 The Ranji Trophy | |
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Baroda (1st title) |
| Participants | 13 |
| Matches | 12 |
| Most runs | Vijay Hazare (Baroda) (398) [1] |
| Most wickets | C. S. Nayudu (Baroda) (40) [2] |
The 1942–43 Ranji Trophy was the ninth season of the Ranji Trophy. Baroda won their first title defeating Hyderabad in the final. Only 13 teams took part, the lowest in the history of the Ranji Trophy. Teams like Bombay and Madras skipped the competition.
| Round 1 | ||
| 20 Nov 1942 – Ajmer | ||
| Rajputana | 180 & 207 | |
| Delhi | 124 & 113 | |
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
| 18 Dec 1942 – Karachi | ||||||||||
| Sind | 118 & 106 | |||||||||
| 28 Nov 1942 – Junagadh | ||||||||||
| Western India | 200 & 27/1 | |||||||||
| Western India | 462 | |||||||||
| 29 Jan 1943 – Rajkot | ||||||||||
| Nawanagar | 95 & 167 | |||||||||
| Western India | 168 & 208 | |||||||||
| Baroda | 245 & 135 | |||||||||
| 3 Jan 1943 – Baroda | ||||||||||
| Baroda | 308 & 186/2 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 262 & 224 | |||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 9 Jan 1943 – Lucknow | ||||||
| United Provinces | 212 & 178 | |||||
| 6 Feb 1943 – Indore | ||||||
| Holkar | 109 & 282/3 | |||||
| Holkar | 618 | |||||
| 12 Dec 1942— Calcutta | ||||||
| Bengal | 221 | |||||
| Bengal | 312 & 120/3 | |||||
| Bihar | 271 & 176 | |||||
| Round 1 | ||
| 9 Jan 1943 – Secunderabad | ||
| Hyderabad | 260 & 153 | |
| Mysore | 183 & 68 | |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 26 Feb 1943 – Secunderabad | ||||||
| Hyderabad | 355 & 277 | |||||
| 26 Mar 1943 – Secunderabad | ||||||
| Holkar | 268 & 177 | |||||
| Hyderabad | 215 & 107 | |||||
| 26 Feb 1943 – Baroda | ||||||
| Baroda | 308 & 321 | |||||
| Baroda | 543 | |||||
| Rajputana | 54 & 133 | |||||
26–30 Mar 1943 (timeless match) Scorecard |
v | Hyderabad (H) | |
107 (64.2 overs) Eddie Aibara 43 |
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