First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

GUJARAT v WESTERN INDIA Played at Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad, December 15, 16, 17, 18, 1944. Western India won by 200 runs. WESTERN INDIA 1 †Prataprai c Cambhatta b Baloch 4 lbw b J.M.Patel 23 2 Jayantilal Vora c Prithviraj b Baloch 4 c Hazare b Chippa 11 3 Ramniklal b J.M.Patel 13 lbw b J.M.Patel 24 4 S.B.Gandhi c J.M.Patel b Chippa 33 run out 4 5 Purshottam b Baloch 22 c Cambhatta b J.M.Patel 0 6 *Sukhvantrai b Chippa 8 (8) lbw b Mankad 1 7 S.K.Girdhari lbw b Kesari 44 (6) c Baloch b Kesari 149 8 R.P.Rathod b Baloch 48 (7) b Baloch 30 9 Ismail c Prithviraj b Kesari 0 (10) c Alimuddin b Chippa 10 10 S.Nyalchand not out 19 (11) not out 3 11 Bhawanishankar lbw b Baloch 15 (9) lbw b J.M.Patel 1 Extras 14 15 —— —— 224 271 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-8, 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-224 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-271 GUJARAT 1 V.T.Parekh b Nyalchand 19 c Prataprai b Nyalchand 33 2 Alimuddin c Gandhi b Jayantilal Vora 54 b Nyalchand 14 3 Prithviraj lbw b Jayantilal Vora 3 (4) c Gandhi b Jayantilal Vora 14 4 P.N.Cambhatta b Jayantilal Vora 0 (8) lbw b Girdhari 7 5 *M.H.Mankad c Ismail b Jayantilal Vora 1 (3) lbw b Jayantilal Vora 19 6 K.P.Kesari b Nyalchand 1 (7) not out 22 7 B.G.Patel b Jayantilal Vora 21 (9) c and b Girdhari 1 8 M.S.Baloch c Girdhari b Nyalchand 1 (6) c Gandhi b Girdhari 15 9 †R.G.Hazare b Nyalchand 0 (5) st Prataprai b Nyalchand 7 10 U.R.Chippa not out 12 st Prataprai b Girdhari 0 11 J.M.Patel c Jayantilal Vora b Girdhari 4 st Prataprai b Girdhari 6 Extras 24 17 —— —— 140 155 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-140 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-155 Gujarat Bowling O M R W O M R W Baloch 35 10 74 5 26 6 70 1 Kesari 14 4 30 2 4.4 1 15 1 J.M.Patel 16 3 49 1 (4) 22 2 58 4 Mankad 7 2 22 0 (5) 19 1 43 1 Chippa 10 3 34 2 (3) 17 3 49 2 Alimuddin 1 0 1 0 Prithviraj (6) 1 0 21 0 Western India Bowling O M R W O M R W Gandhi 11 1 27 0 10 4 14 0 Jayantilal Vora 23 7 37 5 29 9 46 2 Girdhari 14 6 19 1 (4) 19.5 10 23 5 Nyalchand 23 7 33 4 (3) 36 13 48 3 Ismail (5) 4 1 7 0 Umpires: M.J.Abdulla and J.R.Patel. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Gujarat (1) 17-0 (Parekh 11*, Alimuddin 6*); 2nd day: Western India (2) 129-5 (Girdhari 37*, Rathod 19*); 3rd day: Gujarat (2) 96-4 (Hazare not out, Baloch not out). 43 runs were added for the 4th wicket in the Western India first innings. 49 runs were added for the 7th wicket in the Western India first innings. S.K.Girdhari took his score from 37* to 144* before lunch on the third day. 230