First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

WESTERN INDIA STATES v REST OF INDIA Played at Poona Club Ground, February 5, 6, 7, 8, 1944. Match drawn. WESTERN INDIA STATES 1 S.Mushtaq Ali b Sarwate 54 (4) st Hindlekar b Modi 3 2 Prithviraj c Modi b Banerjee 2 (1) c Deodhar b Sohoni 27 3 H.R.Adhikari c Hindlekar b Banerjee 3 (2) b Modi 14 4 V.S.Hazare b Sohoni 223 (6) b Modi 87 5 G.Kishenchand c Hindlekar b Sohoni 63 (3) c Hindlekar b Sohoni 1 6 C.K.Nayudu st Hindlekar b Sarwate 19 (5) b Sohoni 5 7 *Nawab of Pataudi b Sarwate 8 (8) b Sarwate 29 8 R.K.Indravijaysinhji b Shinde 52 (7) c Deodhar b Raiji 38 9 Amir Elahi retired hurt 18 M.N.Paranjpe (11) c Sarwate b Shinde 28 10 Mubarak Ali b Shinde 15 (9) st Hindlekar b Raiji 16 11 †D.S.Doctor not out 5 (10) not out 18 Extras 15 14 —— —— 477 280 FoW (1): 1-19 (2), 2-54 (3), 3-108 (1), 4-224 (5), 5-256 (6), 6-290 (7), 7-395 (8), 8-447 (4), 9-477 (10) FoW (2): 1-40 (2), 2-41 (3), 3-44 (4), 4-49 (5), 5-56 (1), 6-129 (7), 7-187 (8), 8-217 (9), 9-226 (6), 10-280 (11) REST OF INDIA 1 †D.D.Hindlekar b Hazare 56 2 S.W.Sohoni b Mubarak Ali 3 (1) b Mubarak Ali 0 3 C.T.Sarwate c Doctor b Mushtaq Ali 95 4 R.S.Modi c Doctor b Mubarak Ali 35 5 *D.B.Deodhar c Mubarak Ali b Mushtaq Ali 0 (3) not out 75 6 K.M.Rangnekar b Mubarak Ali 17 (2) c and b Mushtaq Ali 25 7 K.C.Ibrahim c Hazare b Mubarak Ali 55 (4) c Indravijaysinhji b Nayudu 18 8 R.S.Cooper c Hazare b Nayudu 122 (7) not out 8 9 S.N.Banerjee c Nayudu b Mubarak Ali 109 10 V.M.Merchant M.N.Raiji lbw b Nayudu 19 (6) b Adhikari 7 11 S.G.Shinde not out 16 (5) st Doctor b Nayudu 15 Extras 11 3 —— —— 538 (5 wickets) 151 FoW (1): 1-7 (2), 2-117 (1), 3-189 (3), 4-191 (5), 5-210 (6), 6-211 (4), 7-323 (7), 8-441 (8), 9-484 (10), 10-538 (9) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-36 (2), 3-79 (4), 4-109 (5), 5-119 (6) Rest of India Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 29 2 114 2 Sohoni 24 2 120 2 (1) 20 4 72 3 Modi 7 0 29 0 (2) 11 2 29 3 Shinde 27.2 3 96 2 (3) 16.2 3 59 1 Sarwate 29 5 91 3 (4) 20 0 78 1 Rangnekar 3 0 9 0 (5) 1 0 2 0 Deodhar 2 0 3 0 Raiji (6) 11 0 26 2 Western India States Bowling O M R W O M R W Mubarak Ali 36.3 8 104 5 6 1 22 1 Hazare 43 18 90 1 Nayudu 55 7 161 2 (2) 12 0 66 2 Mushtaq Ali 45 5 118 2 (3) 9 1 24 1 Indravijaysinhji 3 1 9 0 Adhikari 14 3 33 0 (4) 8 0 36 1 Kishenchand 2 0 12 0 Umpires: J.R.Patel and Vali Ahmed. Toss: Western India States Close of Play: 1st day: Western India States (1) 398-7 (Hazare 184*, Amir Elahi 1*); 2nd day: Rest of India (1) 197-4 (Modi 34*, Rangnekar 4*); 3rd day: Western India States (2) 31-0 (Prithviraj 21*, Adhikari 9*). M.N.Raiji was a full substitute for Rest of India, replacing V.M.Merchant who was injured while attempting a catch from VS.Hazare during the first hour of play. M.N.Paranjpe was a full substitute for Western India States, replacing the injured Amir Elahi. V.S.Hazare’s 223 took 350 minutes and included 32 fours. R.S.Cooper’s 122 took 190 minutes and included 14 fours. S.N.Banerjee’s 109 took 150 minutes and included 10 fours. Amir Elahi retired hurt in the Western India States first innings having scored 18 (team had lost 8 wickets). He was struck in the face by a bouncer from S.W.Sohoni and then by a similar ball from S.N.Banerjee. This match was in aid of the Bengal Famine Relief Fund and the Patiala Memorial Fund. 203