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{{Infobox cricket tournament<br />
| name = 1948–49 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 = [[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]<br />
| count = 5<br />
| participants = 15<br />
| matches = <br />
| attendance =<br />
| player of the series =<br />
| most runs = [[Dattu Phadkar]] (Bombay) (570)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1948/49 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1948-49/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref><br />
| most wickets = [[Ranga Sohoni]] (Baroda) (33)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1948/49 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1948-49/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref><br />
| website =<br />
| previous_year = 1947–48<br />
| previous_tournament = 1947–48 Ranji Trophy<br />
| next_year = 1949–50<br />
| next_tournament = 1949–50 Ranji Trophy<br />
}}<br />
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The '''1948–49 Ranji Trophy''' was the 15th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]] won the title defeating [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] in the final. The semi-final match between Bombay and [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] was the highest-scoring [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match of all time.<ref name="highest">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149397.html |title=A late starter |access-date=14 March 2017 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> A total of 2,376 runs were scored, including nine centuries.<ref name="scorecard">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/554954.html |title=Ranji Trophy, Maharashtra v Bombay at Pune, Mar 5-11, 1949 |access-date=14 March 2017 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><br />
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==Highlights==<br />
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* [[B. B. Nimbalkar]] scored 443 not out for [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] v [[Kathiawar cricket team|Kathiawar]] at Poona.<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ranji-trophy-1948-49-545428/maharashtra-vs-kathiawar-266830/full-scorecard Maharashtra v Kathiawar], 16 – 18 December 1948</ref> It was the second highest individual score in first class cricket at the time and still the highest by an Indian cricketer.<ref>[https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Batting/Double_Hundreds_by_Score.html Highest scores in first class cricket], ''acscricket.com''</ref> Nimbalkar was nine runs behind [[Don Bradman|Don Bradman's]] record at lunch on the third day but Kathiawar conceded the match at this point. <br />
:* Maharashtra's 826 for 4 was the second highest team total in Ranji trophy at the time.<ref>[https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Team/Highest_Team_Totals_in_India.html Highest Team Totals in India], ''acscricket.com''</ref><br />
* The Zonal format was not used in the 1948–49 season of Ranji Trophy. It was the only time that this was done until the zones were replaced by the Elite and Plate divisions in [[2002–03 Ranji Trophy|2002–03]]<br />
* The Bombay v Maharashtra semifinal produced 2376 runs, in the most in any first class match.<ref>[https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Team/Highest_Match_Aggregates.html Highest Match Aggregates, acscricket.com]</ref> Bombay's total of 1365 runs is the record for a team in any first class match<ref>[https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Team/Highest_Team_Totals_Both_Innings.html Highest Team Totals, acscricket.com]</ref><br />
:* Three batsmen – [[Uday Merchant]] 143 & 156, [[Dattu Phadkar]] 131 & 160 and [[Madhusudan Rege]] 133 & 100 – uniquely scored hundreds in both innings.<br />
* The semifinals and finals were timeless matches. Both the Bombay – Maharashtra semifinal and the Bombay – Baroda final went into the seventh day, <br />
* Three of the four semifinalists were from the West Zone.<br />
* Assam made their Ranji Trophy debut in this season against United Provinces.<br />
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==Draw==<br />
===Top half===<br />
{{Round16|style=white-space:nowrap<br />
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|12 Nov 1948 – Bangalore|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]|186 & 122|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''327 & 157'''<br />
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|17 Dec 1948 – Shillong|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]|153 & 118|'''[[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]]'''|'''368'''<br />
|16 Dec 1948 – Poona|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''826/4'''|[[Kathiawar cricket team|Kathiawar]]|238<br />
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|21 Jan 1949 – Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|251 & 131/4|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''574/5d & 127/2d'''<br />
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|12 Feb 1949 – Kanpur|[[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]]|131 & 91|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''396'''<br />
|12 Feb 1949 – Madras|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]|331 & 106/2|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''375 & 254/5d'''<br />
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|5 Mar 1949 – Poona|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|407 & 604|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''651 & 714'''<br />
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===Bottom half===<br />
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|21 Jan 1949 – Jamshedpur|'''[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]'''|'''153 & 136'''|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|212 & 48<br />
|3 Dec 1948 – Indore|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''390 & 46/1'''|[[Central Provinces and Berar cricket team|Central Provinces and Berar]]|247 & 317/8d<br />
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|16 Nov 1948 – Secunderabad|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|80 & 80|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''98 & 65/2'''<br />
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|12 Feb 1949 – Jamshedpur|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|188 & 128|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''328'''<br />
|17 Dec 1948 – Ahmedabad|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]|198 & 94|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''211 & 253'''<br />
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|7 Mar 1949 – Indore|[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]|133 & 240|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''349 & 25/1'''<br />
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==Final==<br />
{{Test match<br />
| date = 18–24 March 1949<br />
| team2 = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] <br />
| team1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] (H)<br />
| score-team1-inns1 = '''620 (253.3 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[K. C. Ibrahim]] 219, [[Michael Dalvi]] 110<br />
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ranga Sohoni]] 3/117<br />
| score-team2-inns1 = '''268 (145.1 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Vijay Hazare]] 98<br />
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Dattu Phadkar]] 6/49<br />
| score-team1-inns2 = '''361 (123.4 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Gulabrai Ramchand|G. S. Ramchand]] 80*<br />
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ranga Sohoni]] 5/86<br />
| score-team2-inns2 = '''245 (126.1 overs)'''<br />
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Vijay Hazare]] 115<br />
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Polly Umrigar]] 4/35<br />
| result = Bombay won by 468 runs<br />
| venue = [[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Mumbai|Bombay]]<br />
| umpires = [[Prasad Sinha]] and [[M. G. Vijayasarathi]]<br />
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18800.html Scorecard]<br />
| toss = Bombay won the toss and decided to bat<br />
| rain = <br />
| notes = Timeless match, ended on the seventh day<br />
}}<br />
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==Scorecards and averages==<br />
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1948-49.html CricketArchive]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/545428.html Series home at ESPNcricinfo]<br />
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