The 1942–43 Ranji Trophy was the ninth season of the Ranji Trophy. Baroda won their first title defeating Hyderabad in the final. Only 13 teams took part, the lowest in the history of the Ranji Trophy. Teams like Bombay and Madras skipped the competition.
 The Ranji Trophy | |
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Baroda (1st title) |
| Participants | 13 |
| Matches | 12 |
| Most runs | Vijay Hazare (Baroda) (398)[1] |
| Most wickets | C. S. Nayudu (Baroda) (40)[2] |
Highlights
edit- Alimuddin who made his debut for Rajputana in the semifinal against Baroda was officially only 12 years and 43 days old. This makes him one of the youngest first-class cricketers.[3][4]
- Vijay Hazare took his 100th Ranji wicket in the final.[5] He had already completed 1000 runs in the 1939–40 final.[6]
Zonal Matches
editNorth Zone
edit| Round 1 | ||
| 20 Nov 1942 – Ajmer | ||
| Rajputana | 180 & 207 | |
| Delhi | 124 & 113 | |
West Zone
edit| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
| 18 Dec 1942 – Karachi | ||||||||||
| Sind | 118 & 106 | |||||||||
| 28 Nov 1942 – Junagadh | ||||||||||
| Western India | 200 & 27/1 | |||||||||
| Western India | 462 | |||||||||
| 29 Jan 1943 – Rajkot | ||||||||||
| Nawanagar | 95 & 167 | |||||||||
| Western India | 168 & 208 | |||||||||
| Baroda | 245 & 135 | |||||||||
| 3 Jan 1943 – Baroda | ||||||||||
| Baroda | 308 & 186/2 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 262 & 224 | |||||||||
East Zone
edit| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 9 Jan 1943 – Lucknow | ||||||
| United Provinces | 212 & 178 | |||||
| 6 Feb 1943 – Indore | ||||||
| Holkar | 109 & 282/3 | |||||
| Holkar | 618 | |||||
| 12 Dec 1942— Calcutta | ||||||
| Bengal | 221 | |||||
| Bengal | 312 & 120/3 | |||||
| Bihar | 271 & 176 | |||||
South Zone
edit| Round 1 | ||
| 9 Jan 1943 – Secunderabad | ||
| Hyderabad | 260 & 153 | |
| Mysore | 183 & 68 | |
Inter-Zonal Knockout Matches
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 26 Feb 1943 – Secunderabad | ||||||
| Hyderabad | 355 & 277 | |||||
| 26 Mar 1943 – Secunderabad | ||||||
| Holkar | 268 & 177 | |||||
| Hyderabad | 215 & 107 | |||||
| 26 Feb 1943 – Baroda | ||||||
| Baroda | 308 & 321 | |||||
| Baroda | 543 | |||||
| Rajputana | 54 & 133 | |||||
Final
edit26–30 Mar 1943 (timeless match)
Scorecard |
v
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Hyderabad (H)
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107 (64.2 overs)
Eddie Aibara 43 |
- Baroda won the toss and elected to bat
Scorecards and averages
editReferences
edit- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1942/43 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1942/43 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ "The second of the three Ws". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ Baroda v Rajputana
- ^ Hyderabad v Baroda
- ^ Maharashtra v United Provinces 1939-40
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