1944–45 Ranji Trophy

The 1944–45 Ranji Trophy was the 11th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Holkar in the final.

1944–45 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsBombay (4th title)
Participants17
Matches16
Most runsRusi Modi (Bombay) (1008)[1]
Most wicketsC. S. Nayudu (Holkar) (33)[2]

Highlights

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  • Rusi Modi of Bombay scored 1008 runs in the season. He played five matches and averaged 201.60. No other batsman would score even 900 in a season until W. V. Raman made 1018 runs in 1988–89 by which time teams played more matches.[3]
  • Modi scored hundreds in each of the five matches. His scores were 160, 210, 245* & 31*, 113 and 98 & 151 in the final.[4] He had scored 168 and 128 in the last two matches of the 1943-44 season, thus scoring hundreds in five consecutive innings and seven consecutive matches in Ranji Trophy.
  • Modi's five centuries in a season was another record. As of 2021, only V. V. S. Laxman (eight hundreds in 1999–00), Kedar Jadhav (six in 2013–14) and Milind Kumar (six in 2018–19) have made more hundreds in a season.[5]
  • C. S. Nayudu of Holkar bowled 917 balls in the final, a record in all first class cricket.[6][7]

Zonal Matches

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West Zone

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Round 1Round 2Round 3
 
          
 
9 Dec 1944 – Poona
 
 
Maharashtra372 & 363
 
16 Dec 1944 – Poona
 
Nawanagar131 & 115
 
Maharashtra205 & 267
 
 
Baroda314 & 512/3
 
 
27 Jan 1945 – Baroda
 
 
Baroda151 & 390
 
3 Nov 1944 – Karachi
 
Bombay468 & 74/3
 
Sind264 & 244/4d
 
30 Dec 1944 – Bombay
 
Bombay432 & 16/1
 
Bombay592/6d
 
15 Dec 1944 – Ahmedabad
 
Western India188 & 92
 
Gujarat140 & 155
 
 
Western India224 & 271
 

North Zone

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Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
9 Dec 1944 – Lahore
 
 
Northern India358
 
26 Jan 1945 – Lahore
 
Delhi52 & 86
 
Northern India449 & 298/7d
 
 
Southern Punjab293 & 92
 
 
 
 

East Zone

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Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
15 Dec 1944 – Jamshedpur
 
 
Bihar158 & 91
 
18 Jan 1945 – Indore
 
Holkar389
 
Holkar538
 
9 Dec 1944 – Calcutta
 
Bengal64 & 176
 
Bengal248 & 157
 
 
United Provinces176 & 154
 

South Zone

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Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
24 Dec 1944 – Madras
 
 
Madras188 & 233
 
20 Jan 1945 – Madras
 
Hyderabad192 & 176
 
Madras363
 
 
Mysore78 & 159
 
 
 
 

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
16 Feb 1945 – Bombay
 
 
Bombay620 & 58/0
 
4 Mar 1945 – Bombay
 
Northern India363 & 312
 
Bombay462 & 764
 
17 Feb 1945 – Madras
 
Holkar360 & 492
 
Madras254 & 158
 
 
Holkar403 & 11/0
 

Final

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4–9 March 1945
Scorecard
Bombay (H)
v
462 (160.5 overs)
Rusi Modi 98
C. S. Nayudu 6/153
360 (117.5 overs)
Mushtaq Ali 109
Dattu Phadkar 5/75
764 (256 overs)
Vijay Merchant 278, Rusi Modi 151, Rusi Cooper 104
C. S. Nayudu 5/275
492 (155.1 overs)
Denis Compton 249*, Mushtaq Ali 130
Madan Raiji 3/133
Bombay won by 374 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: M. G. Bhave and T. A. Ramachandran
  • Bombay won the toss and decided to bat
  • Timeless match that lasted for six days

Scorecards and averages

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References

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  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1944/45 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1944/45 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  3. ^ Most runs in a Ranji season
  4. ^ 1944-45 Ranji season scorecards
  5. ^ Most hundreds in a season
  6. ^ Most balls bowled in a match, ACS
  7. ^ "The IPL is born". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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