The 1945–46 Ranji Trophy was the 12th season of the

Ranji Trophy The Ranji Trophy is a premier domestic first-class cricket championship played in India and organized annually by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The teams representing regional and state cricket associations participate. BCCI ...

. Holkar won the title defeating Baroda in the final.

Highlights

*Holkar scored 912 for 8 decl against

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in the semifinal. This was the highest score in Indian first class cricket until

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made 944 for 6 against Andhra in 1993–94. :*Six batsmen scored hundreds for Holkar: Kamal Bhandarkar 142, Chandu Sarwate 101, Madhavsinh Jagdale 164, C. K. Nayudu 101, Bhausaheb Nimbalkar 172 and Rameshwar Pratap Singh 100. This has never been equalled. :*There were seven century partnerships in the Holkar innings. All wickets from one to eight, except the second, made more than 100 runs. :* B. K. Garudachar took 4 wickets for 301. This is the most expensive bowling in Indian cricket, and third most expensive in all first-class cricket. :*Chandu Sarwate took 9 for 61 in the Mysore first innings in addition to his hundred. It is the only instance of a century and nine wickets in an innings in Indian cricket. :*Mysore conceded defeat on the fourth day. *Baroda won the Zonal finals and the Semifinals by the spin of a coin, as both matches were unable to produce a winner. The Zonal finals were drawn with the first innings incomplete, while their semifinal ended in a tie. * Vijay Merchant averaged 405.00 with the bat (405 in two innings, once out). This is the highest batting average achieved for any Ranji season. * C. K. Nayudu scored 200 for Holkar v Baroda in the final at the age of 50 years and 142 days. He is the oldest Indian cricketer to score a double hundred and the fifth oldest in all first class cricket after Dave Nourse, John King, Archie MacLaren and Jack Hobbs.Oldest batsmen to score 200 in first class cricket
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Zonal Matches

South Zone

West Zone

(T) – Advanced to next round by spin of coin.

East Zone

North Zone

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

(T) – Advanced to finals by spin of coin.

Final

Scorecards and averages

References

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