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{{Infobox cricket tournament<br />
| name = 1949–50 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 = 3<br />
| participants = 19<br />
| matches =<br />
| attendance =<br />
| player of the series =<br />
| most runs = [[Vijay Hazare]] (Baroda) (609)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1949/50 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1949-50/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref><br />
| most wickets = [[Hiralal Gaekwad]] (Holkar) (29)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1949/50 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1949-50/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref><br />
| website =<br />
| previous_year = 1948–49<br />
| previous_tournament = 1948–49 Ranji Trophy<br />
| next_year = 1950–51<br />
| next_tournament = 1950–51 Ranji Trophy<br />
}}<br />
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The '''1949–50 Ranji Trophy''' was the 16th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] won the title defeating [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]] in the final.<br />
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==Highlights==<br />
* [[Vijay Hazare]] scored 130 and 101 in the final, following his 98 and 115 in the [[1948–49 Ranji Trophy|1948–49]] final.<br />
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==Zonal Matches==<br />
=== 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 = 125px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- Round 1 --><br />
|18 Nov 1949 – Baroda|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''333'''|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]|114 & 201<br />
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<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|2 Dec 1949 – Baroda|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''382'''|[[Kathiawar cricket team|Kathiawar]]|180 & 145<br />
|3 Dec 1949 – Ahmedabad|'''[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]'''|'''360 & 70/4'''|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|172 & 253<br />
<!-- Round 3 --><br />
|8 Jan 1950 – Baroda|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''357 & 348/4d'''|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]|284 & 211/4<br />
<!-- exclude matches --><br />
|skipmatch01=no|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=yes|skipmatch04=yes<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2|RD3 = Round 3}}<br />
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=== North Zone ===<br />
{{Round4|style=white-space:nowrap<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team v v1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 125px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- Round 1 --><br />
|2 Dec 1949 – Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''343 & 225'''|[[Rajputana cricket team|Rajputana]]|215 & 235<br />
|11 Dec 1949 – Patiala|'''[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]'''|'''152 & 121/4'''|[[Services cricket team|Services]]|62 & 208<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|9 Jan 1950 – Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''544 & 140/4'''|[[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]|456 & 34/3<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}<br />
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===East Zone===<br />
{{Round8|style=white-space:nowrap<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 125px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- Round 1--><br />
|6 Dec 1949 – Jorhat|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]|50 & 52|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''157'''<br />
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|10 Dec 1949 – Jamshedpur|'''[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]'''|'''163 & 326'''|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]|89 & 44<br />
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<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|27 Jan 1950 – Indore|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''92 & 429'''|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|141 & 251<br />
|4 Feb 1950 – Jamshedpur|'''[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]'''|'''207 & 287'''|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]|258 & 189<br />
<!-- Round 3 --><br />
|26 Feb 1950 – Indore|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''262 & 222/5'''|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|226 & 254<br />
<!-- exclude matches --><br />
|skipmatch01=no|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=no|skipmatch04=yes<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2|RD3 = Round 3}}<br />
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=== South Zone ===<br />
{{Round4|style=white-space:nowrap<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team v v1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
| seed-width = 25px<br />
| team-width = 180px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- Round 1 --><br />
|24 Dec 1949 – Madras|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''328 & 236/7'''|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]|215 & 347<br />
|9 Dec 1949 – Secunderabad|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''|'''327 & 62/2'''|[[Central Provinces and Berar cricket team|Central Provinces and Berar]]|136 & 251<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|26 Jan 1950 – Madras|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''264 & 124'''|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|125 & 136<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}<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 = 125px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- semi finals --><br />
|24 Feb 1950 – Madras|[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]|103 & 69|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''297'''<br />
|4 Mar 1950 – Delhi|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|335 & 253/7|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''615 & 315'''<br />
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|17 Mar 1950 – Baroda|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''437 & 258/6'''|[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]|419 & 272<br />
}}<br />
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==Final==<br />
Baroda entered the final for the third successive season, following a win against Holkar in the [[1947–48 Ranji Trophy|1947–48]] season and a loss to [[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]] in [[1948–49 Ranji Trophy|1948–49 edition]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ranji Trophy Final |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TMc-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=lUwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3234%2C8371415 |access-date=29 June 2019 |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=18 March 1950 |page=8}}</ref><br />
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{{Test match<br />
| date = 17–21 March 1950<br />
| team2 = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] (H)<br />
| team1 = [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]<br />
| score-team1-inns1 = 419 (154.5 overs)<br />
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Mushtaq Ali]] 140<br />
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Vijay Hazare]] 3/99 (40 overs)<br />
| score-team2-inns1 = 437 (165.4 overs)<br />
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Vijay Hazare]] 130<br />
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[C. S. Nayudu]] 5/182 (56 overs)<br />
| score-team1-inns2 = 272 (107.4 overs)<br />
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Chandu Sarwate]] 66<br />
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Amir Elahi]] 4/66 (20.4 overs)<br />
| score-team2-inns2 = 258/6 (99 overs)<br />
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Vijay Hazare]] 101<br />
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[C. S. Nayudu]] 4/90 (30 overs)<br />
| result = Baroda won by 4 wickets<br />
| venue = Maharaja Pratapsingh Coronation Gymkhana Ground, [[Vadodara|Baroda]]<br />
| umpires = [[D. B. Deodhar]] and [[Jamshed Patel]]<br />
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1949-50/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/BARODA_HOLKAR_RJI_17-20MAR1950.html Scorecard]<br />
| toss = Holkar won the toss and elected to bat.<br />
| rain =<br />
| notes = [[Hiralal Gaekwad]] (Holkar) claimed his 50th wicket in first-class cricket.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baroda v Holkar, Ranji Trophy 1949/50 (Final) |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19201.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=30 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719020117/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19201.html |archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1949-50/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/ Ranji Trophy, 1949-50] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]<br />
* {{CricketArchive|ref=Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1949-50|name=Ranji Trophy 1949/50}}<br />
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{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}<br />
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[[Category:1950 in Indian cricket]]<br />
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]<br />
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1949–50]]<br />
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