figures earned for Bombay only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Bombay Ranji Trophy 1965/66 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
AL Wadekar	6	695
SG Adhikari	6	372
DN Sardesai	5	333
FM Engineer	4	239
SJ Diwadkar	6	159

Recorded innings through 1966-02-17. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Bombay Ranji Trophy 1965/66 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
RB Desai	6	25
RG Nadkarni	6	19
SJ Diwadkar	6	17
MS Hardikar	5	14
VG Lele	3	14

Recorded innings through 1966-02-17. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1965/66

All recorded players for Bombay in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 17 players

Bombay 1965/66 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
AL Wadekar	Bombay	6	11	4	695	185	99.29	—	0	4	69	6
SG Adhikari	Bombay	6	11	0	372	110	33.82	—	2	1	23	0
DN Sardesai	Bombay	5	9	2	333	99	47.57	—	3	0	9	0
FM Engineer	Bombay	4	7	0	239	88	34.14	—	2	0	16	0
SJ Diwadkar	Bombay	6	11	1	159	88*	15.90	—	1	0	0	0
RG Nadkarni	Bombay	6	11	0	157	62	14.27	—	2	0	2	0
VR Bondre	Bombay	5	9	1	127	36	15.88	—	0	0	0	0
SV More	Bombay	3	5	1	100	38*	25.00	—	0	0	0	0
MS Hardikar	Bombay	6	11	1	72	22	7.20	—	0	0	0	0
CT Patankar	Bombay	2	4	0	47	44	11.75	—	0	0	0	0
VG Lele	Bombay	4	6	0	37	18	6.17	—	0	0	0	0
RB Desai	Bombay	6	11	4	32	23	4.57	—	0	0	0	0
VJ Paranjpe	Bombay	3	6	2	26	14*	6.50	—	0	0	0	0
PK Shivalkar	Bombay	1	2	0	19	19	9.50	—	0	0	0	0
BP Gupte	Bombay	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
UN Kulkarni	Bombay	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
AV Mankad	Bombay	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 14 players

Bombay 1965/66 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
RB Desai	Bombay	6	11	870	43	356	25	14.24	34.80	2.46	1	5/61
RG Nadkarni	Bombay	6	10	1,186	114	233	19	12.26	62.42	1.18	0	4/10
SJ Diwadkar	Bombay	6	11	1,429	101	419	17	24.65	84.06	1.76	2	6/19
MS Hardikar	Bombay	5	8	804	49	244	14	17.43	57.43	1.82	1	6/25
VG Lele	Bombay	3	6	525	20	247	14	17.64	37.50	2.82	0	4/37
VR Bondre	Bombay	5	9	552	24	238	5	47.60	110.40	2.59	0	3/58
AL Wadekar	Bombay	1	1	12	0	18	2	9.00	6.00	9.00	0	2/18
BP Gupte	Bombay	1	1	72	1	53	1	53.00	72.00	4.42	0	1/53
PK Shivalkar	Bombay	1	1	210	18	51	1	51.00	210.00	1.46	0	1/51
FM Engineer	Bombay	1	1	6	0	6	0	—	—	6.00	0	0/6
DN Sardesai	Bombay	1	1	12	0	6	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/6
UN Kulkarni	Bombay	1	1	42	0	47	0	—	—	6.71	0	0/47
AV Mankad	Bombay	1	1	24	0	16	0	—	—	4.00	0	0/16
VJ Paranjpe	Bombay	2	2	36	4	8	0	—	—	1.33	0	0/0

Statistics definitions and missing data

Mat = matches with a recorded innings in that discipline; Inns = recorded innings; NO = not out; HS = highest innings (* means not out). Batting Avg = runs per dismissal; batting SR = runs per 100 balls. 50s excludes centuries; 100s includes all scores of 100 or more.

Bowling Runs excludes byes and leg byes where the source does. Avg = runs conceded per wicket; SR = balls per wicket; Econ = runs per six balls, including historical seasons with different over lengths. 5W = innings with at least five wickets; BBI = best innings, by wickets then fewer runs conceded. Balls are deliveries, not decimal overs.

— means unavailable or undefined, including a zero denominator. Rates requiring balls are omitted if any innings is missing its ball count. Historical boundary and ball counts may be incomplete. Tests and figures for other teams or competitions are excluded. Full methodology

Team season summary

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1965/66. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Bombay 1965/66 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Bombay	6	4	0	2	0	2,544	70	36.34	382	2,010	107	18.79

Team runs include extras; wickets include dismissals not credited to a bowler, so these totals can differ from the player tables. Bat avg = team runs per wicket lost; Bowl avg = opposition runs per wicket taken. Other includes ties, abandoned games and unavailable results. Totals cover available scorecards only.

Recent recorded matches · 1965/66

Latest 6 of 6 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1966-02-17 to 1966-02-20 · Railway Cricket Ground, Jaipur

Rajasthan: 125 & 288
Bombay: 382 & 32/2

Bombay won by 8 wickets

1966-02-01 to 0001-01-01 · Brabourne Stadium, Bombay

Bombay: 254 & 108/1
Bengal: 109 & 252

Bombay won by 9 wickets

1965-12-04 to 1965-12-06 · Moti Bagh Stadium, Baroda

Baroda: 154 & 264/7
Bombay: 299 & 216

Match drawn

1965-11-21 to 1965-11-22 · Brabourne Stadium, Bombay

Bombay: 344/4d
Saurashtra: 100 & 104

Bombay won by an innings and 140 runs

1965-11-13 to 1965-11-15 · Brabourne Stadium, Bombay

Bombay: 381 & 156/4
Maharashtra: 245

Match drawn

1965-11-06 to 1965-11-08 · Police Parade Ground, Athwalines, Surat

Gujarat: 268 & 101
Bombay: 324/7d & 48/2

Bombay won by 8 wickets

Recorded venues

Bombay 1965/66 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	3
Moti Bagh Stadium, Baroda	1
Police Parade Ground, Athwalines, Surat	1
Railway Cricket Ground, Jaipur	1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Ranji Trophy 1965/66 for Bombay, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Ranji Trophy 1965/66 batting innings records for Bombay
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
AL Wadekar	185	Rajasthan	1966-02-17
AL Wadekar	157*	Gujarat	1965-11-06
SG Adhikari	110	Maharashtra	1965-11-13
AL Wadekar	101*	Maharashtra	1965-11-13
AL Wadekar	100	Saurashtra	1965-11-21

Best bowling innings

Ranji Trophy 1965/66 bowling innings records for Bombay
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
SJ Diwadkar	6/19	Saurashtra	1965-11-21
MS Hardikar	6/25	Rajasthan	1966-02-17
RB Desai	5/61	Maharashtra	1965-11-13
SJ Diwadkar	5/80	Gujarat	1965-11-06
RG Nadkarni	4/10	Bengal	1966-02-01

* means not out. Batting sorts by runs; bowling sorts by wickets, then fewer runs conceded. Ties then use earlier match date and source row ID. Five rows are shown, so equal performances may extend beyond the cutoff. Matches count distinct recorded matches in each discipline.

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Competitions and other teams

Includes historical participants; this is not a current squad or membership list.

Ranji Trophy · 1935-02-02 to 1996-03-01

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Bombay in Ranji Trophy. The selected season range is shown above. These can differ from innings-table coverage and do not establish a complete historical record.

Recorded match dates: 1935-02-02 to 1996-03-01. Date spans do not imply complete coverage. Career aggregates may cover a different set of matches.

Displayed source rows last updated: unavailable. Figures retrieved: 2026-10-01. This is not a live score feed.

Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.