1950–51 Ranji Trophy

The 1950–51 Ranji Trophy was the 17th season of the Ranji Trophy. Holkar won the title defeating Gujarat in the final.

1950–51 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Holkar (3rd title)
Participants	20
Most runs	Chandu Sarwate (Holkar) (699)[1]
Most wickets	Iqbal Karan (Services) (33)[2]
← 1949–50 1951–52 →

Zonal Matches

East Zone

	Round 1				Round 2				Round 3
	9 Dec 1950 – Cuttack
	Orissa	121 & 128
					27 Jan 1951 – Jamshedpur
	Bihar	443
					Bihar	152 & 362
					Bengal	171 & 493
									16 Feb 1951 – Calcutta
									Bengal	447
	6 Jan 1951 – Dehradun
									Holkar	515 & 153/1
	Uttar Pradesh	451/5d
					10 Jan 1951 – Dehradun
	Assam	175 & 68
					Uttar Pradesh	90 & 70/5
					Holkar	248 & 501

South Zone

	Round 1				Round 2
	22 Dec 1950 – Nagpur
	Madhya Pradesh	151 & 226
					26 Jan 1951 – Hyderabad
	Hyderabad	308 & 73/7
					Hyderabad	353 & 125/3
	19 Dec 1950 – Bangalore
					Madras	161 & 316
	Mysore	325 & 312/8d
	Madras	463 & 110/3

North Zone

	Round 1				Round 2				Round 3
					26 Dec 1950 – Patiala
					Southern Punjab	370 & 132/3
					Rajputana	100 & 398
									27 Jan 1951 – Patiala
									Southern Punjab	302 & 219
									Services	536
					6 Jan 1951 – Delhi
					Delhi	141 & 233
	9 Dec 1950 – Amritsar
					Services	412/8d
	Eastern Punjab	131 & 199
	Services	282 & 52/0

West Zone

	Round 1				Round 2				Round 3
					10 Jan 1951 – Ahmedabad
					Gujarat	190 & 56/4
	18 Dec 1950 – Rajkot
					Baroda	98 & 147
	Saurashtra	211 & 164
									24 Feb 1951 – Ahmedabad
	Baroda	402
									Gujarat	505
									Bombay	229 & 110
					22 Dec 1950 – Bombay
					Bombay	725/8d
					Maharashtra	195 & 341/6

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 Feb 1951 – Indore
	Holkar	757
					17 Mar 1951 – Indore
	Hyderabad	277 & 274
					Holkar	429 & 443
	10 Mar 1951 – Ahmedabad
					Gujarat	327 & 356
	Gujarat	429
	Services	134 & 129

Semi-final

1st Semi-final

26 February – 1 March 1951 Scorecard

Hyderabad	v	Holkar (H)
277 (106.2 overs) Ali Hussain 121 Arjun Naidu 4/48 (17.2 overs)		757 (232.3 overs) Khandu Rangnekar 217 Ghulam Ahmed 4/245 (92.3 overs)
274 (93.3 overs) Ali Hussain 70 Arjun Naidu 4/91 (29 overs)

Holkar won by an innings 206 runs Yeshwant Club Ground, Indore

2nd Semi-final

10–13 March 1951 Scorecard

Gujarat (H)	v	Services
429 (142.3 overs) Gogumal Kishenchand 160 Inderjit Barhoke 4/87 (29.3 overs)		134 (57.5 overs) Maurice Cohen 36 Jasu Patel 8/53 (17.5 overs)
		129 (49.3 overs) V. M. Muddiah 37 Jasu Patel 5/28 (11 overs)

Gujarat won by an innings and 166 runs Police Parade Ground, Ahmedabad

• Gogumal Kishenchand (Gujarat) and Hemu Adhikari (Services) passed 4,000 and 5,000 runs respectively in first-class cricket.^[3]

Final

17–21 March 1951 Scorecard

Holkar (H)	v	Gujarat
429 (137.5 overs) Mushtaq Ali 187 Vinoo Mankad 6/132 (45.5 overs)		327 (138 overs) Gogumal Kishenchand 98 Arjun Naidu 4/96 (36 overs)
443 (185 overs) Chandu Sarwate 234 Vinoo Mankad 4/135 (64 overs)		356 (105 overs) Jasu Patel 152 Hiralal Gaekwad 4/109 (35 overs)

Holkar won by 189 runs Yeshwant Club Ground, Indore Umpires: Bapu Joshi and M. M. Naidu

• Gujarat won the toss and decided to field.

Scorecards and averages

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