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.

1945–46 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsHolkar (1st title)
Participants21
Most runsHemu Adhikari (Baroda) (555)[1]
Most wicketsAmir Elahi (Baroda) (30)[2]

Highlights

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  • 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

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South Zone

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Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
14 Dec 1945 – Bangalore
 
 
Mysore158 & 292
 
26 Jan 1946 – Bangalore
 
Madras172 & 166
 
Mysore188 & 309
 
21 Dec 1945 – Nagpur
 
Hyderabad176 & 220
 
Central Provinces and Berar154 & 127
 
 
Hyderabad399
 

West Zone

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Round 1Round 2Round 3
 
          
 
 
 
 
25 Jan 1946 – Bombay
 
 
Bombay560/5d
 
29 Dec 1945 – Karachi
 
Sind234 & 306
 
Sind416 & 61/1
 
9 Feb 1946 – Bombay
 
Maharashtra258 & 250/9d
 
Bombay645
 
19 Dec 1945 – Jamnagar
 
Baroda (T)465/6
 
Baroda328 & 363/5d
 
2 Feb 1946 – Baroda
 
Nawanagar218 & 138/8
 
Baroda243 & 277
 
14 Dec 1945 – Rajkot
 
Western India215 & 104/8
 
Western India199 & 158
 
 
Gujarat164 & 190
 

(T) – Advanced to next round by spin of coin.

East Zone

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Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
20 Dec 1945 – Kanpur
 
 
United Provinces99 & 221
 
19 Jan 1946 – Calcutta
 
Bengal126 & 239
 
Bengal119 & 266
 
15 Dec 1945 – Indore
 
Holkar288 & 102/5
 
Holkar433
 
 
Bihar142 & 104
 

North Zone

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Round 1Round 2Round 3
 
          
 
 
 
 
10 Jan 1946 – Patiala
 
 
Southern Punjab472
 
28 Dec 1945 – Delhi
 
Delhi181 & 98
 
Delhi91 & 203/7
 
7 Feb 1946 – Patiala
 
North West Frontier Province141 & 150
 
Southern Punjab658/8d
 
 
Northern India250
 
 
2 Feb 1946 – Rajputana
 
 
Rajputana220 & 114
 
 
Northern India212 & 125/1
 
 
 
 

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 Mar 1946 – Indore
 
 
Holkar912/8d
 
22 Mar 1946 – Indore
 
Mysore190 & 509/6
 
Holkar342 & 273
 
4 Mar 1946 – Patiala
 
Baroda198 & 361
 
Southern Punjab167 & 146
 
 
Baroda (T)106 & 207
 

(T) – Advanced to finals by spin of coin.

Final

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22–27 March 1946
Scorecard
Holkar (H)
v
342 (149.3 overs)
C. K. Nayudu 200
Ahmed Patel 3/52
148 (77 overs)
Vijay Hazare 87*
C. S. Nayudu 5/66
273 (118.5 overs)
Hiralal Gaekwad 79*
Vivek Hazare 4/49
361 (136.5 overs)
M. M. Naidu 91
C. S. Nayudu 5/148
Holkar won by 106 runs
Yeshwant Club Ground, Indore
Umpires: Jamshed Patel and T. A. Ramachandran
  • Holkar won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

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References

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  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1945/46 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1945/46 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  3. ^ Holkar v Mysore, 2–5 March 1946
  4. ^ Highest team totals in India
  5. ^ Most hundreds in an innings
  6. ^ Most runs conceded in an innings, acscricket.com
  7. ^ Century and five wickets in an innings, acscricket.com
  8. ^ Bombay v Baroda, 9–12 February 1946
  9. ^ Southern Punjab v Baroda, 4–7 March 1946
  10. ^ Oldest batsmen to score 200 in first class cricket