1944–45 Ranji Trophy
 The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get. | |
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Bombay (4th title) |
| Participants | 17 |
| Matches | 16 |
| Most runs | Rusi Modi (Bombay) (1008)[1] |
| Most wickets | C. S. Nayudu (Holkar) (33)[2] |
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.[3]
- Modi scored hundreds in each of the five matches. His scores were 160, 210, 245* & 31*, 113 and 98 & 151 in the final.[4] 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.[5]
- C. S. Nayudu of Holkar bowled 917 balls in the final, a record in all first class cricket.[6][7]
Zonal Matches
West Zone
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
| 9 Dec 1944 – Poona | ||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 372 & 363 | |||||||||
| 16 Dec 1944 – Poona | ||||||||||
| Nawanagar | 131 & 115 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 205 & 267 | |||||||||
| Baroda | 314 & 512/3 | |||||||||
| 27 Jan 1945 – Baroda | ||||||||||
| Baroda | 151 & 390 | |||||||||
| 3 Nov 1944 – Karachi | ||||||||||
| Bombay | 468 & 74/3 | |||||||||
| Sind | 264 & 244/4d | |||||||||
| 30 Dec 1944 – Bombay | ||||||||||
| Bombay | 432 & 16/1 | |||||||||
| Bombay | 592/6d | |||||||||
| 15 Dec 1944 – Ahmedabad | ||||||||||
| Western India | 188 & 92 | |||||||||
| Gujarat | 140 & 155 | |||||||||
| Western India | 224 & 271 | |||||||||
North Zone
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 9 Dec 1944 – Lahore | ||||||
| Northern India | 358 | |||||
| 26 Jan 1945 – Lahore | ||||||
| Delhi | 52 & 86 | |||||
| Northern India | 449 & 298/7d | |||||
| Southern Punjab | 293 & 92 | |||||
East Zone
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 15 Dec 1944 – Jamshedpur | ||||||
| Bihar | 158 & 91 | |||||
| 18 Jan 1945 – Indore | ||||||
| Holkar | 389 | |||||
| Holkar | 538 | |||||
| 9 Dec 1944 – Calcutta | ||||||
| Bengal | 64 & 176 | |||||
| Bengal | 248 & 157 | |||||
| United Provinces | 176 & 154 | |||||
South Zone
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 24 Dec 1944 – Madras | ||||||
| Madras | 188 & 233 | |||||
| 20 Jan 1945 – Madras | ||||||
| Hyderabad | 192 & 176 | |||||
| Madras | 363 | |||||
| Mysore | 78 & 159 | |||||
Inter-Zonal Knockout matches
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 16 Feb 1945 – Bombay | ||||||
| Bombay | 620 & 58/0 | |||||
| 4 Mar 1945 – Bombay | ||||||
| Northern India | 363 & 312 | |||||
| Bombay | 462 & 764 | |||||
| 17 Feb 1945 – Madras | ||||||
| Holkar | 360 & 492 | |||||
| Madras | 254 & 158 | |||||
| Holkar | 403 & 11/0 | |||||
Final
4–9 March 1945
Scorecard |
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- Bombay won the toss and decided to bat
- Timeless match that lasted for six days
Scorecards and averages
References
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1944/45 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1944/45 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ Most runs in a Ranji season
- ^ 1944-45 Ranji season scorecards
- ^ Most hundreds in a season
- ^ Most balls bowled in a match, ACS
- ^ "The IPL is born". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
External links
- Maqsood, M. H., ed. (1946). Who's Who in Indian Cricket. Z.R. Commercial Corporation.