The West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1965-66 started withy the match between the teams of Saurashtra and Baroda and the match was played at Rajkot from 06-08 November, 1965. The drawn match saw the Baroda team earning 5 points and Saurashtra earning 3 points from it. The teams of Bombay and Gujarat then clashed with each other in the next match of the zone and they played the match at Surat from 06-08 November, 1965. The Bombay team got a very good start in yet another edition of the Ranji Trophy, as the team won the match by a margin of 8 wickets and earned 8 valuable points from the match. The third match of the West Zone was played between the teams of Gujarat and Saurashtra at Junagadh from 13-15 November, 1965. The match saw the Gujarat team winning by a good margin of an innings and 14 runs and also earning 8 points from it. The teams of Bombay and Maharashtra met with each other in the fourth of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1965-66 at Bombay from 13-15 November, 1965. The match was drawn during the stipulated duration and the match officials awarded the Bombay and Maharashtra teams 5 and 3 points, respectively for the match. There was a clash between the teams of Maharashtra and Baroda in the next match of the zone and the match was held at Karad from 20-22 November, 1965. This match also remained drawn during the specified duration and the Maharashtra and Baroda teams earned 5 and 3 points, respectively from the match. The Bombay team then played against the Saurashtra team in the sixth match of the zone and the match that was held at Bombay from 21-23 November, 1965, saw the Bombay team winning by an innings and 140 runs. The Bombay team also earned 9 points from the match. In the seventh of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1965-66, the teams of Baroda and Gujarat clashed with each other at Baroda from 27-29 November, 1965. The drawn match saw the Baroda team earning 5 points and Gujarat earning 3 points from it. The next match of the zone saw a battle between the teams of Maharashtra and Saurashtra at Nasik from 27-29 November, 1965. The Maharashtra team played wonderfully and won it comprehensively by a margin of 169 runs to earn 8 valuable points from the match. The teams of Bombay and Baroda then met with each other at Baroda from 04-06 December, 1965 and the match was drawn during the stipulated duration. The Bombay team earned 6 points and Baroda earned 3 points from the match. The last of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1965-66 involved the teams like Gujarat and Maharashtra and the match took place at Anand from 11-13 December, 1965. Playing well in the match, the Maharashtra team clinched a victory of 7 wickets for earning 8 valuable points. |