The 1944–45 Ranji Trophy was the 11th season of the

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won the title defeating

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in the final.

Highlights

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of Bombay scored 1008 runs in the season. He played five matches and averaged 201.60. No other batsman would score even 900 in a season until W. V. Raman made 1018 runs in 1988–89 by which time teams played more matches. :*Modi scored hundreds in each of the five matches. His scores were 160, 210, 245* & 31*, 113 and 98 & 151 in the final. He had scored 168 and 128 in the last two matches of the 1943-44 season, thus scoring hundreds in five consecutive innings and seven consecutive matches in Ranji Trophy. :*Modi's five centuries in a season was another record. As of 2021, only V. V. S. Laxman (eight hundreds in 1999–00),

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(six in 2013–14) and Milind Kumar (six in 2018–19) have made more hundreds in a season. *

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of Holkar bowled 917 balls in the final, a record in all first class cricket.Most balls bowled in a match, ACS
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Zonal Matches

West Zone

North Zone

East Zone

South Zone

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

Final

Scorecards and averages

References

External links

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