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Northern Punjab 1961/62 cricket statistics and records

Northern Punjab in Ranji Trophy: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Ranji Trophy 1961/62; Tests are excluded.

H Ghosh leads the displayed batting table with 355 runs. ML Khanna leads the bowling table with 27 wickets.

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Showing 1961/62 · Ranji Trophy · Northern Punjab

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Recorded matches: 5
Recorded players: 24
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 3

Selected season match starts: 1961-10-14 to 1962-01-05. 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 · 1961-62

League table for 1961/62. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Central Zone

Ranji Trophy 1961-62 Central Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Rajasthan	3	1	0	2	16
2	Uttar Pradesh	3	0	0	3	15
3	Vidarbha	3	0	1	2	12
4	Madhya Pradesh	3	0	0	3	11

East Zone

Ranji Trophy 1961-62 East Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Bengal	3	2	0	1	24
2	Assam	3	0	0	3	13
3	Bihar	3	1	1	1	12
4	Orissa	3	0	2	1	3

North Zone

Ranji Trophy 1961-62 North Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Delhi	5	4	0	1	41
2	Railways	5	4	1	0	36
3	Services	5	1	1	3	23
4	Southern Punjab	5	1	2	2	17
5	Northern Punjab	5	1	2	2	17
6	Jammu & Kashmir	5	0	5	0	0

South Zone

Ranji Trophy 1961-62 South Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Madras	3	2	0	1	22
2	Karnataka	3	1	0	2	18
3	Hyderabad	3	0	1	2	5
4	Kerala	3	0	2	1	2

West Zone

Ranji Trophy 1961-62 West Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Mumbai	4	3	0	1	33
2	Maharashtra	4	3	1	0	25
3	Baroda	4	1	2	1	13
4	Saurashtra	4	1	2	1	12
5	Gujarat	4	0	3	1	5

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 1961/62

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

Leading run scorers

Northern Punjab Ranji Trophy 1961/62 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
H Ghosh	5	355
Gurpal Singh	4	255
S Talwar	5	236
Gurdip Singh	3	170
RS Khurana	2	128

Recorded innings through 1962-01-05. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Northern Punjab Ranji Trophy 1961/62 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
ML Khanna	5	27
A Som Prakash	5	21
Gurpal Singh	2	4
BS Bedi	1	3
H Ghosh	5	3

Recorded innings through 1962-01-05. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1961/62

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

Batting · 24 players

Northern Punjab 1961/62 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
H Ghosh	Northern Punjab	5	9	0	355	103	39.44	—	1	1	15	0
Gurpal Singh	Northern Punjab	4	8	1	255	64	36.43	—	1	0	0	0
S Talwar	Northern Punjab	5	9	1	236	82	29.50	—	2	0	0	0
Gurdip Singh	Northern Punjab	3	5	2	170	79	56.67	—	1	0	0	0
RS Khurana	Northern Punjab	2	4	0	128	102	32.00	—	0	1	13	1
P Vig	Northern Punjab	2	4	1	102	57*	34.00	—	1	0	0	0
A Som Prakash	Northern Punjab	5	9	2	62	23	8.86	—	0	0	0	0
Dharam Vir	Northern Punjab	1	1	0	44	44	44.00	—	0	0	0	0
B Shadi Lal	Northern Punjab	2	4	0	41	34	10.25	—	0	0	0	0
V Sehgal	Northern Punjab	3	5	0	36	18	7.20	—	0	0	0	0
Ganesh Lal	Northern Punjab	1	2	0	23	23	11.50	—	0	0	0	0
Jagjit Singh	Northern Punjab	2	3	1	19	19*	9.50	—	0	0	0	0
BM Sharma	Northern Punjab	3	5	1	14	6*	3.50	—	0	0	0	0
A Chopra	Northern Punjab	1	2	0	14	9	7.00	—	0	0	0	0
N Pratap	Northern Punjab	1	2	1	12	12*	12.00	—	0	0	0	0
NN Joshi	Northern Punjab	2	3	0	10	10	3.33	—	0	0	0	0
BS Bedi	Northern Punjab	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0	0	0	0
MM Joshi	Northern Punjab	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	—	0	0	0	0
Rajinder Singh	Northern Punjab	1	2	0	4	2	2.00	—	0	0	0	0
ML Khanna	Northern Punjab	5	8	0	2	1	0.25	—	0	0	0	0
R Bhatia	Northern Punjab	2	3	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
R Chadha	Northern Punjab	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
VK Mehta	Northern Punjab	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
WR Sharma	Northern Punjab	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 14 players

