The 1939–40 Ranji Trophy was the sixth season of the
Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy (also known as Mastercard Ranji Trophy for sponsorship reasons) is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between multiple teams representing regional and state cricket associations. Board of Control for Cr ...
. 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
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
won their first title defeating
United Provinces in the final.
Highlights
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Vijay Hazare
Vijay Samuel Hazare (11 March 1915 – 18 December 2004) was an Indian cricketer. He captained India in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953. In India's 25th Test match, nearly 20 years after India achieved Test status, he led India to its first ...
topped both the batting and bowling aggregates, emulating
Amar Singh's feat in
1937–38.
* Hazare's 316* against
Baroda
Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital ...
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 2022. Maharashtra scored 240 runs in the session for the loss of one wicket; their last two wickets added 326 runs.
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Amar Singh scored 113* for Nawanagar v Baroda. He completed his 1000 runs in Ranji Trophy during this match.
Nawanagar v Baroda 1939-40
/ref> 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.
Zonal Matches
West Zone
South Zone
East Zone
North Zone
Inter-Zonal Knockout Stage
Final
Scorecards and averages
Cricketarchive
References
External links
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