1939–40 Ranji Trophy

1939–40 Ranji Trophy
	The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Maharashtra (1st title)
Participants	18
Matches	17
Most runs	Vijay Hazare (Maharashtra) (619)
Most wickets	Vijay Hazare (Maharashtra) (20)
	← 1938–39 1940–41 →

The 1939–40 Ranji Trophy was the sixth season of the Ranji Trophy. Eighteen teams took part in four zones in a knockout format. Northern India who appeared in the previous season dropped out but would return in 1940–41. Maharashtra won their first title defeating United Provinces in the final.

Highlights

Vijay Hazare topped both the batting and bowling aggregates, emulating Amar Singh's feat in 1937–38.
Hazare's 316* against Baroda was the first triple century in Indian first class cricket. He scored 151 runs (165* – 316*) before lunch on the third day which is a record in Indian first class cricket, as of 2022.^[3] Maharashtra scored 240 runs in the session for the loss of one wicket; their last two wickets added 326 runs.^[4]
Amar Singh scored 113* for Nawanagar v Baroda. He completed his 1000 runs in Ranji Trophy during this match.^[5] This was to be his 16th and last Ranji match as he would die in five months. He took his 100th wicket in 1938–39 and thus became the first player to do the 1000 run – 100 wicket double in Ranji Trophy. In 16 Ranji matches, Amar Singh scored 1009 runs at an average of 43, and 105 wickets at 15.48.
The final was a timeless match. Maharashtra won on the fourth day.

Zonal Matches

West Zone

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3




		6 Jan 1940 – Poona

		Maharashtra	543/8d & 227/5d
2 Dec 1939 – Karachi
		Western India	306 & 84/4
Sind	127 & 92/3
				21 Jan 1940 – Poona
Western India	266 & 210/3d
				Maharashtra	650/9d
18 Nov 1939 – Baroda
				Baroda	303 & 283/5
Baroda	127 & 166
		15 Dec 1939 – Baroda
Gujarat	100 & 141
		Baroda	399 & 24/0
3 Nov 1939 – Bombay
		Nawanagar	233 & 189
Bombay	351

Nawanagar	387

South Zone

Round 1		Round 2




		1 Dec 1939 – Hyderabad

		Hyderabad	443
4 Nov 1939 – Madras
		Madras	262 & 179
Madras	172 & 200/8

Mysore	108 & 263

East Zone

Round 1		Round 2

2 Dec 1939 – Jamshedpur

Bihar	135 & 111
		13 Jan 1940 – Calcutta
Bengal	297
		Bengal	260 & 163
6 Jan 1940– Allahabad
		United Provinces	295 & 124/8
United Provinces	326

Central India	64 & 166

North Zone

Round 1		Round 2

9 Dec 1939 – Delhi

Delhi	85 & 138
		10 Feb 1940 – Ajmer
Rajputana	207 & 17/3
		Rajputana	105 & 133
29 Jan 1940 – Patiala
		Southern Punjab	428
Southern Punjab	205 & 116/5

North West Frontier Province	228 & 92

Inter-Zonal Knockout Stage

Semi-finals		Final

17 Feb 1940 – Poona

Maharashtra	482 & 203/6
		24 Feb 1940 – Poona
Southern Punjab	429 & 309
		Maharashtra	581 & 12/0

		United Provinces	237 & 355
United Provinces	Walkover

Hyderabad

Final

24–27 Feb 1940
Scorecard

United Provinces	v	Maharashtra (H)
237 (66.5 overs) B. K. Garudachar 63* Ranga Sohoni 3/32		581 (165 overs) Kamal Bhandarkar 132 Masood Salahuddin 2/90
355 (122.3 overs) Phiroze Palia 216 Ranga Sohoni 3/97		12/0 (1.5 overs)

Maharashtra won by 10 wickets
Poona Gymkhana Ground, Poona

United Provinces won the toss and elected to bat

Scorecards and averages

CricketArchive

References

^ "Ranji Trophy, 1939/40 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1939/40 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
^ Most runs before lunch, acscricket.com
^ Mahatashtra v Baroda, 1939-40
^ Nawanagar v Baroda 1939-40

[1] "Ranji Trophy, 1939/40 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.

[2] "Ranji Trophy, 1939/40 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.

[3] Most runs before lunch, acscricket.com

[4] Mahatashtra v Baroda, 1939-40

[5] Nawanagar v Baroda 1939-40

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