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{{Infobox cricket tournament<br />
| name = 1942–43 Ranji Trophy<br />
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg <br />
| imagesize = 350px<br />
| caption = The Ranji Trophy <br />
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]<br />
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| tournament format = [[Single-elimination tournament|Knockout]]<br />
| fromdate = <br />
| todate = <br />
| champions = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]<br />
| count = 1<br />
| participants = 13<br />
| matches = 12<br />
| attendance =<br />
| player of the series =<br />
| most runs = [[Vijay Hazare]] (Baroda) (398)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1942/43 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1942-43/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref><br />
| most wickets = [[C. S. Nayudu]] (Baroda) (40)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1942/43 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1942-43/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref><br />
| website =<br />
| previous_year = 1941–42<br />
| previous_tournament = 1941–42 Ranji Trophy<br />
| next_year = 1943–44<br />
| next_tournament = 1943–44 Ranji Trophy<br />
}}<br />
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The '''1942–43 Ranji Trophy''' was the ninth season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] won their first title defeating [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] in the final. Only 13 teams took part, the lowest in the history of the Ranji Trophy. Teams like [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] and [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]] skipped the competition.<br />
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==Highlights==<br />
* [[Alimuddin (cricketer)|Alimuddin]] who made his debut for Rajputana in the semifinal against Baroda was officially only 12 years and 43 days old. This makes him one of the youngest first-class cricketers.<ref name="youngest">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149852.html |title=The second of the three Ws |access-date=27 February 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17378.html Baroda v Rajputana]</ref><br />
* [[Vijay Hazare]] took his 100th Ranji wicket in the final.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17382.html Hyderabad v Baroda]</ref> He had already completed 1000 runs in the [[1939–40 Ranji Trophy|1939–40]] final.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17269.html Maharashtra v United Provinces 1939-40]</ref><br />
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==Zonal Matches==<br />
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=== North Zone ===<br />
{{Round2<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team v v1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 175px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- Round 1 --><br />
|20 Nov 1942 – Ajmer|'''[[Rajputana cricket team|Rajputana]]'''|'''180 & 207'''|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|124 & 113<br />
|RD1 = Round 1}}<br />
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=== West Zone ===<br />
{{Round8|style=white-space:nowrap<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team v v1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 150px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- Round 1 --><br />
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|28 Nov 1942 – Junagadh|'''[[Western India cricket team|Western India]]'''|'''462'''|[[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]]|95 & 167<br />
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<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|18 Dec 1942 – Karachi|[[Sind cricket team|Sind]]|118 & 106|'''[[Western India cricket team|Western India]]'''|'''200 & 27/1'''<br />
|3 Jan 1943 – Baroda|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''308 & 186/2'''|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|262 & 224<br />
<!-- Round 3 --><br />
|29 Jan 1943 – Rajkot|[[Western India cricket team|Western India]]|168 & 208|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''245 & 135'''<br />
<!-- exclude matches --><br />
|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=no|skipmatch03=yes|skipmatch04=yes<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2|RD3 = Round 3}}<br />
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===East Zone===<br />
{{Round4|style=white-space:nowrap<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 150px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
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|9 Jan 1943 – Lucknow|[[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]]|212 & 178|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''109 & 282/3'''<br />
|12 Dec 1942— Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''312 & 120/3'''|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|271 & 176<br />
<!-- final --><br />
|6 Feb 1943 – Indore|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''618'''|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|221<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}<br />
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=== South Zone ===<br />
{{Round2<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 175px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
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|9 Jan 1943 – Secunderabad|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''|'''260 & 153'''|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]|183 & 68<br />
|RD1 = Round 1}}<br />
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==Inter-Zonal Knockout Matches==<br />
{{Round4|style=white-space:nowrap<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 175px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
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|26 Feb 1943 – Secunderabad|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''|'''355 & 277'''|[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]|268 & 177<br />
|26 Feb 1943 – Baroda|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''543'''|[[Rajputana cricket team|Rajputana]]|54 & 133<br />
<!-- final --><br />
|26 Mar 1943 – Secunderabad|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|215 & 107|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''308 & 321'''<br />
}}<br />
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==Final==<br />
{{Test match<br />
| date = 26–30 Mar 1943 (timeless match)<br />
| team1 = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]<br />
| team2 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] (H)<br />
| score-team1-inns1 = '''308 (101.3 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Vijay Hazare]] 81<br />
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ghulam Ahmed (cricketer)|Ghulam Ahmed]] 6/114<br />
| score-team2-inns1 = '''215 (98.5 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team2-inns1 = B. C. Khanna 75<br />
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[C. S. Nayudu]] 6/60<br />
| score-team1-inns2 = '''321 (115 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Vijay Hazare]] 87<br />
| wickets-team1-inns2 = S. R. Mehta 5/103<br />
| score-team2-inns2 = '''107 (64.2 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Eddie Aibara]] 43<br />
| wickets-team2-inns3 = [[C. S. Nayudu]] 4/21<br />
| result = Baroda won by 307 runs<br />
| venue = Railway Recreation Club Ground, [[Secunderabad]] <br />
| umpires = M.G. Bhave and T.A. Ramachandran<br />
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17382.html Scorecard]<br />
| toss = Baroda won the toss and elected to bat<br />
| rain =<br />
| notes =<br />
}}<br />
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==Scorecards and averages==<br />
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1942-43.html CricketArchive]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}<br />
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[[Category:1942 in Indian cricket]]<br />
[[Category:1943 in Indian cricket]]<br />
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]<br />
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1942–43]]<br />
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