# 1941–42 Ranji Trophy

The 1941–42 Ranji Trophy was the eighth season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay regained the title after six years defeating Mysore.

## Highlights

* A. G. Ram Singh took his 100th Ranji wicket in the match between Madras and Hyderabad and completed 1,000 runs in the next match between Madras and United Provinces. He was the second player to complete this double in Ranji Trophy after Amar Singh in 1939–40
* Northern India defeated North West Frontier Province by an innings and 405 runs. It was the biggest margin of win in Ranji Trophy at the time. The present record is innings and 472 runs by Assam v Tripura in 1991/92.
* In their first innings of the season, the defending champion Maharashtra was bowled out for 39 by Nawanagar with Shute Banerjee taking 8 wickets for 25 runs.
* Future Test cricketer Putu Chowdhury took 11 wickets on his first class debut, for Bihar v Bengal. Bihar lost the match on a first innings deficit of 1 run.
* Madhav Mantri, making his debut as wicket-keeper for Bombay in semifinal, claimed 9 wickets, including five stumpings.

## Zonal Matches
### West Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | | Round 3 | Round 3 |
| 15 Nov 1941 – Jamnagar | 15 Nov 1941 – Jamnagar | | | |
| Nawanagar | 159 & 73/2 | | | |
| Nawanagar | 159 & 73/2 | 29 Nov 1941 – Jamnagar | 29 Nov 1941 – Jamnagar | | |
| Maharashtra | 39 & 189 | 29 Nov 1941 – Jamnagar | 29 Nov 1941 – Jamnagar | |
| Maharashtra | 39 & 189 | Nawanagar | 284 & 48/2 | |
| 8 Nov 1941 – Bombay | 8 Nov 1941 – Bombay | | Nawanagar | 284 & 48/2 | |
| 8 Nov 1941 – Bombay | 8 Nov 1941 – Bombay | Bombay | 462/8d | |
| Bombay | 462 | Bombay | 462/8d | |
| Bombay | 462 | | | | 29 Dec 1941 – Bombay | 29 Dec 1941 – Bombay |
| Western India | 95 & 167 | | | | 29 Dec 1941 – Bombay | 29 Dec 1941 – Bombay |
| Western India | 95 & 167 | | | | Bombay | 405 |
| | | | | | Sind | 326 |
| | | 6 Dec 1941 – Karachi | 6 Dec 1941 – Karachi | | | |
| | | Sind | 237 & 68/2 | | | |
| 8 Nov 1941 – Baroda | 8 Nov 1941 – Baroda | | Sind | 237 & 68/2 | | |
| 8 Nov 1941 – Baroda | 8 Nov 1941 – Baroda | Baroda | 178 & 126 | |
| Baroda | 312 & 257/6d | Baroda | 178 & 126 | |
| Gujarat | 150 & 23/2 | | | |

### East Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| 8 Nov 1941 – Indore | 8 Nov 1941 – Indore |
| Holkar | 246 & 169/3 |
| Holkar | 246 & 169/3 | 10 Jan 1942 – Benaras | 10 Jan 1942 – Benaras |
| United Provinces | 307 & 192 | 10 Jan 1942 – Benaras | 10 Jan 1942 – Benaras |
| United Provinces | 307 & 192 | United Provinces | 426 |
| 7 Dec 1941— Jamshedpur | 7 Dec 1941— Jamshedpur | | United Provinces | 426 |
| 7 Dec 1941— Jamshedpur | 7 Dec 1941— Jamshedpur | Bengal | 473 |
| Bihar | 262 & 37/1 | Bengal | 473 |
| Bengal | 263 & 294 | | |

### South Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| 29 Nov 1941 – Bangalore | 29 Nov 1941 – Bangalore |
| Mysore | 199 & 352 |
| Mysore | 199 & 352 | 31 Dec 1941 – Bangalore | 31 Dec 1941 – Bangalore |
| Hyderabad | 169 & 271 | 31 Dec 1941 – Bangalore | 31 Dec 1941 – Bangalore |
| Hyderabad | 169 & 271 | Mysore | 147 & 246 |
| 29 Nov 1941 – Nagpur | 29 Nov 1941 – Nagpur | | Mysore | 147 & 246 |
| 29 Nov 1941 – Nagpur | 29 Nov 1941 – Nagpur | Madras | 154 & 217 |
| Central Provinces and Berar | 192 & 128 | Madras | 154 & 217 |
| Madras | 217 & 104/6 | | |

### North Zone

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| 6 Dec 1941 – Lahore | 6 Dec 1941 – Lahore |
| Northern India | 613/7d |
| Northern India | 613/7d | 27 Dec 1941 – Lahore | 27 Dec 1941 – Lahore |
| North West Frontier Province | 90 & 118 | 27 Dec 1941 – Lahore | 27 Dec 1941 – Lahore |
| North West Frontier Province | 90 & 118 | Northern India | 285 & 128 |
| | | Southern Punjab | 158 & 181 |

## Inter-Zonal Knockout Stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 13 Feb 1942 - Lahore | 13 Feb 1942 - Lahore |
| Northern India | 211 & 225 |
| Northern India | 211 & 225 | 7 Mar 1942 – Bombay | 7 Mar 1942 – Bombay |
| Bombay | 257 & 184/3 | 7 Mar 1942 – Bombay | 7 Mar 1942 – Bombay |
| Bombay | 257 & 184/3 | Bombay | 506/9d |
| 31 Jan 1942 – Calcutta | 31 Jan 1942 – Calcutta | | Bombay | 506/9d |
| 31 Jan 1942 – Calcutta | 31 Jan 1942 – Calcutta | Mysore | 68 & 157 |
| Bengal | 279 & 219 | Mysore | 68 & 157 |
| Mysore | 307 & 208 | | |

### 1st Semi-final

* 31 January – 3 February 1942 1st Semi-final Scorecard
* Mysore won by 17 runs Eden Gardens, Calcutta

### 2nd Semi-final

* 13–16 February 1942 Scorecard
* Bombay won by 7 wickets Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore

### Final

* 7–9 Mar 1942 Scorecard
* Bombay won by an innings and 281 runs Brabourne Stadium, Bombay Umpires: MG Bhave and T. A. Ramachandran
* Mysore won the toss and elected to bat.
* GM Rajasekhar (Mysore) made his first-class debut.

## Scorecards and averages

* CricketArchive