1942–43 Ranji Trophy

1942-43 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s) BCCI
Cricket format First-class cricket
Tournament format(s) Knockout
Champions Baroda
Participants 13
Matches played 12
Most runs Vijay Hazare (Baroda) (398)[1]
Most wickets C. S. Nayudu (Baroda) (40)[2]

The 1942–43 Ranji Trophy was the ninth season of the Ranji Trophy. Baroda won their first title defeating Hyderabad in the final. Only 13 teams took part, the lowest in the history of the Ranji Trophy. Teams like Bombay and Madras skipped the competition.

Highlights

  • Alimuddin who made his debut for Rajputana in the semifinal against Baroda was officially only 12 years and 43 days old. This makes him one of the youngest first-class cricketers.[3][4]
  • Vijay Hazare took his 100th Ranji wicket in the final.[5] He had already completed 1000 runs in the 1939-40 final.[6]

Knockout tree

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 Feb 1943 – Baroda
 
 
Barodainns and 365 runs
 
26 Mar 1943 – Secunderabad
 
Rajputana
 
Hyderabad307 runs
 
26 Feb 1943 - Secunderabad
 
Baroda
 
Hyderabad187 runs
 
 
Holkar
 

Final

26-30 Mar 1943 (timeless match)
Scorecard
v
308 (101.3 overs)
Vijay Hazare 81
Ghulam Ahmed 6/114
215 (98.5 overs)
B. C. Khanna 75
C. S. Nayudu 6/60
321 (115 overs)
Vijay Hazare 87
S. R. Mehta 5/103
107 (64.2 overs)
Eddie Aibara 43
Baroda won by 307 runs
Railway Recreation Club Ground, Secunderabad
Umpires: M.G. Bhave and T.A. Ramachandran
  • Baroda won the toss and elected to bat

Teams

North Zone
Rajputana
Delhi
West Zone
Baroda
Western India
Maharashtra
Sind
Nawanagar
South Zone
Hyderabad
Mysore
East Zone
Holkar
Bengal
Bihar

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

  1. "Ranji Trophy, 1942/43 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014. (Subscription required (help)).
  2. "Ranji Trophy, 1942/43 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. "The second of the three Ws". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  4. Baroda v Rajputana
  5. Hyderabad v Baroda
  6. Maharashtra v United Provinces 1939-40
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