1941–42 Ranji Trophy
|
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get. | |
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Bombay |
| Participants | 18 |
| Matches played | 17 |
| Most runs | K.C. Ibrahim (Bombay) (469)[1] |
| Most wickets | B. K. Garudachar (Mysore) (34)[2] |
The 1941–42 Ranji Trophy was the eighth season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay regained the title after six years defeating Mysore.
Highlights
- M. G. Vijayasarathi who umpired in the semifinal and final in 1940-41 played for Mysore in the semifinal and final in 1941-42. His son M. V. Nagendra umpired in the 1968-69, 1970-71 and 1971-72 finals.
- Northern India defeated North West Frontier Province by an innings and 405 runs. It was the biggest margin of win in Ranji Trophy at the time. The present record is innings and 472 runs by Assam v Tripura in 1991/92.
- In their first innings of the season, the defending champion Maharashtra was bowled out for 39 by Nawanagar with Shute Banerjee taking 8 wickets for 25 runs.
- Future Test cricketer Putu Chowdhury took 11 wickets on his first class debut, for Bihar v Bengal. Bihar lost the match on a first innings deficit of 1 run.
- Madhav Mantri, making his debut as wicket keeper for Bombay in semifinal, claimed 9 wickets, including five stumpings.[3]
Knockout tree
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 31 Jan 1942 – Calcutta | |||||||
| Bengal | 17 runs | ||||||
| Mysore | |||||||
| 7 Mar 1942 – Bombay | |||||||
| Bombay | inns and 281 runs | ||||||
| Mysore | |||||||
| 13 Feb 1942 - Poona | |||||||
| Northern India | 7 wkts | ||||||
| Bombay | |||||||
Final
| 7-9 Mar 1942 Scorecard |
| v |
Bombay (H) | |
| 68 (46.2 overs) C.J. Ramdev 28 J.B Khot 6/19 |
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| 157 (61.4 overs) B. Frank 61 Khot 5/40, AK Bhalerao 5/46 |
- Mysore won the toss and elected to bat
Teams
Holkar made their first appearance in this season replacing Central India in the East Zone.
| North Zone |
|---|
| Northern India |
| Southern Punjab |
| North West Frontier Province |
| West Zone |
| Bombay |
| Sind |
| Baroda |
| Nawanagar |
| Maharashtra |
| Western India |
| Gujarat |
| South Zone |
| Mysore |
| Madras |
| Hyderabad |
| Central Provinces and Berar |
| East Zone |
| Bengal |
| United Provinces |
| Bihar |
| Holkar |
The team that won the zonal title is listed in bold. The teams are listed in the approximate order in which they finished in the zone.
Scorecards and averages
References
- ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 1941/42 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 1941/42 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ↑ Bombay v Northern India
External links
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