The Maharashtra and Bombay teams played the first of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1972-73 and the match was held at Poona from 11-13 November, 1972. The match was drawn during the stipulated duration and the Maharashtra and Bombay teams earned 5 and 3 points, respectively from the match. The Bombay team was a part of the second match also and this time, it played against the Baroda team at Bombay from 01-02 December, 1972. The Bombay team played wonderfully in the match and clinched a huge victory of an innings and 7 runs to earn 8 points from it. The third match of the zone saw a clash between the teams of Saurashtra and Bombay and the match was held at Rajkot from 09-11 December, 1972. The Bombay team played nicely once again in this match and won it by 10 wickets for earning 8 points from the match. The fourth of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1972-73 involved the teams of Baroda and Maharashtra at Baroda from 09-11 December, 1972. The match saw the Maharashtra team winning by a huge margin of an innings and 16 runs for earning 8 points from it. The next match of the zone was played between the teams of Gujarat and Baroda at Nadiad from 16-18 December, 1972, where the Gujarat team won by 5 wickets for earning 8 points from it. The teams of Saurashtra and Maharashtra met with each other in the next match at Surendranagar from 16-18 December, 1972. The Maharashtra team played wonderfully in the match and earned 8 points from it, by winning with a margin of 9 wickets. There was a clash between the teams of Gujarat and Saurashtra in the seventh of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1972-73 at Surat from 30 December, 1972 - 02 January, 1973. The Gujarat team played well in this match also and clinched a huge victory of 9 wickets for earning 9 points from it. The next match of the zone involved the teams like Baroda and Saurashtra and the two teams played the match at Baroda from 06-08 January, 1973. The drawn match saw the Baroda team earning 5 points and Saurashtra 3 points from it. The Bombay team then played against the Gujarat team in the next match of the West Zone and the match took place at Bombay from 06-08 January, 1973. Playing very well in the match, the Bombay team defeated the Gujarat team by a huge margin of an innings and 82 runs and also earned 8 points from it. The last of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1972-73 saw a battle between the teams of Maharashtra and Gujarat at Poona from 20-22 January, 1973, where the Maharashtra team won by an innings and 6 runs, The Maharashtra team earned 8 valuable points from the match, as well. |