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Orissa 1972/73 cricket statistics and records

Orissa in Ranji Trophy: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Ranji Trophy 1972/73; Tests are excluded.

M Roy Chowdhury leads the displayed batting table with 119 runs. V Gupta leads the bowling table with 6 wickets.

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Showing 1972/73 · Ranji Trophy · Orissa

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Recorded matches: 3
Recorded players: 12
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 3

Selected season match starts: 1972-12-05 to 1972-12-16. 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 · 1972-73

League table for 1972/73. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Central Zone

Ranji Trophy 1972-73 Central Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Vidarbha	3	1	0	2	18
2	Madhya Pradesh	3	1	0	2	16
3	Rajasthan	3	0	1	2	8
4	Uttar Pradesh	3	0	1	2	6

East Zone

Ranji Trophy 1972-73 East Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points
1	Bengal	3	3	0	25
2	Bihar	3	2	1	16
3	Orissa	3	1	2	8
4	Assam	3	0	3	0

North Zone

Ranji Trophy 1972-73 North Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Delhi	5	4	0	1	36
2	Railways	5	3	1	1	28
3	Punjab	5	1	0	4	25
4	Services	5	2	2	1	21
5	Haryana	5	0	3	2	10
6	Jammu & Kashmir	5	0	4	1	3

South Zone

Ranji Trophy 1972-73 South Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Tamil Nadu	4	3	0	1	28
2	Hyderabad	4	2	0	2	27
3	Karnataka	4	2	1	1	21
4	Kerala	4	0	3	1	3
5	Andhra	4	0	3	1	3

West Zone

Ranji Trophy 1972-73 West Zone standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Maharashtra	4	3	0	1	29
2	Mumbai	4	3	0	1	27
3	Gujarat	4	2	2	0	17
4	Baroda	4	0	3	1	5
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 1972/73

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

Leading run scorers

Orissa Ranji Trophy 1972/73 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
M Roy Chowdhury	3	119
H Vijh	3	115
V Gupta	3	113
B Bishanjee	3	98
R Sikdar	3	75

Recorded innings through 1972-12-16. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Orissa Ranji Trophy 1972/73 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
V Gupta	3	6
AP Mohanty	3	6
BR Rao	3	6
S Satpathy	3	5
A Patel	3	3

Recorded innings through 1972-12-16. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1972/73

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

Batting · 12 players

Orissa 1972/73 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s
M Roy Chowdhury	Orissa	3	6	1	119	32	23.80	—	0
H Vijh	Orissa	3	6	0	115	56	19.17	—	1
V Gupta	Orissa	3	6	0	113	55	18.83	—	1
B Bishanjee	Orissa	3	6	1	98	34	19.60	—	0
R Sikdar	Orissa	3	6	1	75	32	15.00	—	0
BR Rao	Orissa	3	6	0	32	12	5.33	—	0
S Satpathy	Orissa	3	6	2	27	18*	6.75	—	0
G Ramamurthy	Orissa	2	4	0	24	20	6.00	—	0
A Patel	Orissa	3	6	0	17	12	2.83	—	0
AP Mohanty	Orissa	3	6	2	16	6*	4.00	—	0
VN Pendarkar	Orissa	3	6	0	15	6	2.50	—	0
P Kar	Orissa	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Bowling · 7 players

Orissa 1972/73 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
V Gupta	Orissa	3	4	468	24	173	6	28.83	78.00	2.22	3/22
AP Mohanty	Orissa	3	4	258	12	123	6	20.50	43.00	2.86	4/33
BR Rao	Orissa	3	4	336	10	158	6	26.33	56.00	2.82	3/32
S Satpathy	Orissa	3	4	240	6	177	5	35.40	48.00	4.43	4/90
A Patel	Orissa	3	4	265	10	148	3	49.33	88.33	3.35	1/9
H Vijh	Orissa	2	2	96	3	65	1	65.00	96.00	4.06	1/41
P Kar	Orissa	1	1	30	0	10	0	—	—	2.00	0/10

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 1972/73. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Orissa 1972/73 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Orissa	3	1	2	0	0	718	50	14.36	174	907	32	28.34

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 · 1972/73

Latest 3 of 3 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1972-12-16 to 1972-12-18 · Nehru Stadium, Guwahati

Assam: 98 & 109
Orissa: 173 & 37/0

Orissa won by 10 wickets

1972-12-10 to 1972-12-12 · Eden Gardens, Calcutta

Bengal: 362/6d
Orissa: 112 & 174

Bengal won by an innings and 76 runs

1972-12-05 to 1972-12-07 · Nehru Smarak Stadium, Bhagalpur

Bihar: 338/6d
Orissa: 92 & 130

Bihar won by an innings and 116 runs

Recorded venues

Orissa 1972/73 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1
Nehru Smarak Stadium, Bhagalpur	1
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati	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 1972/73 for Orissa, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Ranji Trophy 1972/73 batting innings records for Orissa
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
H Vijh	56	Assam	1972-12-16
V Gupta	55	Bengal	1972-12-10
V Gupta	42	Assam	1972-12-16
H Vijh	35	Bengal	1972-12-10
B Bishanjee	34	Bihar	1972-12-05

Best bowling innings

Ranji Trophy 1972/73 bowling innings records for Orissa
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
AP Mohanty	4/33	Assam	1972-12-16
S Satpathy	4/90	Bihar	1972-12-05
V Gupta	3/22	Assam	1972-12-16
BR Rao	3/32	Assam	1972-12-16
BR Rao	2/0	Assam	1972-12-16

* 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

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Ranji Trophy · 1949-12-10 to 2026-02-01

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Orissa 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: 1949-12-10 to 2026-02-01. 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.