First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

MAHARASHTRA v NORTHERN INDIA Played at Poona Club Ground, February 22, 23, 24, 25, 1941. Match drawn. MAHARASHTRA 1 R.V.Bhajekar b Habibullah 120 2 S.W.Sohoni c Gul Mohammad b Habibullah 68 3 M.M.Naidu b Habibullah 3 4 R.B.Nimbalkar b Agha Sarfraz 0 5 V.S.Hazare c sub (Ahmed Saeed) b Gul Mohammad 65 6 C.T.Sarwate b Mohammad Ramzan 63 7 *D.B.Deodhar b Gul Mohammad 196 8 †Y.N.Gokhale b Gul Mohammad 75 9 K.M.Jadhav c sub (Ahmed Saeed) b Agha Sarfraz 115 10 Raja of Jath not out 27 11 M.K.Patwardhan lbw b Habibullah 10 Extras 56 —— 798 FoW (1): 1-158 (2), 2-164 (3), 3-165 (4), 4-277 (5), 5-277 (1), 6-430 (6), 7-601 (8), 8-733 (7), 9-764 (9), 10-798 (11) NORTHERN INDIA 1 D.Jagdish Lal b Hazare 5 2 Nazar Mohammad b Hazare 21 3 Amir Hussain c Gokhale b Sarwate 12 4 *R.P.Mehra not out 209 5 Gul Mohammad b Sarwate 1 6 Mohammad Sharif b Hazare 118 7 †Anwar Hussain c Nimbalkar b Sarwate 25 8 Agha Sarfraz b Sarwate 11 9 Ahmed Khan b Patwardhan 16 10 Habibullah c sub (B.J.Mohoni) b Sohoni 0 11 Mohammad Ramzan c Jadhav b Sohoni 4 Extras 20 —— 442 FoW (1): 1-11 (1), 2-30 (2), 3-69 (3), 4-81 (5), 5-298 (6), 6-353 (7), 7-374 (8), 8-427 (9), 9-436 (10), 10-442 (11) Northern India Bowling O M R W Mohammad Ramzan 41 14 103 1 Amir Hussain 14 4 41 0 Ahmed Khan 44 10 80 0 Agha Sarfraz 45 11 149 2 Habibullah 70.5 19 174 4 Gul Mohammad 26 5 122 3 Mohammad Sharif 14 0 46 0 Nazar Mohammad 8 1 17 0 Mehra 1 0 10 0 Maharashtra Bowling O M R W Patwardhan 37 17 47 1 Hazare 42 7 116 3 Sohoni 24.5 4 70 2 Sarwate 46 19 69 4 Jadhav 17 4 44 0 Jath 14 0 49 0 Bhajekar 2 0 13 0 Deodhar 8 3 14 0 Umpires: Toss: Maharashtra Close of Play: 1st day: Maharashtra (1) 277-4 (Bhajekar 120*, Sarwate 0*); 2nd day: Maharashtra (1) 612-7 (Deodhar 164*, Jadhav 16*); 3rd day: Northern India (1) 188-4 (Mehra 69*, Mohammad Sharif 66*). The match was scheduled for three days but extended to four. R.V.Bhajekar’s 120 took 310 minutes and included 15 fours. D.B.Deodhar’s 196 took 390 minutes and included 24 fours. K.M.Jadhav’s 115 took 115 minutes and included 16 fours and 1 six. R.P.Mehra’s 209 took 456 minutes and included 17 fours. Mohammad Sharif’s 118 took 313 minutes and included 12 fours. R.V.Bhajekar kept wicket from 40 minutes after lunch on the fourth day when Y.N.Gokhale injured a finger. 109