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.

1954–55 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Madras (1st title)
Participants	20
Most runs	A. G. Kripal Singh (Madras) (636)[1]
Most wickets	M. K. Murugesh (Madras) (23)[2]
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

The First Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy Triumph Team of 1954–1955.

Zonal Matches

North Zone

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

East Zone

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

Central Zone

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

West Zone

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

South Zone

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

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

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

Final

2–6 April 1955 Scorecard

Madras	v	Holkar (H)
478 (143.2 overs) C. D. Gopinath 133 Hiralal Gaekwad 4/137		417 (171.5 overs) Narayan Nivsarkar 85 M. K. Murugesh 3/97
311 (105.1 overs) A. G. Kripal Singh 91 V. P. Dixit 3/50		326 (80.2 overs) Chandu Sarwate 56 M. K. Murugesh 5/114

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

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