1935–36 Ranji Trophy
Dates | 30 November 1935 – 31 March 1936 |
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Administrator(s) | BCCI |
Cricket format | First-class |
Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
Champions | Bombay (2nd title) |
Participants | 16 |
Matches | 16 |
Most runs | S. M. Kadri (Bombay) (515)[1] |
Most wickets | A. G. Ram Singh (Madras) (28)[2] |
Official website | http://www.bcci.tv |
The 1935–36 Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji, known as Ranji.[3]
Matches were played from 4 November 1934 to 12 March 1935 and a total of 16 state and city teams participated. Of the original 15, the
Madras
by 190 runs in the final.
Teams
Although the tournament ran in a knockout format, the
Army team
did not participate. The sixteen teams are listed alphabetically by zone and the sides that won each zonal title are in bold.
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Highlights
- Although the Rajputanamade their tournament debuts.
- S. M. Kadri scored hundreds in both innings for Bombay against Western India.[4]
Zonal Matches
East Zone
Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
19 Dec 1935 – Calcutta | ||||||
Bengal | 162 & 356/6d | |||||
18 Jan 1936 – Calcutta | ||||||
Central Provinces and Berar | 105 & 171 | |||||
Central India | 200 & 195/5 | |||||
Rajputana | 149 & 264/7d | |||||
North Zone
Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
12 Feb 1936 – Delhi | ||||||
United Provinces | 230 & 195/6 | |||||
19 Feb 1936 – Delhi | ||||||
Southern Punjab | 169 & 280/5d | |||||
United Provinces | 208 & 213 | |||||
15 Feb 1936 – Delhi | ||||||
Northern India | 452 | |||||
Delhi | 124 & 44/2 | |||||
Northern India | 206 & 255 | |||||
South Zone
Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
30 Nov 1935 – Bangalore | ||||||
Madras | 275 & 131 | |||||
Madras | 263 & 123/4 | |||||
Hyderabad | 268 & 109 | |||||
West Zone
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
13 Dec 1935 – Poona | ||||||||||
Western India | 348 & 154 | |||||||||
Gujarat | 144 & 104 | |||||||||
20 Dec 1935 – Poona | ||||||||||
Bombay | 243 & 484 | |||||||||
Bombay | 308 & 295 | |||||||||
Bombay | 369 & 105/2 | |||||||||
Sind | 230 & 329/7d | |||||||||
Inter-Zonal Knockout Stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
14 Feb 1936 – Madras | ||||||
Madras | 195 & 158 | |||||
27 Mar 1936 – Delhi | ||||||
Bengal | 144 & 118 | |||||
Madras | 268 & 125 | |||||
20 Mar 1936 – Delhi | ||||||
Bombay | 384 & 199 | |||||
Bombay | 170 & 223 | |||||
Northern India | 140 & 241 | |||||
Final
27–31 Mar 1936
Scorecard |
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384 (144.1 overs)
Ahmed Baporia 90 M. A. Uttappa 4/70 |
268 (108 overs)
A. V. Krishnaswamy 77 Bomanji Kalapesi 5/92 | |
- Bombay won the toss and elected to field
- The match was played in a neutral ground.
References
- ^ Most runs. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2023. (subscription required)
- ^ Most wickets. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2023. (subscription required)
- ^ Mathew, Joshua (5 February 2019). "Ranji Trophy: 85 years, and counting". The Week. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ Bombay v Western India. CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2023. (subscription required)