1945–46 Ranji Trophy
The 1945–46 Ranji Trophy was the 12th season of the Ranji Trophy. Holkar won the title defeating Baroda in the final.
 The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get. | |
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Holkar |
| Participants | 21 |
| Most runs | Hemu Adhikari (Baroda) (555)[1] |
| Most wickets | Amir Elahi (Baroda) (30)[2] |
Highlights
- Holkar scored 912 for 8 decl against Mysore in the semifinal. This was the highest score in Indian first class cricket till Hyderabad made 944 for 6 against Andhra in 1993-94
- Six batsmen scored hundreds for Holkar - Kamal Bhandarkar 142, Chandu Sarwate 101, Madhav Jagdale 164, C. K. Nayudu 101, Bhausaheb Nimbalkar 172 and Pratap Singh 100. This has never been equalled.
- There were seven century partnerships in the Holkar innings. All wickets from one to eight, except the second, made more than a hundred runs
- B. K. Garudachar took 4 wickets for 301 runs. This is the most expensive bowling in Indian cricket and third in all first class cricket.
- 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.
- Mysore conceded the match on the fourth day.
- Baroda won the Zonal finals and the Semifinals by spin of coin, as both match couldn't produce a winner. The Zonal finals drew with first innings incomplete and the semifinal ended in a tie.
- 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 in first class cricket. Nayudu is the fifth oldest double centurion in all first class cricket, after Dave Nourse, John King, Archie MacLaren and Jack Hobbs.
Zonal Matches
South Zone
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
Scorecards and averages
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References
- "Ranji Trophy, 1945/46 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Ranji Trophy, 1945/46 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
External links
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