1941–42 Ranji Trophy

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The 1941–42 Ranji Trophy was the eighth season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay regained the title after six years defeating Mysore.

1941–42 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsBombay (3rd title)
Participants18
Matches17
Most runsK.C. Ibrahim (Bombay) (469)[1]
Most wicketsB. K. Garudachar (Mysore) (34)[2]

Highlights

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  • A. G. Ram Singh took his 100th Ranji wicket in the match between Madras and Hyderabad and completed 1,000 runs in the next match between Madras and United Provinces. He was the second player to complete this double in Ranji Trophy after Amar Singh in 1939–40
  • 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.[3]
  • 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.[4]

Zonal Matches

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West Zone

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Round 1Round 2Round 3
 
          
 
15 Nov 1941 – Jamnagar
 
 
Nawanagar159 & 73/2
 
29 Nov 1941 – Jamnagar
 
Maharashtra39 & 189
 
Nawanagar284 & 48/2
 
8 Nov 1941 – Bombay
 
Bombay462/8d
 
Bombay462
 
29 Dec 1941 – Bombay
 
Western India95 & 167
 
Bombay405
 
 
Sind326
 
 
6 Dec 1941 – Karachi
 
 
Sind237 & 68/2
 
8 Nov 1941 – Baroda
 
Baroda178 & 126
 
Baroda312 & 257/6d
 
 
Gujarat150 & 23/2
 

East Zone

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Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
8 Nov 1941 – Indore
 
 
Holkar246 & 169/3
 
10 Jan 1942 – Benaras
 
United Provinces307 & 192
 
United Provinces426
 
7 Dec 1941— Jamshedpur
 
Bengal473
 
Bihar262 & 37/1
 
 
Bengal263 & 294
 

South Zone

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Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
29 Nov 1941 – Bangalore
 
 
Mysore199 & 352
 
31 Dec 1941 – Bangalore
 
Hyderabad169 & 271
 
Mysore147 & 246
 
29 Nov 1941 – Nagpur
 
Madras154 & 217
 
Central Provinces and Berar192 & 128
 
 
Madras217 & 104/6
 

North Zone

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Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
6 Dec 1941 – Lahore
 
 
Northern India613/7d
 
27 Dec 1941 – Lahore
 
North West Frontier Province90 & 118
 
Northern India285 & 128
 
 
Southern Punjab158 & 181
 
 
 
 

Inter-Zonal Knockout Stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 Feb 1942 - Lahore
 
 
Northern India211 & 225
 
7 Mar 1942 – Bombay
 
Bombay257 & 184/3
 
Bombay506/9d
 
31 Jan 1942 – Calcutta
 
Mysore68 & 157
 
Bengal279 & 219
 
 
Mysore307 & 208
 

1st Semi-final

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31 January – 3 February 1942
1st Semi-final
Scorecard
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Bengal (H)
307 (101.2 overs)
CJ Ramdev 105*
S Ramachandra 7/52 (20.2 overs)
279 (78.4 overs)
S Ramachandra 97*
Ranga Iyengar 4/39 (13.4 overs)
208 (69.4 overs)
CJ Ramdev 57
Devraj Puri 4/71 (19 overs)
219 (75 overs)
K Bhattacharjee 65
BK Garudachar 5/68 (25 overs)
Mysore won by 17 runs
Eden Gardens, Calcutta

2nd Semi-final

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13–16 February 1942
Scorecard
v
211 (68.4 overs)
Ramprakash Mehra 93
Keki Tarapore 3/46 (18.4 overs)
257 (95.5 overs)
Jehangir Khot 95
Jahangir Khan 5/50 (28 overs)
225 (88.2 overs)
Nazar Mohammad 38
Keki Tarapore 5/85 (34 overs)
184/3 (76 overs)
KC Ibrahim 69*
Jahangir Khan 1/30 (24 overs)
Bombay won by 7 wickets
Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore

Final

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7–9 Mar 1942
Scorecard
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Bombay (H)
68 (46.2 overs)
CJ Ramdev 28
Jehangir Khot 6/19 (19 overs)
506/9d (145 overs)
KC Ibrahim 117
BK Garudachar 3/161 (49 overs)
157 (61.4 overs)
Benjamin Frank 61
Jehangir Khot 5/40 (19 overs)
Bombay won by an innings and 281 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: MG Bhave and T. A. Ramachandran
  • Mysore won the toss and elected to bat.
  • GM Rajasekhar (Mysore) made his first-class debut.

Scorecards and averages

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References

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  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1941/42 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1941/42 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  3. ^ Largest margins of wins in first class cricket, acscricket.com
  4. ^ Bombay v Northern India