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.

1944-45 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsBombay
Participants17
Matches played16
Most runsRusi Modi (Bombay) (1008)[1]
Most wicketsC. 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 every team played several 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. 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 2015, only V. V. S. Laxman (eight hundreds in 1999-00) and Kedar Jadhav (six in 2013-14) have made more hundreds in a season.[4]
  • C. S. Nayudu of Holkar bowled 917 balls in the final, a record in all first class cricket.[5][6]

Zonal Matches

West Zone
 
Round 1Round 2Round 3
 
          
 
9 Dec 1944 — Poona
 
 
Maharashtra372 & 363
 
16 Dec 1944 — Poona
 
Nawanagar131 & 115
 
Maharashtra205 & 267
 
 
Baroda314 & 512/3
 
 
27 Jan 1945 — Baroda
 
 
Baroda151 & 390
 
3 Nov 1944 — Karachi
 
Bombay468 & 74/3
 
Sind264 & 244/4d
 
30 Dec 1944 — Bombay
 
Bombay432 & 16/1
 
Bombay592/6d
 
15 Dec 1944 — Ahmedabad
 
Western India188 & 92
 
Gujarat140 & 155
 
 
Western India224 & 271
 

North Zone
 
Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
9 Dec 1944 — Lahore
 
 
Northern India358
 
26 Jan 1945 — Lahore
 
Delhi52 & 86
 
Northern India449 & 298/7d
 
 
Southern Punjab293 & 92
 
 
 
 

East Zone
 
Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
15 Dec 1944 — Jamshedpur
 
 
Bihar158 & 91
 
18 Jan 1945 — Indore
 
Holkar389
 
Holkar538
 
9 Dec 1944 — Calcutta
 
Bengal64 & 176
 
Bengal248 & 157
 
 
United Provinces176 & 154
 

South Zone
 
Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
24 Dec 1944 — Madras
 
 
Madras188 & 233
 
20 Jan 1945 — Madras
 
Hyderabad192 & 176
 
Madras363
 
 
Mysore78 & 159
 
 
 
 

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
16 Feb 1945 – Bombay
 
 
Bombay620 & 58/0
 
04 Mar 1945 – Bombay
 
Northern India363 & 312
 
Bombay462 & 764
 
17 Feb 1945 – Madras
 
Holkar360 & 492
 
Madras254 & 158
 
 
Holkar403 & 11/0
 

Final
4–9 March 1945
Scorecard
Bombay (H)
v
Holkar
462 (160.5 overs)
Rusi Modi 98
C. S. Nayudu 6/153
360 (117.5 overs)
Mushtaq Ali 109
Dattu Phadkar 5/75
764 (256 overs)
Vijay Merchant 278, Rusi Modi 151, Rusi Cooper 104
C. S. Nayudu 5/275
492 (155.1 overs)
Denis Compton 249*, Mushtaq Ali 130
Madan Raiji 3/133
Bombay won by 374 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: M. G. Bhave and T. A. Ramachandran
  • Bombay won the toss and decided to bat
  • Timeless match that lasted for six days

Scorecards and averages

References
  1. "Ranji Trophy, 1944/45 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  2. "Ranji Trophy, 1944/45 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  3. Most runs in a Ranji season
  4. Most hundreds in a season
  5. [https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Bowling/Most_Balls_Bowled_in_a_Match.html Most balls bowled in a match, ACS
  6. "The IPL is born". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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