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Bengal 1945/46 cricket statistics and records

Bengal in Ranji Trophy: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Ranji Trophy 1945/46; Tests are excluded.

NC Chatterjee leads the displayed batting table with 174 runs. DR Puri leads the bowling table with 12 wickets.

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Showing 1945/46 · Ranji Trophy · Bengal

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Recorded matches: 2
Recorded players: 13
Wins: 1
Recorded venues: 2

Selected season match starts: 1945-12-20 to 1946-01-19. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

Ranji Trophy standings · 1945-46

League table for 1945/46. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Bengal does not appear in the recorded table for this season.

Final Result

Ranji Trophy 1945-46 Final Result standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Holkar	—	—	—	—	—
2	Baroda	—	—	—	—	—

Points are the recorded competition points, including any recorded bonuses or deductions. Source-table update: 2026-05-26.

Recorded table source 1

Season leaders · Ranji Trophy 1945/46

Figures earned for Bengal only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Bengal Ranji Trophy 1945/46 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
NC Chatterjee	2	174
PB Datta	2	130
DR Das	1	57
SK Mustafi	1	56
SA Banerjee	2	54

Recorded innings through 1946-01-19. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Bengal Ranji Trophy 1945/46 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
DR Puri	2	12
SA Banerjee	2	10
NR Chowdhury	2	8
PB Datta	2	2
A Sen	1	2

Recorded innings through 1946-01-19. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1945/46

All recorded players for Bengal in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 13 players

Bengal 1945/46 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s
NC Chatterjee	Bengal	2	4	0	174	99	43.50	—	2	18
PB Datta	Bengal	2	4	0	130	63	32.50	—	2	10
DR Das	Bengal	1	2	0	57	57	28.50	—	1	7
SK Mustafi	Bengal	1	2	0	56	52	28.00	—	1	0
SA Banerjee	Bengal	2	4	1	54	24*	18.00	—	0	0
TV Parthasarathi	Bengal	1	2	0	49	36	24.50	—	0	0
Maharaja of Cooch Behar	Bengal	2	4	1	45	33	15.00	—	0	0
PK Sen	Bengal	2	4	0	44	27	11.00	—	0	0
DR Puri	Bengal	2	4	0	39	21	9.75	—	0	0
A Sen	Bengal	2	4	0	24	9	6.00	—	0	0
NM Bose	Bengal	2	4	0	17	15	4.25	—	0	0
NR Chowdhury	Bengal	2	4	2	9	7*	4.50	—	0	0
K Bhattacharya	Bengal	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	—	0	0

Bowling · 7 players

Bengal 1945/46 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
DR Puri	Bengal	2	3	330	14	146	12	12.17	27.50	2.65	1	6/28
SA Banerjee	Bengal	2	4	462	20	209	10	20.90	46.20	2.71	0	4/88
NR Chowdhury	Bengal	2	4	316	8	173	8	21.63	39.50	3.28	0	4/48
PB Datta	Bengal	2	2	78	3	34	2	17.00	39.00	2.62	0	2/13
A Sen	Bengal	1	2	36	2	20	2	10.00	18.00	3.33	0	2/12
K Bhattacharya	Bengal	1	1	90	3	46	0	—	—	3.07	0	0/46
SK Mustafi	Bengal	1	2	60	4	21	0	—	—	2.10	0	0/5

Statistics definitions and missing data

Mat = matches with a recorded innings in that discipline; Inns = recorded innings; NO = not out; HS = highest innings (* means not out). Batting Avg = runs per dismissal; batting SR = runs per 100 balls. 50s excludes centuries; 100s includes all scores of 100 or more.

Bowling Runs excludes byes and leg byes where the source does. Avg = runs conceded per wicket; SR = balls per wicket; Econ = runs per six balls, including historical seasons with different over lengths. 5W = innings with at least five wickets; BBI = best innings, by wickets then fewer runs conceded. Balls are deliveries, not decimal overs.

— means unavailable or undefined, including a zero denominator. Rates requiring balls are omitted if any innings is missing its ball count. Historical boundary and ball counts may be incomplete. Tests and figures for other teams or competitions are excluded. Full methodology

Team season summary

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1945/46. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Bengal 1945/46 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Bengal	2	1	1	0	0	750	40	18.75	266	710	35	20.29

Team runs include extras; wickets include dismissals not credited to a bowler, so these totals can differ from the player tables. Bat avg = team runs per wicket lost; Bowl avg = opposition runs per wicket taken. Other includes ties, abandoned games and unavailable results. Totals cover available scorecards only.

Recent recorded matches · 1945/46

Latest 2 of 2 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1946-01-19 to 1946-01-21 · Eden Gardens, Calcutta

Bengal: 119 & 266
Holkar: 288 & 102/5

Holkar won by 5 wickets

1945-12-20 to 1945-12-22 · Modi Stadium, Kanpur

United Provinces: 99 & 221
Bengal: 126 & 239

Bengal won by 45 runs

Recorded venues

Bengal 1945/46 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1
Modi Stadium, Kanpur	1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in Ranji Trophy 1945/46 for Bengal, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Ranji Trophy 1945/46 batting innings records for Bengal
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
NC Chatterjee	99	Holkar	1946-01-19
NC Chatterjee	71	United Provinces	1945-12-20
PB Datta	63	United Provinces	1945-12-20
DR Das	57	Holkar	1946-01-19
SK Mustafi	52	Holkar	1946-01-19

Best bowling innings

Ranji Trophy 1945/46 bowling innings records for Bengal
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
DR Puri	6/28	United Provinces	1945-12-20
NR Chowdhury	4/48	United Provinces	1945-12-20
DR Puri	4/59	United Provinces	1945-12-20
SA Banerjee	4/88	Holkar	1946-01-19
SA Banerjee	3/27	United Provinces	1945-12-20

* means not out. Batting sorts by runs; bowling sorts by wickets, then fewer runs conceded. Ties then use earlier match date and source row ID. Five rows are shown, so equal performances may extend beyond the cutoff. Matches count distinct recorded matches in each discipline.

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Competitions and other teams

Includes historical participants; this is not a current squad or membership list.

Ranji Trophy · 1936-01-10 to 2026-02-15

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Bengal in Ranji Trophy. The selected season range is shown above. These can differ from innings-table coverage and do not establish a complete historical record.

Recorded match dates: 1936-01-10 to 2026-02-15. Date spans do not imply complete coverage. Career aggregates may cover a different set of matches.

Displayed source rows last updated: unavailable. Figures retrieved: 2026-10-01. This is not a live score feed.

Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.