The South Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1963-64 started with the match between the teams of Bombay and Maharashtra at Bombay from 20-22 October, 1963. The match was drawn during the stipulated duration and the Bombay team earned 5 points and Maharashtra earned 3 points from it. The second match saw a clash between the teams of Baroda and Gujarat at Baroda from 02-03 November, 1963 and the drawn match saw the Baroda team earning 6 points and Gujarat earning 3 points from it. The Gujarat team then played against the Bombay team at Vallabh from 03-05 November, 1963. This was also a drawn match and the Bombay and Gujarat teams earned 5 and 3 points, respectively from it. The fourth of the South Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1963-64 was played between the teams of Saurashtra and Baroda at Rajkot from 09-10 November, 1963. The Baroda team won the match by an innings and 21 runs to earn 8 valuable points. The Saurashtra team appeared in the next match of the zone also and this time, it played against the Gujarat team at Jamnagar from 16-18 November, 1963. The drawn match saw the Gujarat team earning 5 points and Saurashtra earning 3 points from it. The next match involved the teams of Baroda and Maharashtra and the match took place at Baroda from 23-25 November, 1963. As this match was also drawn, the match officials awarded the Maharashtra and Baroda teams 5 and 3 points, respectively for the match. There was a clash between the teams of Gujarat and Maharashtra in the seventh of the South Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1963-64 and the match was played at Surat from 29 November-01 December, 1963. Maharashtra won the match by 10 wickets and earned 9 valuable points from it. The two leading teams of the zone, Bombay and Baroda then locked their horns together in the next match at Baroda from 30 November-02 December, 1963. The Bombay team proved its superiority in the match by winning it by an innings and 130 runs and earning 9 points from it. Then, the two teams of Maharashtra and Saurashtra played against each other at Poona from 05-07 December, 1963 and the match was declared as a drawn one. The last of the South Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1963-64 saw a clash between the teams of Bombay and Saurashtra at Bombay from 10-12 December, 1963, where Bombay won by 10 wickets to earn 8 valuable points. |