First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

MAHARAJA OF PATIALA’S XI v V.M.MERCHANT’S XI Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, March 15, 16, 17, 18, 1947. V.M.Merchant’s XI won by 29 runs. V.M.MERCHANT’S XI 1 *M.H.Mankad c Maka b Rangachari 6 lbw b Nayudu 23 2 †P.K.Sen lbw b Nayudu 31 run out 27 3 R.S.Modi c Maka b Sarwate 168 lbw b Rangachari 97 4 G.Kishenchand b Sohoni 32 b Sarwate 35 5 Gul Mohammad b Sohoni 0 c Maka b Rangachari 65 6 H.R.Adhikari c Amarnath b Sohoni 3 c Maka b Ghulam Ahmed 8 7 Imtiaz Ahmed b Rangachari 0 b Sarwate 3 8 Fazal Mahmood lbw b Rangachari 0 absent 0 9 Amir Elahi b Amarnath 47 (8) b Sarwate 9 10 S.G.Shinde not out 50 (9) not out 1 11 N.R.Chowdhury b Sarwate 0 (10) c Maka b Sarwate 1 Extras 11 6 —— —— 348 275 FoW (1): 1- (1), 2-66 (2), 3-130 (4), 4-130 (5), 5-142 (6), 6-142 (7), 7-145 (8), 8-247 (9), 9-348 (3), 10-348 (11) FoW (2): 1-50 (1), 2-50 (2), 3-120 (4), 4-244 (5), 5-257 (3), 6-261 (7), 7-270 (8), 8-270 (6), 9-275 (10) MAHARAJA OF PATIALA’S XI 1 M.R.Rege b Fazal Mahmood 1 c Sen b Gul Mohammad 10 2 C.T.Sarwate b Chowdhury 0 b Mankad 80 3 †E.S.Maka lbw b Fazal Mahmood 1 (9) c Imtiaz Ahmed b Amir Elahi 21 4 N.C.Chatterjee c Fazal Mahmood b Shinde 30 (3) c Adhikari b Gul Mohammad 0 5 S.W.Sohoni c Mankad b Fazal Mahmood 0 (7) b Mankad 0 6 K.M.Rangnekar lbw b Fazal Mahmood 31 (5) lbw b Shinde 4 7 K.Rai Singh lbw b Fazal Mahmood 4 (6) c Imtiaz Ahmed b Mankad 158 8 *L.Amarnath lbw b Amir Elahi 36 (4) lbw b Shinde 59 9 C.S.Nayudu c Gul Mohammad b Amir Elahi 57 (8) c Adhikari b Gul Mohammad 40 10 C.R.Rangachari c Mankad b Amir Elahi 27 c Sen b Amir Elahi 3 11 Ghulam Ahmed not out 0 not out 5 Extras 12 15 —— —— 199 395 FoW (1): 1-1 (2), 2-1 (1), 3-3 (3), 4-3 (5), 5-43 (6), 6-51 (7), 7-99 (4), 8-112 (8), 9-199 (9), 10-199 (10) FoW (2): 1-14 (1), 2-14 (3), 3-88 (4), 4-92 (5), 5-248 (2), 6-248 (7), 7-327 (8), 8-373 (9), 9-379 (10), 10-395 (6) Patiala’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Sohoni 14 2 65 3 8 0 45 0 Rangachari 13 1 74 3 7 0 39 2 Sarwate 9 1 45 2 6.2 0 27 4 Nayudu 15 1 70 1 11 0 66 1 Amarnath 8 0 32 1 10 1 38 0 Rege 2 0 21 0 Ghulam Ahmed 7 0 30 0 (6) 15 1 54 1 V.M.Merchant’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Chowdhury 6 0 27 1 Fazal Mahmood 11 4 45 5 Shinde 12 1 47 1 (1) 14 1 69 2 Amir Elahi 14 1 57 3 (2) 24 1 130 2 Mankad 5 1 11 0 (3) 14.2 3 62 3 Gul Mohammad (4) 11 0 41 3 Modi (5) 3 0 14 0 Adhikari (6) 3 0 16 0 Kishenchand (7) 6 0 48 0 Umpires: Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Maharaja of Patiala’s XI (1) 3-3 (Chatterjee 0*); 2nd day: V.M.Merchant’s XI (2) 131-3 (Modi 41*, Gul Mohammad 3*); 3rd day: Maharaja of Patiala’s XI (2) 281-6 (Rai Singh 104*, Nayudu 14*). R.S.Modi’s 168 took 245 minutes and included 15 fours. K.Rai Singh’s 158 included 15 fours and 3 sixes. Gul Mohammad kept wicket after tea on day 3. 103