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{{Short description|Indian cricket tournament}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1941–42 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 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| count = 3
| participants = 18
| matches = 17
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Khanmohammad Ibrahim|K.C. Ibrahim]] (Bombay) (469)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1941/42 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1941-42/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[B. K. Garudachar]] (Mysore) (34)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1941/42 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1941-42/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| 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]]. [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] regained the title after six years defeating [[Karnataka cricket team|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 (cricketer)|Amar Singh]] in [[1939–40 Ranji Trophy|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.<ref>[https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Team/Highest_Innings_Run_Margin.html Largest margins of wins in first class cricket], ''acscricket.com''</ref>
* 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 [[Nirode Chowdhury|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 [[Stumped|stumpings]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17357.html Bombay v Northern India]</ref>

==Zonal Matches==

=== West Zone ===
{{Round8|style=white-space:nowrap

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

|15 Nov 1941 – Jamnagar|'''[[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]]'''|'''159 & 73/2'''|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|39 & 189
|8 Nov 1941 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''462'''|[[Western India cricket team|Western India]]|95 & 167
|||||
|8 Nov 1941 – Baroda|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''312 & 257/6d'''|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]|150 & 23/2

|29 Nov 1941 – Jamnagar|[[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]]|284 & 48/2|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''462/8d'''
|6 Dec 1941 – Karachi|'''[[Sind cricket team|Sind]]'''|'''237 & 68/2'''|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]|178 & 126

|29 Dec 1941 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''405'''|[[Sind cricket team|Sind]]|326

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

===East Zone===
{{Round4|style=white-space:nowrap

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

|8 Nov 1941 – Indore|[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]|246 & 169/3|'''[[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]]'''|'''307 & 192'''
|7 Dec 1941— Jamshedpur|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|262 & 37/1|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''263 & 294'''

|10 Jan 1942 – Benaras|[[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]]|426|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''473'''
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}

=== South Zone ===
{{Round4|style=white-space:nowrap

| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 175px
| score-width = 80px

|29 Nov 1941 – Bangalore|'''[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]'''|'''199 & 352'''|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|169 & 271
|29 Nov 1941 – Nagpur|[[Central Provinces and Berar cricket team|Central Provinces and Berar]]|192 & 128|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''217 & 104/6'''

|31 Dec 1941 – Bangalore|'''[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]'''|'''147 & 246'''|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]|154 & 217
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}

=== North Zone ===
{{Round4|style=white-space:nowrap

| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 175px
| score-width = 80px

|6 Dec 1941 – Lahore|'''[[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]'''|'''613/7d'''|[[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|North West Frontier Province]]|90 & 118
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|27 Dec 1941 – Lahore|'''[[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]'''|'''285 & 128'''|[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]|158 & 181

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

==Inter-Zonal Knockout Stage==
{{Round4|style=white-space:nowrap
| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 150px
| score-width = 80px


|13 Feb 1942 - Lahore|[[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]|211 & 225|'''[[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''257 & 184/3'''
|31 Jan 1942 – Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|279 & 219|'''[[Karnataka cricket team|Mysore]]'''|'''307 & 208'''

|7 Mar 1942 – Bombay|'''[[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''506/9d'''|[[Karnataka cricket team|Mysore]]|68 & 157
}}

=== 1st Semi-final ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 31 January – 3 February 1942
| round = '''1st Semi-final'''
| team1 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Mysore]]
| team2 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] (H)

| score-team1-inns1 = 307 (101.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = CJ Ramdev 105[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team1-inns1 = S Ramachandra 7/52 (20.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 279 (78.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = S Ramachandra 97[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ranga Iyengar]] 4/39 (13.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 208 (69.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = CJ Ramdev 57
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Devraj Puri]] 4/71 (19 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 219 (75 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = K Bhattacharjee 65
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[BK Garudachar]] 5/68 (25 overs)

| result = Mysore won by 17 runs
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1941-42/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/BENG_MYSORE_RJI-SEMI1_31JAN-03FEB1942.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Calcutta]]
| umpires =
| toss =
| rain =
| notes =
}}
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=== 2nd Semi-final ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 13–16 February 1942
| team1 = [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]] (H)
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 211 (68.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ramprakash Mehra]] 93
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Keki Tarapore]] 3/46 (18.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 257 (95.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Jehangir Khot]] 95
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Jahangir Khan (cricketer)|Jahangir Khan]] 5/50 (28 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 225 (88.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Nazar Mohammad]] 38
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Keki Tarapore]] 5/85 (34 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 184/3 (76 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[KC Ibrahim]] 69[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Jahangir Khan (cricketer)|Jahangir Khan]] 1/30 (24 overs)

| result = Bombay won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1941-42/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/N-IND_BOM_RJI-SEMI2_13-16FEB1942.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore|Bagh-e-Jinnah]], [[Lahore]]
| umpires =
| toss =
| rain =
| notes =
}}

=== Final ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 7–9 Mar 1942
| team1 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Mysore]]
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] (H)
| score-team1-inns1 = 68 (46.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = CJ Ramdev 28
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Jehangir Khot]] 6/19 (19 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 506/9d (145 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[KC Ibrahim]] 117
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[BK Garudachar]] 3/161 (49 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 157 (61.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Benjamin Frank]] 61
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Jehangir Khot]] 5/40 (19 overs)
| result = Bombay won by an innings and 281 runs
| venue = [[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Mumbai|Bombay]]
| umpires = MG Bhave and [[T. A. Ramachandran]]
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17359.html Scorecard]
| toss = Mysore won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = GM Rajasekhar (Mysore) made his first-class debut.
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1941-42.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1941-42 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1941 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1942 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1941–42]]

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1941 42 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

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