The first of the Central Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1961-62 was played between the teams of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh at Indore from 15-17 December 1961. The match was drawn during its stipulated duration and the match officials decided to give the Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh teams 5 and 3 points, respectively for the match. In the second match of the zone, the teams of Rajasthan and Vidarbha clashed with each other at Udaipur from 15-17 December 1961. The match saw the Rajasthan team winning by a good margin of 108 runs and earning 8 points from it. The teams of Uttar Pradesh and Vidarbha clashed with each other in the third of the Central Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1961-62. The match was held at Nagpur from 21-23 December, 1961 and it was drawn during its specified duration. The drawn match saw the Vidarbha team earning 5 points and Uttar Pradesh team earning 4 points from it. The next match involved the teams of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and as this match also went on to draw, the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh teams earned 5 and 4 points, respectively from it. The Rajasthan team appeared in the fifth of the Central Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1961-62, as well and this time, it played against the Uttar Pradesh team. The match was held at Udaipur from 26-28 December, 1961 and this match also became a drawn one. The Uttar Pradesh team earned 5 points from the match and the earning of the Rajasthan team was 3 points. The last match of the Central Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1961-62 was played between the teams of Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha. The match that was held at Nagpur from 12-14 January, 1962 turned out to be another drawn one. The Vidarbha team earned 5 points and Madhya Pradesh earned 3 points from the match. |