1935–36 Ranji Trophy

1935–36 Ranji Trophy
	The Ranji Trophy
Dates	30 November 1935 – 31 March 1936
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Bombay (2nd title)
Participants	16
Matches	16
Most runs	S. M. Kadri (Bombay) (515)
Most wickets	A. G. Ram Singh (Madras) (28)
Official website	http://www.bcci.tv
	← 1934–35 1936–37 →

The 1935–36 Ranji Trophy was the second edition of India's first-class cricket championship. Having been called 'The Cricket Championship of India' in 1934–35, the tournament was rebranded in 1935 in honour of the late Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji, known as Ranji.^[3]

Matches were played from 4 November 1934 to 12 March 1935 and a total of 16 state and city teams participated. Of the original 15, the Army team withdrew but there were two new members with Bengal and Rajputana (now Rajasthan) making their debuts. Although the sides were divided into four zonal groups, the tournament utilised a knockout format. Bombay defeated Madras by 190 runs in the final.

Teams

Although the tournament ran in a knockout format, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) organised the teams by zone. Bengal and Rajputana made their debuts but the Army team did not participate. The sixteen teams are listed alphabetically by zone and the sides that won each zonal title are in bold.

East Zone
Bengal
Central India (now Madhya Pradesh)
Central Provinces and Berar (now Vidarbha)
Rajputana (now Rajasthan)

South Zone
Hyderabad
Madras (now Tamil Nadu)
Mysore (now Karnataka)

West Zone
Bombay (now Mumbai)
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Sind
Western India

Highlights

Although the Army team withdrew, the number of participants increased to 16 as Bengal and Rajputana made their tournament debuts.
S. M. Kadri scored hundreds in both innings for Bombay against Western India.^[4]

Zonal Matches

East Zone

Round 1		Round 2

19 Dec 1935 – Calcutta

Bengal	162 & 356/6d
		18 Jan 1936 – Calcutta
Central Provinces and Berar	105 & 171
		Bengal	283 & 259
10 Jan 1936 – Indore
		Central India	200 & 195/5
Central India	196 & 218/5

Rajputana	149 & 264/7d

North Zone

Round 1		Round 2

12 Feb 1936 – Delhi

United Provinces	230 & 195/6
		19 Feb 1936 – Delhi
Southern Punjab	169 & 280/5d
		United Provinces	208 & 213
15 Feb 1936 – Delhi
		Northern India	452
Delhi	124 & 44/2

Northern India	206 & 255

South Zone

Round 1		Round 2

30 Nov 1935 – Bangalore

Mysore	162 & 135
		28 Dec 1935 – Chennai
Madras	275 & 131
		Madras	263 & 123/4

		Hyderabad	268 & 109

West Zone

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3




		13 Dec 1935 – Poona

		Western India	348 & 154

		Gujarat	144 & 104

				20 Dec 1935 – Poona

				Western India	181
10 Dec 1935 – Poona
				Bombay	243 & 484
Maharashtra	228
		16 Dec 1935 – Poona
Bombay	308 & 295
		Bombay	369 & 105/2

		Sind	230 & 329/7d

Inter-Zonal Knockout Stage

Semi-finals		Final

14 Feb 1936 – Madras

Madras	195 & 158
		27 Mar 1936 – Delhi
Bengal	144 & 118
		Madras	268 & 125
20 Mar 1936 – Delhi
		Bombay	384 & 199
Bombay	170 & 223

Northern India	140 & 241

Final

27–31 Mar 1936
Scorecard

Bombay	v	Madras
384 (144.1 overs) Ahmed Baporia 90 M. A. Uttappa 4/70		268 (108 overs) A. V. Krishnaswamy 77 Bomanji Kalapesi 5/92
199 (86 overs) Vijay Merchant 79 A. G. Ram Singh 5/92		125 (52 overs) C. Ramaswami 40 Rustomji Jamshedji 3/18

Bombay won by 190 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Bombay won the toss and elected to field
The match was played in a neutral ground.

References

^ Most runs. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2023. (subscription required)
^ Most wickets. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2023. (subscription required)
^ Mathew, Joshua (5 February 2019). "Ranji Trophy: 85 years, and counting". The Week. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
^ Bombay v Western India. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2023. (subscription required)

[1] Most runs. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2023. (subscription required)

[2] Most wickets. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2023. (subscription required)

[3] Mathew, Joshua (5 February 2019). "Ranji Trophy: 85 years, and counting". The Week. Retrieved 8 December 2023.

[4] Bombay v Western India. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2023. (subscription required)

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