1944–45 Ranji Trophy
 The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get. | |
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Bombay (4th title) |
| Participants | 17 |
| Matches | 16 |
| Most runs | Rusi Modi (Bombay) (1008)[1] |
| Most wickets | C. S. Nayudu (Holkar) (33)[2] |
The 1944–45 Ranji Trophy was the 11th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Holkar in the final.
Highlights[]
- 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 till W. V. Raman made 1018 runs in 1988-89 by which time every team played several 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. 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 2015, only V. V. S. Laxman (eight hundreds in 1999-00) and Kedar Jadhav (six in 2013-14) have made more hundreds in a season.[4]
- C. S. Nayudu of Holkar bowled 917 balls in the final, a record in all first class cricket.[5][6]
Zonal Matches[]
West Zone[]
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
| 9 Dec 1944 — Poona | ||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 372 & 363 | |||||||||
| 16 Dec 1944 — Poona | ||||||||||
| Nawanagar | 131 & 115 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 205 & 267 | |||||||||
| Baroda | 314 & 512/3 | |||||||||
| 27 Jan 1945 — Baroda | ||||||||||
| Baroda | 151 & 390 | |||||||||
| 3 Nov 1944 — Karachi | ||||||||||
| Bombay | 468 & 74/3 | |||||||||
| Sind | 264 & 244/4d | |||||||||
| 30 Dec 1944 — Bombay | ||||||||||
| Bombay | 432 & 16/1 | |||||||||
| Bombay | 592/6d | |||||||||
| 15 Dec 1944 — Ahmedabad | ||||||||||
| Western India | 188 & 92 | |||||||||
| Gujarat | 140 & 155 | |||||||||
| Western India | 224 & 271 | |||||||||
North Zone[]
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 9 Dec 1944 — Lahore | ||||||
| Northern India | 358 | |||||
| 26 Jan 1945 — Lahore | ||||||
| Delhi | 52 & 86 | |||||
| Northern India | 449 & 298/7d | |||||
| Southern Punjab | 293 & 92 | |||||
East Zone[]
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 15 Dec 1944 — Jamshedpur | ||||||
| Bihar | 158 & 91 | |||||
| 18 Jan 1945 — Indore | ||||||
| Holkar | 389 | |||||
| Holkar | 538 | |||||
| 9 Dec 1944 — Calcutta | ||||||
| Bengal | 64 & 176 | |||||
| Bengal | 248 & 157 | |||||
| United Provinces | 176 & 154 | |||||
South Zone[]
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 24 Dec 1944 — Madras | ||||||
| Madras | 188 & 233 | |||||
| 20 Jan 1945 — Madras | ||||||
| Hyderabad | 192 & 176 | |||||
| Madras | 363 | |||||
| Mysore | 78 & 159 | |||||
Inter-Zonal Knockout matches[]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 16 Feb 1945 – Bombay | ||||||
| Bombay | 620 & 58/0 | |||||
| 04 Mar 1945 – Bombay | ||||||
| Northern India | 363 & 312 | |||||
| Bombay | 462 & 764 | |||||
| 17 Feb 1945 – Madras | ||||||
| Holkar | 360 & 492 | |||||
| Madras | 254 & 158 | |||||
| Holkar | 403 & 11/0 | |||||
Final[]
4–9 March 1945
Scorecard |
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Holkar
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- Bombay won the toss and decided to bat
- Timeless match that lasted for six days
Scorecards and averages[]
References[]
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1944/45 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1944/45 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ Most runs in a Ranji season
- ^ Most hundreds in a season
- ^ Most balls bowled in a match, ACS
- ^ "The IPL is born". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
External links[]
- Maqsood, M. H., ed. (1946). Who's Who In Indian Cricket. Z.R. Commercial Corporation.
Categories:
- 1945 in Indian cricket
- Indian domestic cricket competitions