1940–41 Ranji Trophy

1940–41 Ranji Trophy
	The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Maharashtra (2nd title)
Participants	19
Matches	18
Most runs	Ranga Sohoni (Maharashtra) (655)
Most wickets	Chandu Sarwate (Maharashtra) (24)
	← 1939–40 1941–42 →

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.

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 1		Round 2		Round 3

8 November 1940 – Jamnagar

Nawanagar	117 & 140
		1 December 1940 – Rajkot
Western India	57 & 203/8
		Western India	250 & 159/4

		Sind	239 & 168/7d

				8 February 1941 – Rajkot

				Western India	459

				Maharashtra	460/3
Gujarat	Walkover
		13 January 1941 – Ahmedabad
Baroda
		Gujarat	335
15 November 1940 – Poona
		Maharashtra	518
Maharashtra	675

Bombay	650

North zone

Round 1		Round 2

15 November 1940 – Peshawar

North West Frontier Province	97 & 88

Northern India	134 & 280
		Northern India	Walkover
15 November 1940 – Patiala
		Southern Punjab
Southern Punjab	275

Delhi	111 & 106

East zone

Round 1		Round 2

30 November 1940 – Jamshedpur

Bihar	217 & 58/6
		7 December 1940 – Calcutta
Bengal	257 & 262/3d
		Bengal	147 & 126

		United Provinces	191 & 226

South zone

Round 1		Round 2

14 December 1940 – Madras

Madras	174/7
		30 December 1940 – Madras
Mysore	171
		Madras	227 & 257/9d

		Hyderabad	98 & 132

Inter-zonal knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

6 February 1941 – Madras

Madras	271 & 158
		7–9 March 1941 – Madras
United Provinces	255 & 149
		Madras	145 & 347
22 February 1941 – Poona
		Maharashtra	284 & 210/4
Maharashtra	798

Northern India	442

Final

7–10 March 1941
Scorecard

Madras (H)	v	Maharashtra
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

^ "Ranji Trophy, 1940/41 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1940/41 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
^ Oldest batsmen to score double hundreds, acscricket.com
^ Indian Express, p.8

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[1] "Ranji Trophy, 1940/41 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.

[2] "Ranji Trophy, 1940/41 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.

[3] Oldest batsmen to score double hundreds, acscricket.com

[4] Indian Express, p.8

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