1943–44 Ranji Trophy

Indian cricket tournament December 2023 December 2023 1943–44 Ranji Trophy Ranji_trophy.jpg 350px The Ranji Trophy BCCI First-class Knockout Western India 1 19 18 Vijay Merchant (Bombay) (553)Ranji Trophy, 1943/44 / Records / Most runs subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1943-44/Batting_by_Runs.html 23 August 2014 Saeed Ahmed (Western India) (28)Ranji Trophy, 1943/44 / Records / Most wickets subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1943-44/Bowling_by_Wickets.html 23 August 2014 1942–43 1942–43 Ranji Trophy 1944–45 1944–45 Ranji Trophy The 1943–44 Ranji Trophy was the tenth season of the Ranji Trophy. Western India won their only title defeating Bengal in the final. This season could be considered as the arbitrary starting point of high scoring in Indian domestic cricket that would last till the end of the decade. In the final of the Bombay Pentangular in early December 1943, Vijay Merchant and Vijay Hazare scored 250* and 309. It was the prelude to Merchant setting a new Ranji and Indian first class record of 359* for Bombay against Maharashtra between 31 December 1943, and 2 January 1944, at the Brabourne Stadium in Bombay. Highlights The Bombay-Maharashtra matchBombay v Maharashtra, Brabourne Stadium set several national records. Bombay made 735, the highest score in Indian first class cricket bettering 703 by Bengal Cyclone XI in 1942-43.Bijapur Famine XI v Bengal Cyclone XI, 1942-43 The previous Ranji record was 675 by Maharashtra v Bombay in 1940-41Maharashtra v Bombay 1940-41 Vijay Merchant's 359* was the highest individual score in India. Vijay Hazare's 316* for Maharashtra v Baroda in 1939-40 was the previous Ranji and first class record.Maharashtra v Baroda, 1939-40 Merchant and Rusi Modi's partnership of 371 was a national record for the sixth wicket. As of 2014, it is bettered only by 417 between Wridhiman Saha and Laxmi Ratan Shukla for Bengal v Assam in 2010-11Bengal v Assam, 2010-11 Vijay Merchant's season batting average of 276.50 is the highest by any batsman scoring over 500 runs. Herbert Barritt captained Western India to the title. He was the third Englishman to captain a Ranji winning team, after Bert Wensley of Nawanagar in 1936-37 and Tom Longfield of Bengal in 1938–39. Zonal Matches West Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 150px 80px 10 Dec 1943 – Jamnagar Nawanagar 221 & 70/5 Western India 336 & 116/3d 11 Dec 1943 – Karachi Sind 175 & 83/1 Gujarat 120 & 136 11 Dec 1943 – Bombay Bombay 487 Baroda 297 28 Dec 1943 – Rajkot Western India 274 & 285 Sind 178 & 158/6 31 Dec 1943 – Bombay Bombay 735 Maharashtra 298 15 Jan 1944 – Rajkot Western India 363/4 Bombay 255 no no no yes Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 East Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 150px 80px 18 Dec 1943 – Calcutta Bengal 249 & 88/8 Bihar 159 & 261/7d 17 Dec 1943 – Indore Holkar 222 & 420/7d United Provinces 116 & 227 7 Jan 1944 – Calcutta Bengal 387 & 21/0 Holkar 138 & 266 Round 1 Round 2 North Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 175px 80px 20 Dec 1943 – Gwalior Gwalior 92 & 61 Delhi 179 & 393 29 Jan 1944 – New Delhi Delhi 84 & 103 Southern Punjab 388 4 Mar 1944 – Patiala Southern Punjab 326 & 104/8 Northern India 329 & 127 no yes yes yes no yes Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 South Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 175px 80px 31 Dec 1943 – Nagpur Central Provinces and Berar 166 & 93 Hyderabad 160 & 109 31 Dec 1943 – Bangalore Mysore 359 Madras 365 28 Jan 1944 – Secunderabad Hyderabad 183 & 141/2 Madras 349 & 191 Round 1 Round 2 Inter-Zonal Knockout matches white-space:nowrap 25px 150px 80px 17 Mar 1944 – Rajkot Western India 254 & 175/3 Northern India 145 & 283 19 Feb 1944 – Calcutta Bengal 235 & 266 Madras 102 & 265 7 Apr 1944 – Bombay Western India 433 Bengal 234 & 176 Final 7-10 Apr 1944 (timeless match) Bengal Western India 234 (130.2 overs) Asoke Chatterjee 68 Shantilal Gandhi 6/50 433 (153.5 overs) G. Kishenchand 111 B.K. Mitra 4/80 176 (79.2 overs) Nirmal Chatterjee 71 Saeed Ahmed 4/23 Western India won by an innings and 23 runs Brabourne Stadium, Bombay M.G. Bhave and D.K. Naik Scorecard Bengal won the toss and elected to bat The match was played on a neutral groundThe trophy was presented by Sir Homi Mody, the President of the Cricket Club of India Summary of first ten seasons none|thumb|800px|Teams in the first ten years none|thumb|600px|Results of the first ten years Scorecards and averages CricketArchive References Category:1943 in Indian cricket Category:1944 in Indian cricket Category:Ranji Trophy seasons Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1943–44