1949–50 Ranji Trophy

1949–50 Ranji Trophy
	The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Baroda (3rd title)
Participants	19
Most runs	Vijay Hazare (Baroda) (609)
Most wickets	Hiralal Gaekwad (Holkar) (29)
	← 1948–49 1950–51 →

The 1949–50 Ranji Trophy was the 16th season of the Ranji Trophy. Baroda won the title defeating Holkar in the final.

Highlights

Vijay Hazare scored 130 and 101 in the final, following his 98 and 115 in the 1948–49 final.

Zonal Matches

West Zone

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3

18 Nov 1949 – Baroda

Baroda	333
		2 Dec 1949 – Baroda
Bombay	114 & 201
		Baroda	382

		Kathiawar	180 & 145

				8 Jan 1950 – Baroda

				Baroda	357 & 348/4d

				Gujarat	284 & 211/4

		3 Dec 1949 – Ahmedabad

		Gujarat	360 & 70/4

		Maharashtra	172 & 253

North Zone

Round 1		Round 2

2 Dec 1949 – Delhi

Delhi	343 & 225
		9 Jan 1950 – Delhi
Rajputana	215 & 235
		Delhi	544 & 140/4
11 Dec 1949 – Patiala
		Southern Punjab	456 & 34/3
Southern Punjab	152 & 121/4

Services	62 & 208

East Zone

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3

6 Dec 1949 – Jorhat

Assam	50 & 52
		27 Jan 1950 – Indore
Holkar	157
		Holkar	92 & 429

		Bengal	141 & 251

				26 Feb 1950 – Indore

				Holkar	262 & 222/5
10 Dec 1949 – Jamshedpur
				Bihar	226 & 254
Bihar	163 & 326
		4 Feb 1950 – Jamshedpur
Orissa	89 & 44
		Bihar	207 & 287

		Uttar Pradesh	258 & 189

South Zone

Round 1		Round 2

24 Dec 1949 – Madras

Madras	328 & 236/7
		26 Jan 1950 – Madras
Mysore	215 & 347
		Madras	264 & 124
9 Dec 1949 – Secunderabad
		Hyderabad	125 & 136
Hyderabad	327 & 62/2

Central Provinces and Berar	136 & 251

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

Semi-finals		Final

24 Feb 1950 – Madras

Madras	103 & 69
		17 Mar 1950 – Baroda
Baroda	297
		Baroda	437 & 258/6
4 Mar 1950 – Delhi
		Holkar	419 & 272
Delhi	335 & 253/7

Holkar	615 & 315

Final

Baroda entered the final for the third successive season, following a win against Holkar in the 1947–48 season and a loss to Bombay in 1948–49 edition.^[3]

17–21 March 1950
Scorecard

Holkar	v	Baroda (H)
419 (154.5 overs) Mushtaq Ali 140 Vijay Hazare 3/99 (40 overs)		437 (165.4 overs) Vijay Hazare 130 C. S. Nayudu 5/182 (56 overs)
272 (107.4 overs) Chandu Sarwate 66 Amir Elahi 4/66 (20.4 overs)		258/6 (99 overs) Vijay Hazare 101 C. S. Nayudu 4/90 (30 overs)

Baroda won by 4 wickets
Maharaja Pratapsingh Coronation Gymkhana Ground, Baroda
Umpires: D. B. Deodhar and Jamshed Patel

Holkar won the toss and elected to bat.
Hiralal Gaekwad (Holkar) claimed his 50th wicket in first-class cricket.^[4]

References

^ "Ranji Trophy, 1949/50 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1949/50 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
^ "Ranji Trophy Final". The Indian Express. 18 March 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
^ "Baroda v Holkar, Ranji Trophy 1949/50 (Final)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2018.

External links

Ranji Trophy, 1949-50 at ESPNcricinfo
Ranji Trophy 1949/50 at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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[1] "Ranji Trophy, 1949/50 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.

[2] "Ranji Trophy, 1949/50 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.

[3] "Ranji Trophy Final". The Indian Express. 18 March 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 29 June 2019.

[4] "Baroda v Holkar, Ranji Trophy 1949/50 (Final)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2018.

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