1947–48 Ranji Trophy

1947–48 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Holkar (2nd title)
Participants	17
Most runs	K. C. Ibrahim (Bombay) (606)^[1]
Most wickets	Hiralal Gaekwad (Holkar) (29)^[2]
← 1946–47 1948–49 →

The 1947–48 Ranji Trophy was the 14th season of the Ranji Trophy. Holkar won the title defeating Bombay in the final.

Zonal Matches

West Zone

	Round 1				Round 2				Round 3

	20 Dec 1947 – Ahmedabad

	Gujarat	158 & 130
					18 Jan 1948 – Dhrol
	Kathiawar	159 & 131/5
					Kathiawar	244 & 143/8

					Baroda	177 & 209

									13 Feb 1948 – Dhrol

									Kathiawar	331 & 106/2
	12 Dec 1947 – Bombay
									Bombay	375 & 254/5d
	Bombay	638/8d
					25 Dec 1947 – Bombay
	Sind	128 & 57
					Bombay	632/7d
	5 Dec 1947 – Jamnagar
					Maharashtra	200 & 294
	Nawanagar	240 & 241

	Maharashtra	211 & 271/9

North Zone

	Round 1

	12 Dec 1947 – Delhi

	Delhi	282

	Rajputana	113 & 125

South Zone

	Round 1				Round 2

	15 Dec 1947 – Bangalore

	Mysore	136 & 101
					24 Dec 1947 – Nagpur
	Central Provinces and Berar	195 & 155
					Central Provinces and Berar	71 & 175
	19 Dec 1947 – Secunderabad
					Hyderabad	182 & 68/1
	Hyderabad	201 & 233

	Madras	88 & 92

East Zone

	Round 1				Round 2

	31 Dec 1947 – Calcutta

	Bengal	95 & 256
					16 Jan 1948 – Indore
	Holkar	212 & 267
					Holkar	485
	10 Jan 1948 – Allahabad
					United Provinces	164 & 88
	United Provinces	138 & 99/2

	Bihar	95 & 140

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

	Semi-finals				Final

	21 Feb 1948 – Indore

	Holkar	498
					20 Mar 1948 – Baroda
	Delhi	187 & 181
					Holkar	361 & 95/1
	6 Mar 1948 – Bombay
					Bombay	191 & 261
	Bombay	652

	Hyderabad	282 & 214

Final

20–23 March 1948
Scorecard

Bombay	v	Holkar (H)
191 (88 overs) K. C. Ibrahim 49 Hiralal Gaekwad 3/19		361 (111.5 overs) C. S. Nayudu 96 Keki Tarapore 4/127
261 (116.1 overs) Dattu Phadkar 55 Hiralal Gaekwad 6/90		95/1 (22.2 overs) Mushtaq Ali 44* Dattu Phadkar 1/33

Holkar won by nine wickets
Yeshwant Club Ground, Indore
Umpires: M. G. Bhave and M. G. Vijayasarathi

Bombay won the toss and decided to bat
Timeless match, ended on the fourth day

Scorecards and averages

CricketArchive

References

^ "Ranji Trophy, 1947/48 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1947/48 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.

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Current teams	Andhra Arunachal Pradesh Assam Baroda Bengal Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Mumbai Nagaland Odisha Pondicherry Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra Services Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Vidarbha
Former teams	Army Central Provinces and Berar Eastern Punjab Nawanagar Northern India Northern Punjab North West Frontier Province Patiala Sind Southern Punjab Travancore-Cochin Western India
Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks

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