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The 1934–35 Ranji Trophy was the inaugural edition of India's first-class cricket championship. The tournament was originally titled The Cricket Championship of India, but was renamed as the Ranji Trophy ahead of the 1935–36 edition.[3] The first tournament ran from 4 November 1934 to 12 March 1935 and was contested in a knockout format by 15 teams divided into four zones. In the opening match, Madras defeated Mysore by an innings and 23 runs at the Chepauk Stadium and the match ended five minutes before close of play on the first day. It remains (to 2023) the only Ranji Trophy match to be completed in a single day's play. In the final, Bombay defeated Northern India by 208 runs at the Bombay Gymkhana Ground.
The Ranji Trophy | |
| Dates | 4 November 1934 – 12 March 1935 |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Bombay (1st title) |
| Participants | 15 |
| Matches | 14 |
| Most runs | Vijay Merchant (Bombay) (389)[1] |
| Most wickets | A. G. Ram Singh (Madras) (22)[2] |
| Official website | http://www.bcci.tv |
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) hoped for a nationwide participation but some states including Bengal, Bihar, and Rajputana declined or were unable to take part. The fifteen founder teams are listed alphabetically by zone and the sides that won each zonal title are in bold.
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| Round 1 | ||
| 26–27 December 1934 – Nagpur | ||
| Central Provinces and Berar | 115 & 194 | |
| Central India | 237 & 79/0 | |
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
| 29–31 January 1935 – Patiala | ||||||||||
| Southern Punjab | 216 | |||||||||
| 8–9 December 1934 – Agra | ||||||||||
| United Provinces | 56 & 119/3 | |||||||||
| United Provinces | 228 | |||||||||
| 5–7 February 1935 – Amritsar | ||||||||||
| Delhi | 37 & 92 | |||||||||
| Southern Punjab | 135 & 22 | |||||||||
| Northern India | 142 & 106 | |||||||||
| 4–6 December 1934 – Lahore | ||||||||||
| Northern India | 459 | |||||||||
| Army | 203 & 204 | |||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| 23–25 Nov 1934 – Secunderabad | ||||||
| Hyderabad | 256 & 227 | |||||
| 4 Nov 1934 – Chennai | ||||||
| Madras | 301 & 169 | |||||
| Madras | 130 | |||||
| Mysore | 48 & 59 | |||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
| 16–18 February 1935 – Pune | ||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 260 & 72/1 | |||||||||
| 2–4 February 1935 – Ahmedabad | ||||||||||
| Bombay | 286 & 172/7d | |||||||||
| Gujarat | 106 & 166/4 | |||||||||
| 23–25 February 1934 – Bombay | ||||||||||
| Bombay | 231 & 300/7d | |||||||||
| Bombay | 377 & 164 | |||||||||
| Western India | 154 & 241 | |||||||||
| 16–18 November 1934 – Karachi | ||||||||||
| Sind | 125 & 210 | |||||||||
| Western India | 219 & 118/6 | |||||||||
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| Bombay | Walkover | |||||
| 9–12 March 1935 – Bombay | ||||||
| Hyderabad | ||||||
| Bombay | 266 & 300 | |||||
| 9–11 February 1935 – Amritsar | ||||||
| Northern India | 219 & 139 | |||||
| Northern India | 192 & 195 | |||||
| Central India | 145 & 243/6 | |||||
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