First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

INDIAN XI v CEYLON Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, December 31, 1940, January 1, 2, 1941. Indian XI won by an innings and 110 runs. CEYLON 1 W.L.Mendis c Deodhar b Nayudu 42 c Adhikari b Hazare 1 2 J.E.Pulle b Saeed Ahmed 3 b Hazare 9 3 G.J.D.Gooneratne b Saeed Ahmed 96 b Nayudu 29 4 R.A.K.Solomons b Chippa 1 b Chippa 22 5 *S.S.Jayawickreme st Engineer b Chippa 3 (7) b Hazare 0 6 A.H.Gooneratne run out 6 (5) b Sohoni 37 7 F.W.E.Porritt b Chippa 19 (6) b Hazare 10 8 A.M.H.Kelaart c Engineer b Chippa 0 st Engineer b Nayudu 13 9 M.O.Gooneratne b Saeed Ahmed 22 c Deodhar b Nayudu 0 10 †B.Navaratne not out 23 c Deodhar b Sohoni 0 11 D.S.Jayasundera b Chippa 8 not out 0 Extras 11 13 —— —— 234 134 FoW (1): 1-11 (2), 2-82 (1), 3-85 (4), 4-91 (5), 5-113 (6), 6-154 (7), 7-158 (8), 8-201 (9), 9-206 (3), 10-234 (11) FoW (2): 1-2 (1), 2-32 (2), 3-56 (3), 4-80 (4), 5-115 (6), 6-115 (7), 7-134 (8), 8-134 (5), 9-134 (9), 10-134 (10) INDIAN XI 1 V.M.Merchant run out 137 2 S.W.Sohoni b Porritt 18 3 H.R.Adhikari lbw b Jayasundera 90 4 V.S.Hazare b Jayasundera 13 5 *D.B.Deodhar c and b Porritt 69 6 K.M.Rangnekar c Mendis b Porritt 117 7 C.S.Nayudu c A.H.Gooneratne b Kelaart 18 8 K.C.Ibrahim not out 0 9 Saeed Ahmed 10 U.R.Chippa 11 †M.P.Engineer Extras 16 —— (7 wickets, declared) 478 FoW (1): 1-52 (2), 2-245 (1), 3-253 (3), 4-288 (4), 5-448 (5), 6-475 (7), 7-478 (6) Indian XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Saeed Ahmed 19 3 49 3 4 1 15 0 Hazare 14 3 48 0 16 5 34 4 Nayudu 26 5 58 1 11 1 32 3 Sohoni 10 2 30 0 7.1 1 22 2 Chippa 17.4 2 38 5 14 7 18 1 Ceylon Bowling O M R W Jayasundera 15 1 50 2 Kelaart 30 6 90 1 Jayawickreme 5 0 39 0 M.O.Gooneratne 17 1 74 0 Porritt 21.2 0 107 3 A.H.Gooneratne 5 0 31 0 G.J.D.Gooneratne 9 0 33 0 Solomons 9 1 38 0 Umpires: D.K.Naik and Vali Ahmed. Toss: Ceylon Close of Play: 1st day: Indian XI (1) 82-1 (Merchant 52*, Adhikari 9*); 2nd day: Ceylon (2) 113-4 (A.H.Gooneratne 30*, Porritt 9*). V.M.Merchant’s 137 took 165 minutes and included 16 fours. K.M.Rangnekar’s 117 took 107 minutes and included 11 fours. 90