1954–55 Ranji Trophy

1954–55 Ranji Trophy
	The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Madras (1st title)
Participants	20
Most runs	A. G. Kripal Singh (Madras) (636)
Most wickets	M. K. Murugesh (Madras) (23)

The First Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy Triumph Team of 1954–1955.

The 1954–55 Ranji Trophy was the 21st season of the Ranji Trophy. Madras won the title defeating Holkar in the final.

Zonal Matches

North Zone

Round 1		Round 2




		17 Dec 1954 – Jullundur

		Eastern Punjab	148 & 282/7
3 Dec 1954 – Delhi
		Services	405
Services	288 & 121/2

Delhi	163 & 242

East Zone

Round 1		Round 2

18 Dec 1954 – Cuttack

Orissa	58 & 126
		16 Jan 1955 – Calcutta
Bengal	329/4d
		Bengal	309 & 421/9d
11 Dec 1954 – Jorhat
		Bihar	119 & 169/8
Assam	53 & 89

Bihar	81 & 107

Central Zone

Round 1		Round 2




		15 Jan 1955 – Indore

		Holkar	441
18 Dec 1954 – Banaras
		Madhya Pradesh	161 & 100
Uttar Pradesh	211 & 70/1

Madhya Pradesh	251 & 123/5d

West Zone

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3

18 Dec 1954 – Ahmedabad

Gujarat	354
		22 Jan 1955 – Baroda
Baroda	413/4
		Baroda	284/3

		Bombay	258

				19 Feb 1955 – Baroda

				Baroda	373

				Maharashtra	260

		31 Jan 1955 – Rajkot

		Saurashtra	160 & 245/5d

		Maharashtra	382 & 37/0

South Zone

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3

2 Jan 1955 – Hyderabad

Hyderabad	480/6d
		21 Jan 1955 – Hyderabad
Andhra	128 & 245
		Hyderabad	288 & 144/3d

		Mysore	152 & 184/2

				4 Feb 1955 – Hyderabad

				Hyderabad	274 & 131/5

				Madras	331 & 172/6d

		18 Dec 1954 – Ernakulam

		Travancore-Cochin	247 & 141/6

		Madras	414/9d

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final




		5 Mar 1955 – Indore

		Holkar	492

		Baroda	412

				2 Apr 1955 – Indore

				Holkar	417 & 326

				Madras	478 & 311

		7 Mar 1955 – Madras

		Madras	347 & 139
11 Feb 1955 – Delhi
		Bengal	174 & 155
Services	312

Bengal	364

Final

2–6 April 1955
Scorecard

Madras	v	Holkar (H)
478 (143.2 overs) C. D. Gopinath 133 Hiralal Gaekwad 4/137		417 (171.5 overs) Narayan Nivsarkar 85 M. K. Murugesh 3/97
311 (105.1 overs) A. G. Kripal Singh 91 V. P. Dixit 3/50		326 (80.2 overs) Chandu Sarwate 56 M. K. Murugesh 5/114

Madras won by 46 runs
Yeshwant Club Ground, Indore
Umpires: Dinkar Desai and Balkrishna Mohoni

Holkar won the toss and decided to field.

Scorecards and averages

CricketArchive

References

^ "Ranji Trophy, 1954/55 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
^ "Ranji Trophy, 1954/55 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.

[1] "Ranji Trophy, 1954/55 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.

[2] "Ranji Trophy, 1954/55 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.

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