The teams of Baroda and Gujarat played the first of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1973-74 and the match was held at Baroda from 10-12 November 1973. The match was drawn during the stipulated duration and the Baroda and Gujarat teams earned 5 and 3 points, respectively from it. The next match of the zone involved the teams of Gujarat and Bombay and the two teams clashed with each other at Nadiad from 17-19 November 1973. As the match was a drawn one, the match officials awarded the Bombay and Gujarat teams 5 and 3 points, respectively for the match. The third match of the West Zone saw a clash between the teams of Maharashtra and Saurashtra at Jalgaon from 17-19 November 1973. The match saw the Maharashtra team playing very well and winning by a margin of an innings and 104 runs. The Maharashtra team appeared in the fourth of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1973-74 also and this time, it played against the Baroda team at Poona from 24-26 November 1973. The match remained drawn during the stipulated period of time and the match officials awarded both the teams 3 points each for the match. The next match of the West Zone saw a clash between the teams of Bombay and Saurashtra at Bombay from 24-26 November, 1973. The Bombay team won the match by an innings and 198 runs and also earned 8 valuable points from it. Then the Gujarat and Maharashtra teams clashed with each other in the next match of the zone and the match took place at Bulsar from 15-17 December, 1973. The Maharashtra and Gujarat teams earned 5 and 3 points, respectively from the drawn match. The match between the teams of Baroda and Bombay was the seventh of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1973-74 and the match was held at Baroda from 22-24 December, 1973. The Bombay team played wonderfully in the match and clinched a huge victory of an innings and 36 runs for earning 8 valuable points from it. The next match of the zone saw a battle between the teams of Saurashtra and Gujarat at Junagadh from 22-24 December, 1973, where the Gujarat team won by a margin of 4 wickets to earn the entire 9 points. The teams of Bombay and Maharashtra played against each other in the next match of the West Zone at Bombay from 28-30 December 1973 and the match remained drawn during the stipulated duration. The match saw the Bombay team earning 5 points and Maharashtra earning 3 points from it. The last of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1973-74 involved the teams like Saurashtra and Baroda and the match took place at Bhuj from 29-31 December 1973. The Baroda and Saurashtra teams earned 5 and 3 points, respectively from the drawn match. |