1948–49 Ranji Trophy

The 1948–49 Ranji Trophy was the 15th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Baroda in the final. The semi-final match between Bombay and Maharashtra was the highest-scoring first-class match of all time.[3] A total of 2,376 runs were scored, including nine centuries.[4]

1948–49 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsBombay (5th title)
Participants15
Most runsDattu Phadkar (Bombay) (570)[1]
Most wicketsRanga Sohoni (Baroda) (33)[2]

Highlights
  • B. B. Nimbalkar scored 443 not out for Maharashtra v Kathiawar at Poona.[5] It was the second highest individual score in first class cricket at the time and still the highest by an Indian cricketer.[6] Nimbalkar was nine runs behind Don Bradman's record at lunch on the third day but Kathiawar conceded the match at this point.
  • Maharashtra's 826 for 4 was the second highest team total in Ranji trophy at the time.[7]
  • The Zonal format was not used in the 1948–49 season of Ranji Trophy. It was the only time that this was done until the zones were replaced by the Elite and Plate divisions in 2002–03
  • The Bombay v Maharashtra semifinal produced 2376 runs, in the most in any first class match.[8] Bombay's total of 1365 runs is the record for a team in any first class match[9]
  • The semifinals and finals were timeless matches. Both the Bombay – Maharashtra semifinal and the Bombay – Baroda final went into the seventh day,
  • Three of the four semifinalists were from the West Zone.
  • Assam made their Ranji Trophy debut in this season against United Provinces.

Draw

Top half
 
Round 1Round 2QuarterfinalsSemifinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
17 Dec 1948 – Shillong
 
 
Assam153 & 118
 
 
United Provinces368
 
 
12 Feb 1949 – Kanpur
 
 
United Provinces131 & 91
 
12 Nov 1948 – Bangalore
 
Maharashtra396
 
Mysore186 & 122
 
16 Dec 1948 – Poona
 
Maharashtra327 & 157
 
Maharashtra826/4
 
 
Kathiawar238
 
 
5 Mar 1949 – Poona
 
 
Maharashtra407 & 604
 
 
Bombay651 & 714
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12 Feb 1949 – Madras
 
 
Madras331 & 106/2
 
 
Bombay375 & 254/5d
 
 
21 Jan 1949 – Calcutta
 
 
Bengal251 & 131/4
 
 
Bombay574/5d & 127/2d
 
 
 
 

Bottom half
 
Round 1Round 2QuarterfinalsSemifinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
21 Jan 1949 – Jamshedpur
 
 
Bihar153 & 136
 
 
Delhi212 & 48
 
 
12 Feb 1949 – Jamshedpur
 
 
Bihar188 & 128
 
 
Holkar328
 
 
3 Dec 1948 – Indore
 
 
Holkar390 & 46/1
 
 
Central Provinces and Berar247 & 317/8d
 
 
7 Mar 1949 – Indore
 
 
Holkar133 & 240
 
 
Baroda349 & 25/1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17 Dec 1948 – Ahmedabad
 
 
Gujarat198 & 94
 
 
Baroda211 & 253
 
 
16 Nov 1948 – Secunderabad
 
 
Hyderabad80 & 80
 
 
Baroda98 & 65/2
 
 
 
 

Final
18–24 March 1949
Scorecard
Bombay (H)
v
620 (253.3 overs)
K. C. Ibrahim 219, Michael Dalvi 110
Ranga Sohoni 3/117
268 (145.1 overs)
Vijay Hazare 98
Dattu Phadkar 6/49
361 (123.4 overs)
G. S. Ramchand 80*
Ranga Sohoni 5/86
245 (126.1 overs)
Vijay Hazare 115
Polly Umrigar 4/35
Bombay won by 468 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: Prasad Sinha and M. G. Vijayasarathi
  • Bombay won the toss and decided to bat
  • Timeless match, ended on the seventh day

Scorecards and averages

References
  1. "Ranji Trophy, 1948/49 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  2. "Ranji Trophy, 1948/49 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  3. "A late starter". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  4. "Ranji Trophy, Maharashtra v Bombay at Pune, Mar 5-11, 1949". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  5. Maharashtra v Kathiawar, 16 – 18 December 1948
  6. Highest scores in first class cricket, acscricket.com
  7. Highest Team Totals in India, acscricket.com
  8. Highest Match Aggregates, acscricket.com
  9. Highest Team Totals, acscricket.com
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