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{{Short description|Indian cricket tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1939–40 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 350px
| caption = The Ranji Trophy
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| tournament format = [[Single-elimination tournament|Knockout]]
| fromdate =
| todate =
| champions = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| count = 1
| participants = 18
| matches = 17
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Vijay Hazare]] (Maharashtra) (619)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1939/40 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1939-40/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Vijay Hazare]] (Maharashtra) (20)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1939/40 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1939-40/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1938–39
| previous_tournament = 1938–39 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1940–41
| next_tournament = 1940–41 Ranji Trophy
}}

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 Ranji Trophy|1940–41]]. [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] won their first title defeating [[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]] in the final.

==Highlights==

* [[Vijay Hazare]] topped both the batting and bowling aggregates, emulating [[Amar Singh (cricketer)|Amar Singh's]] feat in [[1937–38 Ranji Trophy|1937–38]].
* Hazare's 316* against [[Baroda cricket team|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.<ref>[https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Batting/Most_Runs_Before_Lunch.html Most runs before lunch], ''acscricket.com''</ref> Maharashtra scored 240 runs in the session for the loss of one wicket; their last two wickets added 326 runs.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17258.html Mahatashtra v Baroda, 1939-40]</ref>
* [[Amar Singh (cricketer)|Amar Singh]] scored 113* for Nawanagar v Baroda. He completed his 1000 runs in Ranji Trophy during this match.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17229.html Nawanagar v Baroda 1939-40]</ref> 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 Ranji Trophy|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 ===
{{Round8

| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 150px
| score-width = 100px

|||||
|2 Dec 1939 – Karachi|[[Sind cricket team|Sind]]|127 & 92/3|'''[[Western India cricket team|Western India]]'''|'''266 & 210/3d'''
|18 Nov 1939 – Baroda|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''127 & 166'''|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]|100 & 141
|3 Nov 1939 – Bombay|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]|351|'''[[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]]'''|'''387'''

|6 Jan 1940 – Poona|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''543/8d & 227/5d'''|[[Western India cricket team|Western India]]|306 & 84/4
|15 Dec 1939 – Baroda|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''399 & 24/0'''|[[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]]|233 & 189

|21 Jan 1940 – Poona|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''650/9d'''|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]|303 & 283/5

|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=no|skipmatch03=no|skipmatch04=no
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2|RD3 = Round 3}}

=== South Zone ===
{{Round4

| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 150px
| score-width = 80px

|||||
|4 Nov 1939 – Madras|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''172 & 200/8'''|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]|108 & 263

|1 Dec 1939 – Hyderabad|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''|'''443'''|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]|262 & 179

|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=no
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}

===East Zone===
{{Round4

| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 150px
| score-width = 80px

|2 Dec 1939 – Jamshedpur|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|135 & 111|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''297'''
|6 Jan 1940– Allahabad|'''[[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]]'''|'''326'''|[[Central India cricket team|Central India]]|64 & 166

|13 Jan 1940 – Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|260 & 163|'''[[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]]'''|'''295 & 124/8'''
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}

=== North Zone ===
{{Round4

| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 200px
| score-width = 80px

|9 Dec 1939 – Delhi|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|85 & 138|'''[[Rajputana cricket team|Rajputana]]'''|'''207 & 17/3'''
|29 Jan 1940 – Patiala|'''[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]'''|'''205 & 116/5'''|[[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|North West Frontier Province]]|228 & 92

|10 Feb 1940 – Ajmer|[[Rajputana cricket team|Rajputana]]|105 & 133|'''[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]'''|'''428'''
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2|RD3 = Round 3}}

==Inter-Zonal Knockout Stage==

{{Round4

| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 200px
| score-width = 80px

|17 Feb 1940 – Poona|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''482 & 203/6'''|[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]|429 & 309
||'''[[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]]'''|'''Walkover'''|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|

|24 Feb 1940 – Poona|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''581 & 12/0'''|[[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]]|237 & 355
}}

==Final==
{{Test match
| date = 24–27 Feb 1940
| team1 = [[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]]
| team2 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] (H)
| score-team1-inns1 = '''237 (66.5 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[B. K. Garudachar]] 63*
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ranga Sohoni]] 3/32
| score-team2-inns1 = '''581 (165 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Kamal Bhandarkar]] 132
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Masood Salahuddin]] 2/90
| score-team1-inns2 = '''355 (122.3 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Phiroze Palia]] 216
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Ranga Sohoni 3/97
| score-team2-inns2 = '''12/0 (1.5 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =
| result = Maharashtra won by 10 wickets
| venue = [[Deccan Gymkhana|Poona Gymkhana Ground]], [[Poona]]
| umpires =
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17269.html Scorecard]
| toss = United Provinces won the toss and elected to bat
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1939-40.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

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[[Category:1939 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1940 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1939–40]]

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