1945–46 Ranji Trophy
 The Ranji Trophy | |
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Holkar (1st title) |
| Participants | 21 |
| Most runs | Hemu Adhikari (Baroda) (555)[1] |
| Most wickets | Amir Elahi (Baroda) (30)[2] |
The 1945–46 Ranji Trophy was the 12th season of the Ranji Trophy. Holkar won the title defeating Baroda in the final.
Highlights[edit]
- Holkar scored 912 for 8 decl against Mysore in the semifinal.[3] This was the highest score in Indian first class cricket until Hyderabad made 944 for 6 against Andhra in 1993–94.[4]
- Six batsmen scored hundreds for Holkar: Kamal Bhandarkar 142, Chandu Sarwate 101, Madhavsinh Jagdale 164, C. K. Nayudu 101, Bhausaheb Nimbalkar 172 and Rameshwar Pratap Singh 100. This has never been equalled.[5]
- There were seven century partnerships in the Holkar innings. All wickets from one to eight, except the second, made more than 100 runs.
- B. K. Garudachar took 4 wickets for 301. This is the most expensive bowling in Indian cricket, and third most expensive in all first-class cricket.[6]
- Chandu Sarwate took 9 for 61 in the Mysore first innings in addition to his hundred. It is the only instance of a century and nine wickets in an innings in Indian cricket.[7]
- Mysore conceded defeat on the fourth day.
- Baroda won the Zonal finals and the Semifinals by the spin of a coin, as both matches were unable to produce a winner. The Zonal finals were drawn with the first innings incomplete,[8] while their semifinal ended in a tie.[9]
- Vijay Merchant averaged 405.00 with the bat (405 in two innings, once out). This is the highest batting average achieved for any Ranji season.
- C. K. Nayudu scored 200 for Holkar v Baroda in the final at the age of 50 years and 142 days. He is the oldest Indian cricketer to score a double hundred and the fifth oldest in all first class cricket after Dave Nourse, John King, Archie MacLaren and Jack Hobbs.[10]
Zonal Matches[edit]
South Zone[edit]
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 14 Dec 1945 – Bangalore | ||||||
| Mysore | 158 & 292 | |||||
| 26 Jan 1946 – Bangalore | ||||||
| Madras | 172 & 166 | |||||
| Mysore | 188 & 309 | |||||
| 21 Dec 1945 – Nagpur | ||||||
| Hyderabad | 176 & 220 | |||||
| Central Provinces and Berar | 154 & 127 | |||||
| Hyderabad | 399 | |||||
West Zone[edit]
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
| 25 Jan 1946 – Bombay | ||||||||||
| Bombay | 560/5d | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 1945 – Karachi | ||||||||||
| Sind | 234 & 306 | |||||||||
| Sind | 416 & 61/1 | |||||||||
| 9 Feb 1946 – Bombay | ||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 258 & 250/9d | |||||||||
| Bombay | 645 | |||||||||
| 19 Dec 1945 – Jamnagar | ||||||||||
| Baroda (T) | 465/6 | |||||||||
| Baroda | 328 & 363/5d | |||||||||
| 2 Feb 1946 – Baroda | ||||||||||
| Nawanagar | 218 & 138/8 | |||||||||
| Baroda | 243 & 277 | |||||||||
| 14 Dec 1945 – Rajkot | ||||||||||
| Western India | 215 & 104/8 | |||||||||
| Western India | 199 & 158 | |||||||||
| Gujarat | 164 & 190 | |||||||||
(T) – Advanced to next round by spin of coin.
East Zone[edit]
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 20 Dec 1945 – Kanpur | ||||||
| United Provinces | 99 & 221 | |||||
| 19 Jan 1946 – Calcutta | ||||||
| Bengal | 126 & 239 | |||||
| Bengal | 119 & 266 | |||||
| 15 Dec 1945 – Indore | ||||||
| Holkar | 288 & 102/5 | |||||
| Holkar | 433 | |||||
| Bihar | 142 & 104 | |||||
North Zone[edit]
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
| 10 Jan 1946 – Patiala | ||||||||||
| Southern Punjab | 472 | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 1945 – Delhi | ||||||||||
| Delhi | 181 & 98 | |||||||||
| Delhi | 91 & 203/7 | |||||||||
| 7 Feb 1946 – Patiala | ||||||||||
| North West Frontier Province | 141 & 150 | |||||||||
| Southern Punjab | 658/8d | |||||||||
| Northern India | 250 | |||||||||
| 2 Feb 1946 – Rajputana | ||||||||||
| Rajputana | 220 & 114 | |||||||||
| Northern India | 212 & 125/1 | |||||||||
Inter-Zonal Knockout matches[edit]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 2 Mar 1946 – Indore | ||||||
| Holkar | 912/8d | |||||
| 22 Mar 1946 – Indore | ||||||
| Mysore | 190 & 509/6 | |||||
| Holkar | 342 & 273 | |||||
| 4 Mar 1946 – Patiala | ||||||
| Baroda | 198 & 361 | |||||
| Southern Punjab | 167 & 146 | |||||
| Baroda (T) | 106 & 207 | |||||
(T) – Advanced to finals by spin of coin.
Final[edit]
Scorecards and averages[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1945/46 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1945/46 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ Holkar v Mysore, 2–5 March 1946
- ^ Highest team totals in India
- ^ Most hundreds in an innings
- ^ Most runs conceded in an innings, acscricket.com
- ^ Century and five wickets in an innings, acscricket.com
- ^ Bombay v Baroda, 9–12 February 1946
- ^ Southern Punjab v Baroda, 4–7 March 1946
- ^ Oldest batsmen to score 200 in first class cricket
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