The 1973–74 Ranji Trophy was the 40th season of the Ranji Trophy. Karnataka ended Bombay's sequence of 15 consecutive titles by defeating them on first innings in the semifinal. They defeated Rajasthan by 185 runs in the final to win their first Ranji Trophy.

Group stage

South Zone TeamHyderabad 4 2 0 2 0 0 26 2.332Karnataka 4 2 0 2 0 0 26 1.948Tamil Nadu 4 2 0 2 0 0 24 1.699Andhra 4 0 3 1 0 0 5 0.533Kerala 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0.295

North Zone TeamDelhi 5 4 0 1 0 0 38 2.264Railways 5 2 1 2 0 0 26 1.219Haryana 5 1 1 3 0 0 24 1.088Services 5 1 2 2 0 0 16 0.829Punjab 5 0 0 5 0 0 15 0.900Jammu and Kashmir 5 0 4 1 0 0 5 0.386

East Zone TeamBengal 3 2 0 1 0 0 20 2.535Bihar 3 2 0 1 0 0 19 1.540Orissa 3 0 2 1 0 0 5 0.660Assam 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.453

West Zone TeamBombay 4 2 0 2 0 0 27 2.390Maharashtra 4 1 0 3 0 0 20 1.297Gujarat 4 1 0 3 0 0 18 0.959Baroda 4 0 1 3 0 0 13 0.741Saurashtra 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0.549

Central Zone TeamRajasthan 3 1 0 2 0 0 14 0.874Uttar Pradesh 3 1 1 1 0 0 13 1.413Madhya Pradesh 3 1 1 1 0 0 13 1.015Vidarbha 3 0 1 2 0 0 8 0.813

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

Scorecards and averages CricketArchive Knockout Matches (no pay wall) ESPNCricinfo (no pay wall)

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