1943–44 Ranji Trophy
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The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
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| Cricket format | First-class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Western India |
| Participants | 19 |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Most runs | Vijay Merchant (Bombay) (553)[1] |
| Most wickets | Saeed Ahmed (Western India) (28)[2] |
The 1943–44 Ranji Trophy was the tenth season of the Ranji Trophy. Western India won their only title defeating Bengal in the final.
This season could be considered as the arbitrary starting point of high scoring in Indian domestic cricket that would last till the end of the decade. In the final of the Bombay Pentangular in early December 1943, Vijay Merchant and Vijay Hazare scored 250* and 309. It was the prelude to Merchant setting a new Ranji and Indian first class record of 359* for Bombay against Maharashtra between December 31, 1943 and January 2, 1944 at the Brabourne Stadium in Bombay.
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Highlights
- The Bombay-Maharashtra match [3] set several national records.
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- Bombay made 735, the highest score in Indian first class cricket bettering 703 by Bengal Cyclone XI in 1942-43.[4] The previous Ranji record was 675 by Maharashtra v Bombay in 1940-41[5]
- Vijay Merchant's 359* was the highest individual score in India. Vijay Hazare's 316* for Maharashtra v Baroda in 1939-40 was the previous Ranji and first class record.[6]
- Merchant and Rusi Modi's partnership of 371 was a national record for the sixth wicket. As of 2014, it is bettered only by 417 between Wridhiman Saha and Laxmi Ratan Shukla for Bengal v Assam in 2010-11[7]
- Vijay Merchant's season batting average of 276.50 is the highest by any batsman scoring over 500 runs.
File:Ranji Trophy Results 1934-35 to 1943-44.jpg
Results of the first ten years
- Herbert Berritt captained Western India States to the title. He was the third Englishman to captain a Ranji winning team, after Bert Wensley of Nawanagar in 1936-37 and Tom Longfield of Bengal in 1938-39.
Knockout tree
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 19 Feb 1944 – Calcutta | |||||||
| Bengal | 134 runs | ||||||
| Madras | |||||||
| 07 Apr 1944 – Bombay | |||||||
| Western India | inns and 23 runs | ||||||
| Bengal | |||||||
| 17 Mar 1944 - Rajkot | |||||||
| Western India | 7 wickets | ||||||
| Northern India |
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Final
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7-10 Apr 1944 (timeless match)
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- Bengal won the toss and elected to bat
- The match was played on a neutral ground
Teams
File:Ranji Trophy Teams 1934-35 to 1943-44.jpg
Teams in the first ten years
| North Zone |
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| Northern India |
| Southern Punjab |
| Delhi |
| Gwalior |
| West Zone |
| Western India |
| Bombay |
| Maharashtra |
| Sind |
| Gujarat |
| Baroda |
| Nawanagar |
| South Zone |
| Madras |
| Hyderabad |
| Mysore |
| Central Provinces and Berar |
| East Zone |
| Bengal |
| Holkar |
| Bihar |
| United Provinces |
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
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- ↑ Bombay v Maharashtra, Brabourne Stadium
- ↑ Bijapur Famine XI v Bengal Cyclone XI, 1942-43
- ↑ Maharashtra v Bombay 1940-41
- ↑ Maharashtra v Baroda, 1939-40
- ↑ v Assam, 2010-11
