# 1954–55 Ranji Trophy

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 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| | | 17 Dec 1954 – Jullundur | 17 Dec 1954 – Jullundur |
| | | Eastern Punjab | 148 & 282/7 |
| 3 Dec 1954 – Delhi | 3 Dec 1954 – Delhi | | Eastern Punjab | 148 & 282/7 |
| 3 Dec 1954 – Delhi | 3 Dec 1954 – Delhi | Services | 405 |
| Services | 288 & 121/2 | Services | 405 |
| Delhi | 163 & 242 | | |

### East Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| 18 Dec 1954 – Cuttack | 18 Dec 1954 – Cuttack |
| Orissa | 58 & 126 |
| Orissa | 58 & 126 | 16 Jan 1955 – Calcutta | 16 Jan 1955 – Calcutta |
| Bengal | 329/4d | 16 Jan 1955 – Calcutta | 16 Jan 1955 – Calcutta |
| Bengal | 329/4d | Bengal | 309 & 421/9d |
| 11 Dec 1954 – Jorhat | 11 Dec 1954 – Jorhat | | Bengal | 309 & 421/9d |
| 11 Dec 1954 – Jorhat | 11 Dec 1954 – Jorhat | Bihar | 119 & 169/8 |
| Assam | 53 & 89 | Bihar | 119 & 169/8 |
| Bihar | 81 & 107 | | |

### Central Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| | | 15 Jan 1955 – Indore | 15 Jan 1955 – Indore |
| | | Holkar | 441 |
| 18 Dec 1954 – Banaras | 18 Dec 1954 – Banaras | | Holkar | 441 |
| 18 Dec 1954 – Banaras | 18 Dec 1954 – Banaras | Madhya Pradesh | 161 & 100 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 211 & 70/1 | Madhya Pradesh | 161 & 100 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 251 & 123/5d | | |

### West Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 |
| 18 Dec 1954 – Ahmedabad | 18 Dec 1954 – Ahmedabad | | |
| Gujarat | 354 | | |
| Gujarat | 354 | 22 Jan 1955 – Baroda | 22 Jan 1955 – Baroda | |
| Baroda | 413/4 | 22 Jan 1955 – Baroda | 22 Jan 1955 – Baroda |
| Baroda | 413/4 | Baroda | 284/3 |
| | | Bombay | 258 |
| | | | | 19 Feb 1955 – Baroda | 19 Feb 1955 – Baroda |
| | | | | Baroda | 373 |
| | | | | Maharashtra | 260 |
| | | 31 Jan 1955 – Rajkot | 31 Jan 1955 – Rajkot | | |
| | | Saurashtra | 160 & 245/5d | | |
| | | Maharashtra | 382 & 37/0 |

### South Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 |
| 2 Jan 1955 – Hyderabad | 2 Jan 1955 – Hyderabad | | |
| Hyderabad | 480/6d | | |
| Hyderabad | 480/6d | 21 Jan 1955 – Hyderabad | 21 Jan 1955 – Hyderabad | |
| Andhra | 128 & 245 | 21 Jan 1955 – Hyderabad | 21 Jan 1955 – Hyderabad |
| Andhra | 128 & 245 | Hyderabad | 288 & 144/3d |
| | | Mysore | 152 & 184/2 |
| | | | | 4 Feb 1955 – Hyderabad | 4 Feb 1955 – Hyderabad |
| | | | | Hyderabad | 274 & 131/5 |
| | | | | Madras | 331 & 172/6d |
| | | 18 Dec 1954 – Ernakulam | 18 Dec 1954 – Ernakulam | | |
| | | Travancore-Cochin | 247 & 141/6 | | |
| | | Madras | 414/9d |

## Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| | | 5 Mar 1955 – Indore | 5 Mar 1955 – Indore | | |
| | | Holkar | 492 | |
| | | Baroda | 412 | |
| | | | | | 2 Apr 1955 – Indore | 2 Apr 1955 – Indore |
| | | | | | Holkar | 417 & 326 |
| | | | | | Madras | 478 & 311 |
| | | 7 Mar 1955 – Madras | 7 Mar 1955 – Madras | | | |
| | | Madras | 347 & 139 | | | |
| 11 Feb 1955 – Delhi | 11 Feb 1955 – Delhi | | Madras | 347 & 139 | | |
| 11 Feb 1955 – Delhi | 11 Feb 1955 – Delhi | Bengal | 174 & 155 | |
| Services | 312 | Bengal | 174 & 155 | |
| Bengal | 364 | | | |

### Final

* 2–6 April 1955 Scorecard
* 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