The 1948–49 Ranji Trophy was the 15th 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 ...

Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

won the title defeating

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 ...

in the final. The semi-final match between Bombay and

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 ...

was the highest-scoring first-class match of all time. A total of 2,376 runs were scored, including nine centuries.

Highlights

B. B. Nimbalkar Bhausaheb Babasaheb Nimbalkar (12 December 1919 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian cricketer, best known for his score of 443 not out during the 1948–49 Ranji Trophy, which remains the highest score, and the only quadruple century, in ...

scored 443 not out for

Kathiawar Kathiawar () is a peninsula, near the far north of India's west coast, of about bordering the Arabian Sea. It is bounded by the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest and by the Gulf of Khambhat (Gulf of Cambay) in the east. In the northeast, it is ...

at Poona. It was the second highest individual score in first class cricket at the time and still the highest by an Indian cricketer. Nimbalkar was nine runs behind Don Bradman's record at lunch on the third day but Kathiawar conceded the match at this point. :* Maharashtra's 826 for 4 was the second highest team total in Ranji trophy at the time. * The Zonal format was not used in the 1948–49 season of Ranji Trophy. It was the only time that this was done until the zones were replaced by the Elite and Plate divisions in 2002–03 * The Bombay v Maharashtra semifinal produced 2376 runs, in the most in any first class match. Bombay's total of 1365 runs is the record for a team in any first class matchHighest Team Totals, acscricket.com
/ref> :* Three batsmen –

Uday Merchant Udaykant Madhavji Merchant (14 August 1916 – 7 February 1985) was an Indian first class cricketer. The brother of Test player Vijay Merchant Vijay Singh Madhavji Merchant , real name Vijay Madhav Thackersey (12 October 1911 – 27 Oct ...

143 & 156,

Dattu Phadkar Dattatraya Gajanan "Dattu" Phadkar (12 December 1925 – 17 March 1985) was an all-rounder who represented Indian cricket team, India in Test cricket. Phadkar was an attacking middle order batsman, a medium pace bowler who could swing the ball ...

131 & 160 and

Madhusudan Rege Madhusudan Ramachandra Rege (18 March 1924 – 16 December 2013) was an Indian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1949 against West Indies. He played for Maharashtra from 1944–45 to 1954–55, captaining the team from 1951–52 to 19 ...

133 & 100 – uniquely scored hundreds in both innings. * The semifinals and finals were timeless matches. Both the Bombay – Maharashtra semifinal and the Bombay – Baroda final went into the seventh day, * Three of the four semifinalists were from the West Zone. * Assam made their Ranji Trophy debut in this season against United Provinces.

Draw

Top half

Bottom half

Final

Scorecards and averages

Cricketarchive

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:1948-49 Ranji Trophy 1949 in Indian cricket Indian domestic cricket competitions