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{{Short description|Indian cricket tournament}}
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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1945–46 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 = [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]
| count = 1
| participants = 21
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Hemu Adhikari]] (Baroda) (555)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1945/46 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1945-46/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Amir Elahi]] (Baroda) (30)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1945/46 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1945-46/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1944–45
| previous_tournament = 1944–45 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1946–47
| next_tournament = 1946–47 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1945–46 Ranji Trophy''' was the 12th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]] won the title defeating [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] in the final.

==Highlights==
*Holkar scored 912 for 8 decl against [[Karnataka cricket team|Mysore]] in the semifinal.<ref>[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1945-46/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/HOLKAR_MYSORE_RJI-SEMI1_02-05MAR1946.html Holkar v Mysore], 2–5 March 1946</ref> This was the highest score in Indian first class cricket until [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] made 944 for 6 against [[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]] in [[1993–94 Ranji Trophy|1993–94]].<ref>[https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Team/Highest_Team_Totals_in_India.html Highest team totals in India]</ref>
:*Six batsmen scored hundreds for Holkar: [[Kamal Bhandarkar]] 142, [[Chandu Sarwate]] 101, [[Madhavsinh Jagdale]] 164, [[C. K. Nayudu]] 101, [[Bhausaheb Nimbalkar]] 172 and Rameshwar Pratap Singh 100. This has never been equalled.<ref>[https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Team/Most_Hundreds_in_an_Innings.html Most hundreds in an innings]</ref>
:*There were seven century partnerships in the Holkar innings. All wickets from one to eight, except the second, made more than 100 runs.
:*[[B. K. Garudachar]] took 4 wickets for 301. This is the most expensive bowling in Indian cricket, and third most expensive in all first-class cricket.<ref>[https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Bowling/Most_Runs_Conceded_in_an_Innings.html Most runs conceded in an innings], ''acscricket.com''</ref>
:*Chandu Sarwate took 9 for 61 in the Mysore first innings in addition to his hundred. It is the only instance of a century and nine wickets in an innings in Indian cricket.<ref>[https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/All_Round/Century_and_Five_Wickets.html Century and five wickets in an innings], ''acscricket.com''</ref>
:*Mysore conceded defeat on the fourth day.
*Baroda won the Zonal finals and the Semifinals by the spin of a coin, as both matches were unable to produce a winner. The Zonal finals were drawn with the first innings incomplete,<ref>[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1945-46/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/BOM_BARODA_RJI_09-12FEB1946.html Bombay v Baroda], 9–12 February 1946</ref> while their semifinal ended in a tie.<ref>[https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1945-46/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/S-PNJB_BARODA_RJI-SEMI2_04-07MAR1946.html Southern Punjab v Baroda], 4–7 March 1946</ref>
*[[Vijay Merchant]] averaged 405.00 with the bat (405 in two innings, once out). This is the highest batting average achieved for any Ranji season.
*[[C. K. Nayudu]] scored 200 for Holkar v Baroda in the final at the age of 50 years and 142 days. He is the oldest Indian cricketer to score a double hundred and the fifth oldest in all first class cricket after [[Dave Nourse]], [[John King (cricketer, born 1871)|John King]], [[Archie MacLaren]] and [[Jack Hobbs]].<ref>[https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Batting/Oldest_Batsman_to_Score_Double_Hundred.html Oldest batsmen to score 200 in first class cricket]</ref>

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

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

|14 Dec 1945 – Bangalore|'''[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]'''|'''158 & 292'''|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]|172 & 166
|21 Dec 1945 – Nagpur|[[Central Provinces and Berar cricket team|Central Provinces and Berar]]|154 & 127|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''|'''399'''

|26 Jan 1946 – Bangalore|'''[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]'''|'''188 & 309'''|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|176 & 220
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}

=== West Zone ===
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|29 Dec 1945 – Karachi|'''[[Sind cricket team|Sind]]'''|'''416 & 61/1'''|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|258 & 250/9d
|19 Dec 1945 – Jamnagar|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''328 & 363/5d'''|[[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]]|218 & 138/8
|14 Dec 1945 – Rajkot|'''[[Western India cricket team|Western India]]'''|'''199 & 158'''|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]|164 & 190

|25 Jan 1946 – Bombay|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''560/5d'''|[[Sind cricket team|Sind]]|234 & 306
|2 Feb 1946 – Baroda|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''243 & 277'''|[[Western India cricket team|Western India]]|215 & 104/8

|9 Feb 1946 – Bombay|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]|645|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] '''(T)'''|465/6

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

'''(T)''' – Advanced to next round by spin of coin.

===East Zone===
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| team-width = 150px
| score-width = 80px

|20 Dec 1945 – Kanpur|[[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]]|99 & 221|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''126 & 239'''
|15 Dec 1945 – Indore|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''433'''|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|142 & 104

|19 Jan 1946 – Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|119 & 266|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''288 & 102/5'''
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}

=== North Zone ===
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|28 Dec 1945 – Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''91 & 203/7'''|[[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|North West Frontier Province]]|141 & 150
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|10 Jan 1946 – Patiala|'''[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]'''|'''472'''|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|181 & 98
|2 Feb 1946 – Rajputana|[[Rajputana cricket team|Rajputana]]|220 & 114|'''[[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]'''|'''212 & 125/1'''

|7 Feb 1946 – Patiala|'''[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]'''|'''658/8d'''|[[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]|250

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

==Inter-Zonal Knockout matches==
{{Round4|style=white-space:nowrap

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

|2 Mar 1946 – Indore|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''912/8d'''|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]|190 & 509/6
|4 Mar 1946 – Patiala|[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]|167 & 146|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]''' '''(T)'''|'''106 & 207'''

|22 Mar 1946 – Indore|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''342 & 273'''|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]|198 & 361
}}

'''(T)''' – Advanced to finals by spin of coin.

==Final==
{{Test match
| date = 22–27 March 1946
| team1 = [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]] (H)
| team2 = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| score-team1-inns1 = '''342 (149.3 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[C. K. Nayudu]] 200
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Ahmed Patel 3/52
| score-team2-inns1 = '''148 (77 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Vijay Hazare]] 87*
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[C. S. Nayudu]] 5/66
| score-team1-inns2 = '''273 (118.5 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Hiralal Gaekwad]] 79*
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Vivek Hazare 4/49
| score-team2-inns2 = '''361 (136.5 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns2 = M. M. Naidu 91
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[C. S. Nayudu]] 5/148
| result = Holkar won by 106 runs
| venue = [[Yeshwant Club|Yeshwant Club Ground]], [[Indore]]
| umpires = [[Jamshed Patel]] and [[T. A. Ramachandran]]
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17588.html Scorecard]
| toss = Holkar won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1945-46.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1945-46 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1945 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1946 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1945–46]]

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StevieBavin8727 at 12:43, 22 February 2026