1945–46 Ranji Trophy

1945–46 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Holkar (1st title)
Participants	21
Most runs	Hemu Adhikari (Baroda) (555)^[1]
Most wickets	Amir Elahi (Baroda) (30)^[2]
← 1944–45 1946–47 →

The 1945–46 Ranji Trophy was the 12th season of the Ranji Trophy. Holkar won the title defeating Baroda in the final.

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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

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

22–27 March 1946
Scorecard

Holkar (H)	v	Baroda
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

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

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