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Madras 1958/59 cricket statistics and records

Madras in Ranji Trophy: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Ranji Trophy 1958/59; Tests are excluded.

AG Kripal Singh leads the displayed batting table with 519 runs. VV Kumar leads the bowling table with 30 wickets.

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Showing 1958/59 · Ranji Trophy · Madras

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 19
Wins: 2
Recorded venues: 4

Selected season match starts: 1958-11-22 to 1959-02-20. 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 · 1958-59

League table for 1958/59. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Central Zone

Ranji Trophy 1958-59 Central Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Rajasthan	3	2	0	1	19
2	Madhya Pradesh	3	1	0	2	14
3	Uttar Pradesh	3	1	1	1	13
4	Vidarbha	3	0	3	0	0

East Zone

Ranji Trophy 1958-59 East Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points
1	Bengal	3	3	0	26
2	Bihar	3	2	1	17
3	Assam	3	1	2	8
4	Orissa	3	0	3	0

North Zone

Ranji Trophy 1958-59 North Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Services	4	4	0	0	34
2	Railways	4	1	1	2	20
3	Delhi	4	2	1	1	20
4	Eastern Punjab	4	0	2	2	8
5	Patiala	4	0	3	1	3

South Zone

Ranji Trophy 1958-59 South Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Madras	4	2	0	2	30
2	Hyderabad	4	2	0	2	23
3	Karnataka	4	1	0	3	22
4	Andhra	4	0	2	2	9
5	Kerala	4	0	3	1	3

West Zone

Ranji Trophy 1958-59 West Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Mumbai	4	2	0	2	29
2	Baroda	4	2	0	2	27
3	Maharashtra	4	0	0	4	15
4	Saurashtra	4	1	1	2	14
5	Gujarat	4	0	3	1	3

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

Source table notes

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Recorded table source 1

Season leaders · Ranji Trophy 1958/59

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

Leading run scorers

Madras Ranji Trophy 1958/59 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
AG Kripal Singh	4	519
CD Gopinath	5	505
AG Milkha Singh	4	283
JC Patel	5	201
CPS Mani	4	141

Recorded innings through 1959-02-20. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Madras Ranji Trophy 1958/59 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
VV Kumar	5	30
AG Kripal Singh	4	12
JC Patel	5	11
U Prabhakar Rao	2	7
BR Mohan Rai	3	2

Recorded innings through 1959-02-20. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1958/59

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

Batting · 19 players

Madras 1958/59 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
AG Kripal Singh	Madras	4	7	2	519	199	103.80	—	0	3	54	0
CD Gopinath	Madras	5	9	1	505	234	63.13	—	1	2	32	2
AG Milkha Singh	Madras	4	8	1	283	63	40.43	—	2	0	0	0
JC Patel	Madras	5	8	1	201	73	28.71	—	1	0	0	0
CPS Mani	Madras	4	7	1	141	48	23.50	—	0	0	0	0
R Raghavan	Madras	4	7	1	106	35*	17.67	—	0	0	0	0
AR Sridhar	Madras	3	5	0	77	58	15.40	—	1	0	0	0
VV Kumar	Madras	5	9	1	62	29	7.75	—	0	0	0	0
U Prabhakar Rao	Madras	2	4	1	54	23*	18.00	—	0	0	0	0
BR Mohan Rai	Madras	3	6	0	42	17	7.00	—	0	0	0	0
J Ramakrishnan	Madras	1	2	1	37	31	37.00	—	0	0	0	0
RV Chinnadorai	Madras	2	3	0	32	16	10.67	—	0	0	0	0
MK Balakrishnan	Madras	4	7	0	24	14	3.43	—	0	0	0	0
AC Rajmanickam	Madras	1	2	0	12	12	6.00	—	0	0	0	0
MK Murugesh	Madras	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0	0	0	0
M Srinivasan	Madras	4	7	3	4	3*	1.00	—	0	0	0	0
KV Ananthaswamy Rao	Madras	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0	0	0
BS Alva	Madras	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
P Bangara	Madras	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 14 players

Madras 1958/59 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
VV Kumar	Madras	5	7	1,197	47	493	30	16.43	39.90	2.47	3	7/49
AG Kripal Singh	Madras	4	5	895	50	296	12	24.67	74.58	1.98	0	4/79
JC Patel	Madras	5	7	522	28	176	11	16.00	47.45	2.02	1	5/72
U Prabhakar Rao	Madras	2	3	355	11	187	7	26.71	50.71	3.16	0	3/41
BR Mohan Rai	Madras	3	4	258	4	153	2	76.50	129.00	3.56	0	1/30
J Ramakrishnan	Madras	1	1	203	0	85	2	42.50	101.50	2.51	0	2/85
P Bangara	Madras	1	2	108	4	34	1	34.00	108.00	1.89	0	1/15
MK Murugesh	Madras	1	1	72	2	33	1	33.00	72.00	2.75	0	1/33
CD Gopinath	Madras	2	2	12	1	5	0	—	—	2.50	0	0/0
AG Milkha Singh	Madras	2	2	15	0	13	0	—	—	5.20	0	0/4
BS Alva	Madras	1	1	90	5	32	0	—	—	2.13	0	0/32
MK Balakrishnan	Madras	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0	0/1
RV Chinnadorai	Madras	1	2	30	0	16	0	—	—	3.20	0	0/6
CPS Mani	Madras	3	3	18	1	4	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 1958/59. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Madras 1958/59 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Madras	5	2	1	2	0	2,235	71	31.48	429	1,603	70	22.90

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 · 1958/59

Latest 5 of 5 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1959-02-20 to 1959-02-22 · Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras

Madras: 93 & 298
Bombay: 389 & 4/0

Bombay won by 10 wickets

1959-01-09 to 1959-01-11 · Nehru Stadium, Madras

Madras: 383 & 101/7
Hyderabad: 371

Match drawn

1958-12-21 to 1958-12-23 · Nehru Stadium, Madras

Madras: 406/6d
Andhra: 94 & 205

Madras won by an innings and 107 runs

1958-12-06 to 1958-12-08 · PS Govindaswami Institute Ground, Coimbatore

Madras: 429 & 111/2
Mysore: 296

Match drawn

1958-11-22 to 1958-11-24 · University Stadium, Trivandrum

Kerala: 119 & 125
Madras: 222 & 192/6d

Madras won by 170 runs

Recorded venues

Madras 1958/59 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Nehru Stadium, Madras	2
Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras	1
PS Govindaswami Institute Ground, Coimbatore	1
University Stadium, Trivandrum	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 1958/59 for Madras, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Ranji Trophy 1958/59 batting innings records for Madras
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
CD Gopinath	234	Mysore	1958-12-06
AG Kripal Singh	199	Hyderabad	1959-01-09
AG Kripal Singh	133	Bombay	1959-02-20
CD Gopinath	120	Andhra	1958-12-21
AG Kripal Singh	114	Andhra	1958-12-21

Best bowling innings

Ranji Trophy 1958/59 bowling innings records for Madras
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
VV Kumar	7/49	Kerala	1958-11-22
VV Kumar	6/92	Mysore	1958-12-06
VV Kumar	5/38	Andhra	1958-12-21
JC Patel	5/72	Hyderabad	1959-01-09
AG Kripal Singh	4/79	Andhra	1958-12-21

* 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 · 1934-11-04 to 1969-11-22

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Madras 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: 1934-11-04 to 1969-11-22. 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.