1944–45 Ranji Trophy

Indian cricket tournament December 2023 December 2023 1944–45 Ranji Trophy Ranji_trophy.jpg 350px The Ranji Trophy BCCI First-class Knockout Bombay 4 17 16 Rusi Modi (Bombay) (1008)Ranji Trophy, 1944/45 / Records / Most runs subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1944-45/Batting_by_Runs.html 23 August 2014 C. S. Nayudu (Holkar) (33)Ranji Trophy, 1944/45 / Records / Most wickets subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1944-45/Bowling_by_Wickets.html 23 August 2014 1943–44 1943–44 Ranji Trophy 1945–46 1945–46 Ranji Trophy 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 until W. V. Raman made 1018 runs in 1988–89 by which time teams played more matches.Most runs in a Ranji season Modi scored hundreds in each of the five matches. His scores were 160, 210, 245* & 31*, 113 and 98 & 151 in the final.1944-45 Ranji season scorecards 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 2021, only V. V. S. Laxman (eight hundreds in 1999–00), Kedar Jadhav (six in 2013–14) and Milind Kumar (six in 2018–19) have made more hundreds in a season.Most hundreds in a season C. S. Nayudu of Holkar bowled 917 balls in the final, a record in all first class cricket.Most balls bowled in a match, ACShttp://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149597.html The IPL is born ESPNcricinfo 18 April 2018 Zonal Matches West Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 150px 80px 9 Dec 1944 – Poona Maharashtra 372 & 363 Nawanagar 131 & 115 3 Nov 1944 – Karachi Sind 264 & 244/4d Bombay 432 & 16/1 15 Dec 1944 – Ahmedabad Gujarat 140 & 155 Western India 224 & 271 16 Dec 1944 – Poona Maharashtra 205 & 267 Baroda 314 & 512/3 30 Dec 1944 – Bombay Bombay 592/6d Western India 188 & 92 27 Jan 1945 – Baroda Baroda 151 & 390 Bombay 468 & 74/3 no yes no no Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 North Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 150px 80px 9 Dec 1944 – Lahore Northern India 358 Delhi 52 & 86 26 Jan 1945 – Lahore Northern India 449 & 298/7d Southern Punjab 293 & 92 no yes Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 East Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 150px 80px 15 Dec 1944 – Jamshedpur Bihar 158 & 91 Holkar 389 9 Dec 1944 – Calcutta Bengal 248 & 157 United Provinces 176 & 154 18 Jan 1945 – Indore Holkar 538 Bengal 64 & 176 Round 1 Round 2 South Zone white-space:nowrap 25px 150px 80px 24 Dec 1944 – Madras Madras 188 & 233 Hyderabad 192 & 176 20 Jan 1945 – Madras Madras 363 Mysore 78 & 159 no yes Round 1 Round 2 Inter-Zonal Knockout matches white-space:nowrap 25px 150px 80px 16 Feb 1945 – Bombay Bombay 620 & 58/0 Northern India 363 & 312 17 Feb 1945 – Madras Madras 254 & 158 Holkar 403 & 11/0 4 Mar 1945 – Bombay Bombay 462 & 764 Holkar 360 & 492 Final 4–9 March 1945 Holkar Bombay (H) 462 (160.5 overs) Rusi Modi 98 C. S. Nayudu 6/153 360 (117.5 overs) Mushtaq Ali 109 Dattu Phadkar 5/75 764 (256 overs) Vijay Merchant 278, Rusi Modi 151, Rusi Cooper 104 C. S. Nayudu 5/275 492 (155.1 overs) Denis Compton 249*, Mushtaq Ali 130 Madan Raiji 3/133 Bombay won by 374 runs Brabourne Stadium, Bombay M. G. Bhave and T. A. Ramachandran Scorecard Bombay won the toss and decided to bat Timeless match that lasted for six days Scorecards and averages CricketArchive References External links Maqsood M. H. M. H. Maqsood Who's Who in Indian Cricket 1946 Z.R. Commercial Corporation https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209994 Category:1944 in Indian cricket Category:1945 in Indian cricket Category:Ranji Trophy seasons Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1944–45