Northern Punjab 1961/62 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
ML Khanna	Northern Punjab	5	9	870	26	437	27	16.19	32.22	3.01	2	7/65
A Som Prakash	Northern Punjab	5	9	723	25	407	21	19.38	34.43	3.38	3	5/19
Gurpal Singh	Northern Punjab	2	3	264	10	109	4	27.25	66.00	2.48	0	2/9
BS Bedi	Northern Punjab	1	2	143	8	72	3	24.00	47.67	3.02	0	2/40
H Ghosh	Northern Punjab	5	5	132	3	109	3	36.33	44.00	4.95	0	3/18
R Bhatia	Northern Punjab	2	4	144	6	72	2	36.00	72.00	3.00	0	1/9
BM Sharma	Northern Punjab	3	4	154	1	95	2	47.50	77.00	3.70	0	1/2
Ganesh Lal	Northern Punjab	1	1	30	0	14	1	14.00	30.00	2.80	0	1/14
RS Khurana	Northern Punjab	2	4	186	10	68	1	68.00	186.00	2.19	0	1/13
R Chadha	Northern Punjab	1	1	78	0	39	0	—	—	3.00	0	0/39
Gurdip Singh	Northern Punjab	1	1	36	1	16	0	—	—	2.67	0	0/16
Jagjit Singh	Northern Punjab	1	1	12	1	4	0	—	—	2.00	0	0/4
WR Sharma	Northern Punjab	1	2	102	4	54	0	—	—	3.18	0	0/13
S Talwar	Northern Punjab	2	2	24	0	28	0	—	—	7.00	0	0/11

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 1961/62. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Northern Punjab 1961/62 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Northern Punjab	5	1	2	2	0	1,643	73	22.51	384	1,675	67	25.00

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 · 1961/62

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

1962-01-05 to 1962-01-07 · Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar

Northern Punjab: 159 & 180/6
Southern Punjab: 170 & 264/3d

Match drawn

1961-12-25 to 1961-12-27 · Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi

Railways: 293/1d
Northern Punjab: 89 & 147

Railways won by an innings and 57 runs

1961-12-01 to 1961-12-03 · Nehru Park, Ferozepur

Northern Punjab: 330 & 82/2
Services: 162 & 310/8d

Match drawn

1961-10-22 to 1961-10-24 · Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar

Northern Punjab: 384/5d
Jammu and Kashmir: 78 & 123

Northern Punjab won by an innings and 183 runs

1961-10-14 to 1961-10-16 · Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar

Northern Punjab: 148 & 124
Delhi: 194 & 81/5

Delhi won by 5 wickets

Recorded venues

Northern Punjab 1961/62 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar	3
Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi	1
Nehru Park, Ferozepur	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 1961/62 for Northern Punjab, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Ranji Trophy 1961/62 batting innings records for Northern Punjab
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
H Ghosh	103	Jammu and Kashmir	1961-10-22
RS Khurana	102	Services	1961-12-01
S Talwar	82	Jammu and Kashmir	1961-10-22
Gurdip Singh	79	Jammu and Kashmir	1961-10-22
Gurpal Singh	64	Delhi	1961-10-14

Best bowling innings

Ranji Trophy 1961/62 bowling innings records for Northern Punjab
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
ML Khanna	7/65	Delhi	1961-10-14
ML Khanna	6/34	Jammu and Kashmir	1961-10-22
A Som Prakash	5/19	Jammu and Kashmir	1961-10-22
A Som Prakash	5/52	Services	1961-12-01
A Som Prakash	5/61	Southern Punjab	1962-01-05

* 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 · 1960-10-14 to 1967-12-19

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Northern Punjab 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: 1960-10-14 to 1967-12-19. 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.