1941–42 Ranji Trophy Explained

1941–42 Ranji Trophy
Administrator:	BCCI
Cricket Format:	First-class
Tournament Format:	Knockout
Champions:	Bombay
Count:	3
Participants:	18
Matches:	17
Most Runs:	K.C. Ibrahim (Bombay) (469)^[1]
Most Wickets:	B. K. Garudachar (Mysore) (34)^[2]
Previous Year:	1940–41
Previous Tournament:	1940–41 Ranji Trophy
Next Year:	1942–43
Next Tournament:	1942–43 Ranji Trophy

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

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.^[3]
• 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.^[4]

Zonal Matches

North Zone

Inter-Zonal Knockout Stage

1st Semi-final

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Final

Scorecards and averages

• CricketArchive

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1941/42 / Records / Most runs . subscription . 23 August 2014.
2. Web site: Ranji Trophy, 1941/42 / Records / Most wickets . subscription . 23 August 2014.
3. https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Team/Highest_Innings_Run_Margin.html Largest margins of wins in first class cricket
4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17357.html Bombay v Northern India