1940–41 Ranji Trophy

The 1940–41 Ranji Trophy was the seventh season of the Ranji Trophy. Nineteen teams took part in four zones in a knockout format. Maharashtra retained the title defeating Madras in the final. Maharashtra would enter and lose three more finals but as of 2014, 1940-41 remains their last Ranji title.

1940–41 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsMaharashtra (2nd title)
Participants19
Matches18
Most runsRanga Sohoni (Maharashtra) (655)[1]
Most wicketsChandu Sarwate (Maharashtra) (24)[2]

With cricket affected by the Second World War, Ranji Trophy was only regular domestic tournament that continued in the senior cricket nations.

Highlights

  • Maharashtra won their first four matches on first innings lead and won only the final outright.
  • Maharashtra made a Ranji record score of 798 against Northern India in the semifinal, batting for most of the first three days. Originally scheduled as a three-day match, the semifinal was extended to a fourth day for the teams to complete their first innings.
  • D. B. Deodhar was 48 years and 306 days old when he scored 246 against Bombay. As of 2014, he is the sixth oldest player to score a double century in first class cricket, and the second oldest Indian after C. K. Nayudu who did it at the age of 50 years and 142 days in 1945–46.[3]
  • The Bombay – Maharashtra match was scheduled for three days but went to five before the first innings were completed. Maharashtra made 675 and Bombay 650.

Zonal matches

West zone

 
Round 1Round 2Round 3
 
          
 
8 November 1940 – Jamnagar
 
 
Nawanagar117 & 140
 
1 December 1940 – Rajkot
 
Western India57 & 203/8
 
Western India250 & 159/4
 
 
Sind239 & 168/7d
 
 
8 February 1941 – Rajkot
 
 
Western India459
 
 
 
Maharashtra460/3
 
GujaratWalkover
 
13 January 1941 – Ahmedabad
 
Baroda
 
Gujarat335
 
15 November 1940 – Poona
 
Maharashtra518
 
Maharashtra675
 
 
Bombay650
 

North zone

 
Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
15 November 1940 – Peshawar
 
 
North West Frontier Province97 & 88
 
 
 
Northern India134 & 280
 
Northern IndiaWalkover
 
15 November 1940 – Patiala
 
Southern Punjab
 
Southern Punjab275
 
 
Delhi111 & 106
 

East zone

 
Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
30 November 1940 – Jamshedpur
 
 
Bihar217 & 58/6
 
7 December 1940 – Calcutta
 
Bengal257 & 262/3d
 
Bengal147 & 126
 
 
United Provinces191 & 226
 
 
 
 

South zone

 
Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
14 December 1940 – Madras
 
 
Madras174/7
 
30 December 1940 – Madras
 
Mysore171
 
Madras227 & 257/9d
 
 
Hyderabad98 & 132
 
 
 
 

Inter-zonal knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 February 1941 – Madras
 
 
Madras271 & 158
 
7–9 March 1941 – Madras
 
United Provinces255 & 149
 
Madras145 & 347
 
22 February 1941 – Poona
 
Maharashtra284 & 210/4
 
Maharashtra798
 
 
Northern India442
 

Final

7–10 March 1941
Scorecard
Madras (H)
v
145 (58.4 overs)
NJ Venkatesan 31
Krishnarao Jadhav 4/23 (9.4 overs)
284 (87.4 overs)
Vijay Hazare 137
C. R. Rangachari 4/71 (20 overs)
347 (129.2 overs)
A. G. Ram Singh 71
Chandu Sarwate 6/83 (32.2 overs)
210/4 (70.1 overs)
Ranga Sohoni 104*
A. G. Ram Singh 3/54 (21.1 overs)
Maharashtra won by 6 wickets
Chepauk, Madras
Umpires: Vali Ahmed and Dattatraya Naik
  • Madras won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Indian Express,[4] p.8, and Cricketarchive, list M. G. Vijayasarathi as the umpire instead of Naik

References

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