1939–40 Ranji Trophy

1939-40 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Maharashtra
Participants	18
Matches played	17
Most runs	Vijay Hazare (Maharashtra) (619)^[1]
Most wickets	Vijay Hazare (Maharashtra) (20)^[2]

The 1939–40 Ranji Trophy was the sixth season of the Ranji Trophy. Eighteen teams took part in four zones in a knockout format. Northern India who appeared in the previous season dropped out but would return in 1940-41. Maharashtra won their first title defeating United Provinces in the final.

Highlights

Vijay Hazare topped both the batting and bowling aggregates, emulating Amar Singh's feat in 1937-38.
Hazare's 316* against Baroda was the first triple century in Indian first class cricket. He scored 151 runs (165* - 316*) before lunch on the third day which is a record in Indian first class cricket, as of 2014. Maharashtra scored 240 runs in the session for the loss of one wicket; their last two wickets added 326 runs.^[3]
Amar Singh scored 113* for Nawanagar v Baroda. He completed his 1000 runs in Ranji Trophy during this match.^[4] This was to be his 16th and last Ranji match as he would die in five months. He took his 100th wicket in 1938-39 and thus became the first player to do the 1000 run - 100 wicket double in Ranji Trophy. In 16 Ranji matches, Amar Singh scored 1009 runs at an average of 43, and 105 wickets at 15.48.
The final was a timeless match. Maharashtra won on the fourth day.

Knockout tree

Semi-finals		Final

4 Feb 1940 – Benares
United Provinces	WO
Hyderabad

		24 Feb 1940 – Poona
		Maharashtra	10 wkts
		United Provinces



17 Feb 1940 - Poona
Maharashtra	1st inns
Southern Punjab

Final

24-27 Feb 1940
Scorecard

United Provinces	v	Maharashtra (H)
237 (66.5 overs) B. K. Garudachar 63* Ranga Sohoni 3/32		581 (165 overs) Kamal Bhandarkar 132 Masood Salahuddin 2/90
355 (122.3 overs) Phiroze Palia 216 Ranga Sohoni 3/97		12/0 (1.5 overs)

Maharashtra won by 10 wickets
Poona Gymkhana Ground, Poona

United Provinces won the toss and elected to bat

Teams

North Zone
Southern Punjab
Rajputana
North West Frontier Province
Delhi
West Zone
Maharashtra
Baroda
Western India
Nawanagar
Sind
Gujarat
Bombay
South Zone
Hyderabad
Madras
Mysore
East Zone
United Provinces
Bengal
Central India
Bihar

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

Cricketarchive

References

↑ "Ranji Trophy, 1939/40 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
↑ "Ranji Trophy, 1939/40 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
↑ Mahatashtra v Baroda, 1939-40
↑ Nawanagar v Baroda 1939-40

External links

Ranji Trophy

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Current teams	Andhra Pradesh Assam Baroda Bengal Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Mumbai Odisha Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra Services Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Vidarbha

Former teams	Army Bihar Eastern Punjab Northern India Northern Punjab Patiala Sindh Southern Punjab Travancore-Cochin

Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks

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