1945–46 Ranji Trophy

Indian cricket tournament December 2023 December 2023 1945–46 Ranji Trophy Ranji_trophy.jpg 350px The Ranji Trophy BCCI First-class Knockout Holkar 1 21 Hemu Adhikari (Baroda) (555)Ranji Trophy, 1945/46 / Records / Most runs subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1945-46/Batting_by_Runs.html 23 August 2014 Amir Elahi (Baroda) (30)Ranji Trophy, 1945/46 / Records / Most wickets subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1945-46/Bowling_by_Wickets.html 23 August 2014 1944–45 1944–45 Ranji Trophy 1946–47 1946–47 Ranji Trophy The 1945–46 Ranji Trophy was the 12th season of the Ranji Trophy. Holkar won the title defeating Baroda in the final. Highlights Holkar scored 912 for 8 decl against Mysore in the semifinal.Holkar v Mysore, 2–5 March 1946 This was the highest score in Indian first class cricket until Hyderabad made 944 for 6 against Andhra in 1993–94.Highest team totals in India 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.Most hundreds in an innings 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.Most runs conceded in an innings, acscricket.com 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.Century and five wickets in an innings, acscricket.com 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,Bombay v Baroda, 9–12 February 1946 while their semifinal ended in a tie.Southern Punjab v Baroda, 4–7 March 1946 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.Oldest batsmen to score 200 in first class cricket Zonal Matches South Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 175px 80px 14 Dec 1945 – Bangalore Mysore 158 & 292 Madras 172 & 166 21 Dec 1945 – Nagpur Central Provinces and Berar 154 & 127 Hyderabad 399 26 Jan 1946 – Bangalore Mysore 188 & 309 Hyderabad 176 & 220 Round 1 Round 2 West Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 150px 80px 29 Dec 1945 – Karachi Sind 416 & 61/1 Maharashtra 258 & 250/9d 19 Dec 1945 – Jamnagar Baroda 328 & 363/5d Nawanagar 218 & 138/8 14 Dec 1945 – Rajkot Western India 199 & 158 Gujarat 164 & 190 25 Jan 1946 – Bombay Bombay 560/5d Sind 234 & 306 2 Feb 1946 – Baroda Baroda 243 & 277 Western India 215 & 104/8 9 Feb 1946 – Bombay Bombay 645 Baroda (T) 465/6 yes no no no Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 (T) – Advanced to next round by spin of coin. East Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 150px 80px 20 Dec 1945 – Kanpur United Provinces 99 & 221 Bengal 126 & 239 15 Dec 1945 – Indore Holkar 433 Bihar 142 & 104 19 Jan 1946 – Calcutta Bengal 119 & 266 Holkar 288 & 102/5 Round 1 Round 2 North Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 175px 80px 28 Dec 1945 – Delhi Delhi 91 & 203/7 North West Frontier Province 141 & 150 10 Jan 1946 – Patiala Southern Punjab 472 Delhi 181 & 98 2 Feb 1946 – Rajputana Rajputana 220 & 114 Northern India 212 & 125/1 7 Feb 1946 – Patiala Southern Punjab 658/8d Northern India 250 yes no yes yes Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Inter-Zonal Knockout matches white-space:nowrap 25px 150px 80px 2 Mar 1946 – Indore Holkar 912/8d Mysore 190 & 509/6 4 Mar 1946 – Patiala Southern Punjab 167 & 146 Baroda (T) 106 & 207 22 Mar 1946 – Indore Holkar 342 & 273 Baroda 198 & 361 (T) – Advanced to finals by spin of coin. Final 22–27 March 1946 Holkar (H) 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 Jamshed Patel and T. A. Ramachandran Scorecard Holkar won the toss and decided to bat Scorecards and averages CricketArchive References Category:1945 in Indian cricket Category:1946 in Indian cricket Category:Ranji Trophy seasons Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1945–46