1941–42 Ranji Trophy

The 1941–42 Ranji Trophy was the eighth season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay regained the title after six years defeating Mysore.

1941–42 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Bombay (3rd title)
Participants	18
Matches	17
Most runs	K.C. Ibrahim (Bombay) (469)
Most wickets	B. K. Garudachar (Mysore) (34)

Highlights

• A. G. Ram Singh took his 100th Ranji wicket in the match between Madras and Hyderabad and completed 1,000 runs in the next match between Madras and United Provinces. He was the second player to complete this double in Ranji Trophy after Amar Singh in 1939–40
• Northern India defeated North West Frontier Province by an innings and 405 runs. It was the biggest margin of win in Ranji Trophy at the time. The present record is innings and 472 runs by Assam v Tripura in 1991/92.
• In their first innings of the season, the defending champion Maharashtra was bowled out for 39 by Nawanagar with Shute Banerjee taking 8 wickets for 25 runs.
• Future Test cricketer Putu Chowdhury took 11 wickets on his first class debut, for Bihar v Bengal. Bihar lost the match on a first innings deficit of 1 run.
• Madhav Mantri, making his debut as wicket-keeper for Bombay in semifinal, claimed 9 wickets, including five stumpings.

Zonal Matches

West Zone

	Round 1				Round 2				Round 3
	15 Nov 1941 – Jamnagar
	Nawanagar	159 & 73/2
					29 Nov 1941 – Jamnagar
	Maharashtra	39 & 189
					Nawanagar	284 & 48/2
	8 Nov 1941 – Bombay
					Bombay	462/8d
	Bombay	462
									29 Dec 1941 – Bombay
	Western India	95 & 167
									Bombay	405
									Sind	326
					6 Dec 1941 – Karachi
					Sind	237 & 68/2
	8 Nov 1941 – Baroda
					Baroda	178 & 126
	Baroda	312 & 257/6d
	Gujarat	150 & 23/2

East Zone

	Round 1				Round 2
	8 Nov 1941 – Indore
	Holkar	246 & 169/3
					10 Jan 1942 – Benaras
	United Provinces	307 & 192
					United Provinces	426
	7 Dec 1941— Jamshedpur
					Bengal	473
	Bihar	262 & 37/1
	Bengal	263 & 294

South Zone

	Round 1				Round 2
	29 Nov 1941 – Bangalore
	Mysore	199 & 352
					31 Dec 1941 – Bangalore
	Hyderabad	169 & 271
					Mysore	147 & 246
	29 Nov 1941 – Nagpur
					Madras	154 & 217
	Central Provinces and Berar	192 & 128
	Madras	217 & 104/6

North Zone

	Round 1				Round 2
	6 Dec 1941 – Lahore
	Northern India	613/7d
					27 Dec 1941 – Lahore
	North West Frontier Province	90 & 118
					Northern India	285 & 128
					Southern Punjab	158 & 181

Inter-Zonal Knockout Stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 Feb 1942 - Lahore
	Northern India	211 & 225
					7 Mar 1942 – Bombay
	Bombay	257 & 184/3
					Bombay	506/9d
	31 Jan 1942 – Calcutta
					Mysore	68 & 157
	Bengal	279 & 219
	Mysore	307 & 208

1st Semi-final

31 January – 3 February 1942 1st Semi-final Scorecard

Mysore	v	Bengal (H)
307 (101.2 overs) CJ Ramdev 105* S Ramachandra 7/52 (20.2 overs)		279 (78.4 overs) S Ramachandra 97* Ranga Iyengar 4/39 (13.4 overs)
208 (69.4 overs) CJ Ramdev 57 Devraj Puri 4/71 (19 overs)		219 (75 overs) K Bhattacharjee 65 BK Garudachar 5/68 (25 overs)

Mysore won by 17 runs Eden Gardens, Calcutta

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2nd Semi-final

13–16 February 1942 Scorecard

Northern India (H)	v	Bombay
211 (68.4 overs) Ramprakash Mehra 93 Keki Tarapore 3/46 (18.4 overs)		257 (95.5 overs) Jehangir Khot 95 Jahangir Khan 5/50 (28 overs)
225 (88.2 overs) Nazar Mohammad 38 Keki Tarapore 5/85 (34 overs)		184/3 (76 overs) KC Ibrahim 69* Jahangir Khan 1/30 (24 overs)

Bombay won by 7 wickets Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore

Final

7–9 Mar 1942 Scorecard

Mysore	v	Bombay (H)
68 (46.2 overs) CJ Ramdev 28 Jehangir Khot 6/19 (19 overs)		506/9d (145 overs) KC Ibrahim 117 BK Garudachar 3/161 (49 overs)
157 (61.4 overs) Benjamin Frank 61 Jehangir Khot 5/40 (19 overs)

Bombay won by an innings and 281 runs Brabourne Stadium, Bombay Umpires: MG Bhave and T. A. Ramachandran

• Mysore won the toss and elected to bat.
• GM Rajasekhar (Mysore) made his first-class debut.

Scorecards and averages

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