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{{Infobox cricket tournament<br />
| name = 1954–55 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 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]]<br />
| count = 1<br />
| participants = 20<br />
| matches = <br />
| attendance =<br />
| player of the series =<br />
| most runs = [[A. G. Kripal Singh]] (Madras) (636)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1954/55 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1954-55/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref><br />
| most wickets = M. K. Murugesh (Madras) (23)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1954/55 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1954-55/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref><br />
| website =<br />
| previous_year = 1953–54<br />
| previous_tournament = 1953–54 Ranji Trophy<br />
| next_year = 1955–56<br />
| next_tournament = 1955–56 Ranji Trophy<br />
}}<br />
[[File:The First Tamilnadu Ranji Trophy Triumph Team of 1954-1955.jpg|thumb|300px|The First Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy Triumph Team of 1954–1955.]]<br />
The '''1954–55 Ranji Trophy''' was the 21st season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]] won the title defeating [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]] in the final.<br />
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==Zonal Matches==<br />
=== North Zone ===<br />
{{Round4|style=white-space:nowrap<br />
<!-- Date–Place/Team v v1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --><br />
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| team-width = 125px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
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|3 Dec 1954 – Delhi|'''[[Services cricket team|Services]]'''|'''288 & 121/2'''|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]|163 & 242<br />
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|17 Dec 1954 – Jullundur|[[Eastern Punjab cricket team|Eastern Punjab]]|148 & 282/7|'''[[Services cricket team|Services]]'''|'''405'''<br />
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|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=no<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}<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 = 125px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- Round 1--><br />
|18 Dec 1954 – Cuttack|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]|58 & 126|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''329/4d'''<br />
|11 Dec 1954 – Jorhat|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]|53 & 89|'''[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]'''|'''81 & 107'''<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|16 Jan 1955 – Calcutta|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''309 & 421/9d'''|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|119 & 169/8<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}<br />
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===Central 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 = 125px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
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|18 Dec 1954 – Banaras|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]|211 & 70/1|'''[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]'''|'''251 & 123/5d'''<br />
<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|15 Jan 1955 – Indore|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''441'''|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]|161 & 100<br />
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|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=no<br />
|RD1 = Round 1|RD2 = Round 2}}<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 = 125px<br />
| score-width = 80px<br />
<!-- Round 1 --><br />
|18 Dec 1954 – Ahmedabad|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]|354|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''413/4'''<br />
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<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|22 Jan 1955 – Baroda|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''284/3'''|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]|258<br />
|31 Jan 1955 – Rajkot|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]|160 & 245/5d|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''382 & 37/0'''<br />
<!-- Round 3 --><br />
|19 Feb 1955 – Baroda|'''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''|'''373'''|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|260<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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=== South 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 />
|2 Jan 1955 – Hyderabad|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''|'''480/6d'''|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]|128 & 245<br />
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<!-- Round 2 --><br />
|21 Jan 1955 – Hyderabad|'''[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'''|'''288 & 144/3d'''|[[Mysore cricket team|Mysore]]|152 & 184/2<br />
|18 Dec 1954 – Ernakulam|[[Travancore-Cochin cricket team|Travancore-Cochin]]|247 & 141/6|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''414/9d'''<br />
<!-- Round 3 --><br />
|4 Feb 1955 – Hyderabad|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|274 & 131/5|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''331 & 172/6d'''<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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==Inter-Zonal Knockout matches==<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 = 90px<br />
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|11 Feb 1955 – Delhi|[[Services cricket team|Services]]|312|'''[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]'''|'''364'''<br />
<!-- semi finals --><br />
|5 Mar 1955 – Indore|'''[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]'''|'''492'''|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]|412<br />
|7 Mar 1955 – Madras|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''347 & 139'''|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|174 & 155<br />
<!-- final --><br />
|2 Apr 1955 – Indore|[[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]|417 & 326|'''[[Madras cricket team|Madras]]'''|'''478 & 311'''<br />
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|skipmatch01=yes|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=yes|skipmatch04=no<br />
}}<br />
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===Final===<br />
{{Test match<br />
| date = 2–6 April 1955<br />
| team1 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]] <br />
| team2 = [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]] (H)<br />
| score-team1-inns1 = 478 (143.2 overs)<br />
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[C. D. Gopinath]] 133<br />
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Hiralal Gaekwad]] 4/137<br />
| score-team2-inns1 = 417 (171.5 overs)<br />
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Narayan Nivsarkar]] 85<br />
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[M. K. Murugesh]] 3/97<br />
| score-team1-inns2 = 311 (105.1 overs)<br />
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[A. G. Kripal Singh]] 91<br />
| wickets-team1-inns2 = V. P. Dixit 3/50<br />
| score-team2-inns2 = 326 (80.2 overs)<br />
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Chandu Sarwate]] 56<br />
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[M. K. Murugesh]] 5/114<br />
| result = Madras won by 46 runs<br />
| venue = [[Yeshwant Club|Yeshwant Club Ground]], [[Indore]]<br />
| umpires = [[Dinkar Desai]] and [[Balkrishna Mohoni]]<br />
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21456.html Scorecard]<br />
| toss = Holkar won the toss and decided to field.<br />
| rain = <br />
| notes =<br />
}}<br />
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==Scorecards and averages==<br />
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1954-55.html CricketArchive]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}<br />
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[[Category:1954 in Indian cricket]]<br />
[[Category:1955 in Indian cricket]]<br />
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]<br />
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1954–55]]<br />
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