1948–49 Ranji Trophy
The 1948–49 Ranji Trophy was the 15th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Baroda in the final. The semi-final match between Bombay and Maharashtra was the highest-scoring first-class match of all time.[3] A total of 2,376 runs were scored, including nine centuries.[4]
![]() The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get. | |
Administrator(s) | BCCI |
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Cricket format | First-class cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
Champions | Bombay |
Participants | 15 |
Most runs | Dattu Phadkar (Bombay) (570)[1] |
Most wickets | Ranga Sohoni (Baroda) (33)[2] |
Highlights
- The Zonal format was not used in the 1948–49 season of Ranji Trophy. It was the only time that this was done till the zones were replaced by the Elite and Plate divisions in 2002–03
- The Bombay v Maharashtra semifinal produced 2376 runs, in the most in any first class match.[5] Bombay's total of 1365 runs is the record for a team in any first class match [6]
- The semifinals and finals were timeless matches. Both the Bombay - Maharashtra semifinal and the Bombay - Baroda final went into the seventh day,
- Three of the four semifinalists were from the West Zone.
- Assam made their Ranji Trophy debut in this season against United Provinces.
Draw
Top Half
Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | |||||||||||
17 Dec 1948 — Shillong | ||||||||||||||
Assam | 153 & 118 | |||||||||||||
United Provinces | 368 | |||||||||||||
12 Feb 1949 — Kanpur | ||||||||||||||
United Provinces | 131 & 91 | |||||||||||||
12 Nov 1948 — Bangalore | ||||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 396 | |||||||||||||
Mysore | 186 & 122 | |||||||||||||
16 Dec 1948 — Poona | ||||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 327 & 157 | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 826/4 | |||||||||||||
Kathiawar | 238 | |||||||||||||
5 Mar 1949 — Poona | ||||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 407 & 604 | |||||||||||||
Bombay | 651 & 714 | |||||||||||||
12 Feb 1949 — Madras | ||||||||||||||
Madras | 331 & 106/2 | |||||||||||||
Bombay | 375 & 254/5d | |||||||||||||
21 Jan 1949 — Calcutta | ||||||||||||||
Bengal | 251 & 131/4 | |||||||||||||
Bombay | 574/5d & 127/2d | |||||||||||||
Bottom Half
Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | |||||||||||
21 Jan 1949 — Jamshedpur | ||||||||||||||
Bihar | 153 & 136 | |||||||||||||
Delhi | 212 & 48 | |||||||||||||
12 Feb 1949 — Jamshedpur | ||||||||||||||
Bihar | 188 & 128 | |||||||||||||
Holkar | 328 | |||||||||||||
03 Dec 1948 — Indore | ||||||||||||||
Holkar | 390 & 46/1 | |||||||||||||
Central Provinces and Berar | 247 & 317/8d | |||||||||||||
7 Mar 1949 — Indore | ||||||||||||||
Holkar | 133 & 240 | |||||||||||||
Baroda | 349 & 25/1 | |||||||||||||
17 Dec 1948 — Ahmedabad | ||||||||||||||
Gujarat | 198 & 94 | |||||||||||||
Baroda | 211 & 253 | |||||||||||||
16 Nov 1948 — Secunderabad | ||||||||||||||
Hyderabad | 80 & 80 | |||||||||||||
Baroda | 98 & 65/2 | |||||||||||||
Final
Scorecards and averages
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References
- "Ranji Trophy, 1948/49 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Ranji Trophy, 1948/49 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "A late starter". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- "Ranji Trophy, Maharashtra v Bombay at Pune, Mar 5-11, 1949". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- Highest Match Aggregates, acscricket.com
- Highest Team Totals, acscricket.com
External links
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