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1934–35 Ranji Trophy

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Cricket format
  
First-class cricket

Champions
  
Bombay

Champion
  
Mumbai cricket team

Location
  
India

Tournament format(s)
  
Knockout

Participants
  
15

Dates
  
4 Nov 1934 – 12 Mar 1935

1934–35 Ranji Trophy

Most runs
  
Vijay Merchant (Bombay) (389)

Most wickets
  
A.G. Ram Singh (Madras) (22)

Administrator
  
Board of Control for Cricket in India

Similar
  
1994–95 Ranji Trophy, 2015–16 Ranji Trophy, 2016–17 Ranji Trophy

The 1934–35 Ranji Trophy was the inaugural season of the Ranji Trophy. It was contested between 15 teams in four zones in a knockout format. Bombay defeated Northern India in the final.

Contents

Highlights

  • The first match of the competition was held on 4 November 1934 between Madras and Mysore at Chepauk. M. J. Gopalan of Madras bowled the first ball to N. Curtis.
  • Madras won the match by an innings and 23 runs five minutes before close on the first day. This is only first-class match in India to finish on the first day.
  • S. M. Hadi of Hyderabad hit the first century in Ranji Trophy. He scored 132* against Madras at Secunderabad.
  • George Abell of Northern India scored the first double hundred, 210, v Army. In the same innings, he was involved in a stand of 304 with Ahmed Raza.
  • Abell scored a century before lunch on the second day (24* to 128*), the first such instance in Ranji trophy.
  • Baqa Jilani took a hat-trick for Northern India v Southern Punjab in the semifinal at Amritsar.
  • Southern Punjab was all out for 22 in the same innings. This remained the lowest team total in Ranji Trophy till Hyderabad was out for 21 against Rajasthan in 2010/11.

    • Teams

    The team that won the zonal title is listed in bold. The teams are listed in the approximate order in which they finished in the zone.

    References

    1934–35 Ranji Trophy Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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