1946–47 Ranji Trophy

1946–47 Ranji Trophy
	The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Baroda (2nd title)
Participants	19
Most runs	Gul Mohammad (Baroda) (596)
Most wickets	Vijay Hazare (Baroda) (38)
	← 1945–46 1947–48 →

The 1946–47 Ranji Trophy was the 13th season of the Ranji Trophy. Baroda won the title defeating Holkar in the final.

Highlights

Vijay Hazare and Gul Mohammad added 577 runs for the fourth wicket in the final between Baroda and Holkar. This was a world record for any wicket in first class for nearly sixty years.^[3] It is still a record for the fourth wicket.

Zonal Matches

West Zone

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3

22 Dec 1946 – Baroda

Baroda	316 & 110/6
		18 Jan 1947 – Baroda
Maharashtra	171 & 252
		Baroda	270 & 323
10 Jan 1947 – Rajkot
		Gujarat	192 & 187/7
Kathiawar	155 & 103
				25 Jan 1947 – Baroda
Gujarat	290
				Baroda	347 & 249

				Bombay	269 & 119/1

		22 Dec 1946 – Karachi

		Sind	224 & 350/9d
30 Nov 1946 – Bombay
		Bombay	368 & 209/5
Bombay	336

Nawanagar	69 & 240

South Zone

Round 1		Round 2

20 Dec 1946 – Secunderabad

Hyderabad	363 & 10/2
		19 Jan 1947 – Secunderabad
Central Provinces and Berar	109 & 262
		Hyderabad	296 & 486/8d
28 Dec 1946 – Madras
		Mysore	145 & 220
Madras	209 & 77/4

Mysore	439

East Zone

Round 1		Round 2

21 Dec 1946 – Jamshedpur

Bihar	149 & 242
		30 Jan 1947 – Indore
Holkar	397/8d
		Holkar	350
18 Jan 1947 – Calcutta
		Bengal	165 & 103
Bengal	295 & 158

United Provinces	95 & 213

North Zone

Round 1		Round 2

25 Jan 1947 – Patiala

Southern Punjab	330 & 88/1
		30 Jan 1947 – Patiala
Delhi	257 & 160
		Southern Punjab	285 & 246

		Northern India	462 & 264

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

Semi-finals		Final

8 Feb 1947 – Baroda

Baroda	337 & 46/1
		7 Mar 1947 – Baroda
Hyderabad	118 & 263
		Baroda	784

		Holkar	202 & 173
Holkar	Walkover^[4]

Northern India

Final

7–11 March 1947
Scorecard

Holkar	v	Baroda (H)
202 (83.2 overs) Chandu Sarwate 94 Vijay Hazare 6/85		784 (291 overs) Gul Mahomed 319, Vijay Hazare 288 C. K. Nayudu 4/178
173 (67 overs) B. B. Nimbalkar 87 Amir Elahi 6/62

Baroda won by an innings and 409 runs
Central College Ground, Baroda
Umpires: M. G. Bhave and Jamshed Patel

Holkar won the toss and decided to bat
Timeless match, ended on the fifth day

Scorecards and averages

CricketArchive

References

^ "Ranji Trophy, 1946/47 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1946/47 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
^ Highest partnerships in first class cricket, acscricket.com
^ The matched was scratched and Holkar advanced to the final as Northern India were unable to field a team.

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[1] "Ranji Trophy, 1946/47 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.

[2] "Ranji Trophy, 1946/47 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.

[3] Highest partnerships in first class cricket, acscricket.com

[4] The matched was scratched and Holkar advanced to the final as Northern India were unable to field a team.

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