1944–45 Ranji Trophy
The 1944–45 Ranji Trophy was the 11th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Holkar in the final.
 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] |
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 till 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 | |||||
Inter-Zonal Knockout matches
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 16 Feb 1945 – Bombay | ||||||
| Bombay | 620 & 58/0 | |||||
| 04 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
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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
External links
- Maqsood, M. H., ed. (1946). Who's Who In Indian Cricket. Z.R. Commercial Corporation.
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