# 1944–45 Ranji Trophy

The 1944–45 Ranji Trophy was the 11th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Holkar in the final.

## Highlights

* Rusi Modi of Bombay scored 1008 runs in the season. He played five matches and averaged 201.60. No other batsman would score even 900 in a season until W. V. Raman made 1018 runs in 1988–89 by which time teams played more matches.
   * Modi scored hundreds in each of the five matches. His scores were 160, 210, 245* & 31*, 113 and 98 & 151 in the final. He had scored 168 and 128 in the last two matches of the 1943-44 season, thus scoring hundreds in five consecutive innings and seven consecutive matches in Ranji Trophy.
   * Modi's five centuries in a season was another record. As of 2021, only V. V. S. Laxman (eight hundreds in 1999–00), Kedar Jadhav (six in 2013–14) and Milind Kumar (six in 2018–19) have made more hundreds in a season.
* C. S. Nayudu of Holkar bowled 917 balls in the final, a record in all first class cricket.

## Zonal Matches
### West Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | | Round 3 | Round 3 |
| 9 Dec 1944 – Poona | 9 Dec 1944 – Poona | | | |
| Maharashtra | 372 & 363 | | | |
| Maharashtra | 372 & 363 | 16 Dec 1944 – Poona | 16 Dec 1944 – Poona | | |
| Nawanagar | 131 & 115 | 16 Dec 1944 – Poona | 16 Dec 1944 – Poona | |
| Nawanagar | 131 & 115 | Maharashtra | 205 & 267 | |
| | | Baroda | 314 & 512/3 | |
| | | | | | 27 Jan 1945 – Baroda | 27 Jan 1945 – Baroda |
| | | | | | Baroda | 151 & 390 |
| 3 Nov 1944 – Karachi | 3 Nov 1944 – Karachi | | | | | Baroda | 151 & 390 |
| 3 Nov 1944 – Karachi | 3 Nov 1944 – Karachi | | | | Bombay | 468 & 74/3 |
| Sind | 264 & 244/4d | | | | Bombay | 468 & 74/3 |
| Sind | 264 & 244/4d | 30 Dec 1944 – Bombay | 30 Dec 1944 – Bombay | | | |
| Bombay | 432 & 16/1 | 30 Dec 1944 – Bombay | 30 Dec 1944 – Bombay | | | |
| Bombay | 432 & 16/1 | Bombay | 592/6d | | | |
| 15 Dec 1944 – Ahmedabad | 15 Dec 1944 – Ahmedabad | | Bombay | 592/6d | | | |
| 15 Dec 1944 – Ahmedabad | 15 Dec 1944 – Ahmedabad | Western India | 188 & 92 | |
| Gujarat | 140 & 155 | Western India | 188 & 92 | |
| Western India | 224 & 271 | | | |

### North Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| 9 Dec 1944 – Lahore | 9 Dec 1944 – Lahore |
| Northern India | 358 |
| Northern India | 358 | 26 Jan 1945 – Lahore | 26 Jan 1945 – Lahore |
| Delhi | 52 & 86 | 26 Jan 1945 – Lahore | 26 Jan 1945 – Lahore |
| Delhi | 52 & 86 | Northern India | 449 & 298/7d |
| | | Southern Punjab | 293 & 92 |

### East Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| 15 Dec 1944 – Jamshedpur | 15 Dec 1944 – Jamshedpur |
| Bihar | 158 & 91 |
| Bihar | 158 & 91 | 18 Jan 1945 – Indore | 18 Jan 1945 – Indore |
| Holkar | 389 | 18 Jan 1945 – Indore | 18 Jan 1945 – Indore |
| Holkar | 389 | Holkar | 538 |
| 9 Dec 1944 – Calcutta | 9 Dec 1944 – Calcutta | | Holkar | 538 |
| 9 Dec 1944 – Calcutta | 9 Dec 1944 – Calcutta | Bengal | 64 & 176 |
| Bengal | 248 & 157 | Bengal | 64 & 176 |
| United Provinces | 176 & 154 | | |

### South Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| 24 Dec 1944 – Madras | 24 Dec 1944 – Madras |
| Madras | 188 & 233 |
| Madras | 188 & 233 | 20 Jan 1945 – Madras | 20 Jan 1945 – Madras |
| Hyderabad | 192 & 176 | 20 Jan 1945 – Madras | 20 Jan 1945 – Madras |
| Hyderabad | 192 & 176 | Madras | 363 |
| | | Mysore | 78 & 159 |

## Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 16 Feb 1945 – Bombay | 16 Feb 1945 – Bombay |
| Bombay | 620 & 58/0 |
| Bombay | 620 & 58/0 | 4 Mar 1945 – Bombay | 4 Mar 1945 – Bombay |
| Northern India | 363 & 312 | 4 Mar 1945 – Bombay | 4 Mar 1945 – Bombay |
| Northern India | 363 & 312 | Bombay | 462 & 764 |
| 17 Feb 1945 – Madras | 17 Feb 1945 – Madras | | Bombay | 462 & 764 |
| 17 Feb 1945 – Madras | 17 Feb 1945 – Madras | Holkar | 360 & 492 |
| Madras | 254 & 158 | Holkar | 360 & 492 |
| Holkar | 403 & 11/0 | | |

## Final

* 4–9 March 1945 Scorecard
* Bombay won by 374 runs Brabourne Stadium, Bombay Umpires: M. G. Bhave and T. A. Ramachandran
* Bombay won the toss and decided to bat
* Timeless match that lasted for six days

## Scorecards and averages

* CricketArchive