The West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1970-71, started with the match between the teams of Bombay and Baroda and the match was held at Bombay from 07-09 November, 1970. The Bombay team got a very good start in the tournament, as it won the match with a huge margin of an innings and 89 runs and also earned 8 valuable points from the match. The second match of the zone was played between the teams of Maharashtra and Gujarat at Poona from 07-09 November, 1970. The match saw the Maharashtra team earning 9 points by winning with a huge margin of 9 wickets. The Bombay team played against the Gujarat team in the third match of the zone and the match was held at Bombay from 14-16 November, 1970. The match was drawn during the stipulated duration and the match officials awarded the Bombay and Gujarat teams 6 and 3 points, respectively for the match. There was a clash between the teams of Baroda and Saurashtra in the fourth of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1970-71. The match that held at Baroda from 14-16 November, 1970 was a drawn one and it saw the Baroda team earning 5 points and Saurashtra earning 3 points from it. The Bombay and Maharashtra teams clashed with each other in the fifth match of the West Zone and the match took place at Poona from 21-23 November, 1970. The match officials awarded both the Bombay and Maharashtra teams 3 points each for the drawn match. The next match saw a clash between the teams of Gujarat and Saurashtra at Vallabh Vidyanagar from 21-23 November, 1970. This was another drawn match and the Saurashtra and Gujarat teams earned 5 and 3 points from the match. The seventh of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1970-71 was played between the teams of Bombay and Saurashtra at Junagadh from 04-05 December, 1970. The Bombay team played very well in the match and clinched a huge victory of an innings and 82 runs for earning 8 valuable points from it. The Baroda and Maharashtra teams took part in the next match of the West Zone and the match was held at Baroda from 05-07 December, 1970. The drawn match saw the Maharashtra and Baroda teams earning 6 and 3 points, respectively from it. The Maharashtra team appeared in the next match of the zone also and this time, it played against the Saurashtra team at Rajkot from 12-14 December, 1970. The Maharashtra team played wonderfully in the match and got a huge victory of an innings and 3 runs for earning 8 valuable points from it. The last of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1970-71 saw a battle between the teams of Gujarat and Baroda at Ahmedabad from 12-14 December, 1970. There was no winner in the match and the match officials awarded both the Gujarat and Baroda teams 4 points each for the drawn match. |