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1943–44 Ranji Trophy

The 1943–44 Ranji Trophy was the tenth season of the Ranji Trophy. Western India won their only title defeating Bengal in the final.

Highlights
• The Bombay-Maharashtra match set several national records. :* Bombay made 735, the highest score in Indian first class cricket bettering 703 by Bengal Cyclone XI in 1942-43. The previous Ranji record was 675 by Maharashtra v Bombay in 1940-41 :* Vijay Merchant's 359* was the highest individual score in India. Vijay Hazare's 316* for Maharashtra v Baroda in 1939-40 was the previous Ranji and first class record. :* Merchant and Rusi Modi's partnership of 371 was a national record for the sixth wicket. As of 2014, it is bettered only by 417 between Wridhiman Saha and Laxmi Ratan Shukla for Bengal v Assam in 2010-11 • Vijay Merchant's season batting average of 276.50 is the highest by any batsman scoring over 500 runs. • Herbert Barritt captained Western India to the title. He was the third Englishman to captain a Ranji winning team, after Bert Wensley of Nawanagar in 1936-37 and Tom Longfield of Bengal in 1938–39. ==Zonal Matches==
Zonal Matches
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Final
==Summary of first ten seasons==
Scorecards and averages
• CricketArchive ==References==
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