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Western India 1940/41 cricket statistics and records

Western India in Ranji Trophy: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover Ranji Trophy 1940/41; Tests are excluded.

Nawab of Manavadar leads the displayed batting table with 179 runs. S Nyalchand leads the bowling table with 18 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 3
Recorded players: 13
Wins: 2
Recorded venues: 2

Selected season match starts: 1940-11-08 to 1941-02-08. 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 · 1940-41

League table for 1940/41. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Western India does not appear in the recorded table for this season.

Final Result

Ranji Trophy 1940-41 Final Result standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Maharashtra	—	—	—	—	—
2	Madras	—	—	—	—	—

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 1940/41

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

Leading run scorers

Western India Ranji Trophy 1940/41 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
Nawab of Manavadar	3	179
Prithviraj	3	149
Umar Khan	3	133
Saeed Ahmed	3	113
HW Barritt	3	94

Recorded innings through 1941-02-08. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Western India Ranji Trophy 1940/41 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
S Nyalchand	3	18
Saeed Ahmed	3	8
Akbar Khan	3	7
Prithviraj	3	4
Purshottam	2	1

Recorded innings through 1941-02-08. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1940/41

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

Batting · 13 players

Western India 1940/41 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s
Nawab of Manavadar	Western India	3	5	0	179	69	35.80	—	2	4	1
Prithviraj	Western India	3	5	1	149	53	37.25	—	2	0	0
Umar Khan	Western India	3	5	1	133	50	33.25	—	1	0	0
Saeed Ahmed	Western India	3	4	3	113	80*	113.00	—	1	0	0
HW Barritt	Western India	3	5	0	94	34	18.80	—	0	0	0
Akbar Khan	Western India	3	5	0	93	57	18.60	—	1	0	0
Thakore Saheb of Rajkot	Western India	2	4	1	59	42	19.67	—	0	0	0
KS Abdul Khaliq	Western India	3	5	1	56	36	14.00	—	0	0	0
Faiz Ahmed	Western India	3	5	0	45	14	9.00	—	0	0	0
Purshottam	Western India	2	4	0	43	31	10.75	—	0	0	0
SB Gandhi	Western India	1	1	0	41	41	41.00	—	0	0	0
SM Nasiruddin	Western India	1	1	0	30	30	30.00	—	0	0	0
S Nyalchand	Western India	3	5	0	23	20	4.60	—	0	0	0

Bowling · 10 players

Western India 1940/41 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
S Nyalchand	Western India	3	5	812	38	317	18	17.61	45.11	2.34	1	7/38
Saeed Ahmed	Western India	3	4	624	26	197	8	24.63	78.00	1.89	1	5/78
Akbar Khan	Western India	3	5	672	27	281	7	40.14	96.00	2.51	0	3/28
Prithviraj	Western India	3	5	276	6	139	4	34.75	69.00	3.02	0	3/34
Purshottam	Western India	2	2	42	0	32	1	32.00	42.00	4.57	0	1/15
HW Barritt	Western India	1	1	6	0	8	0	—	—	8.00	0	0/8
SB Gandhi	Western India	1	1	150	4	74	0	—	—	2.96	0	0/74
Nawab of Manavadar	Western India	1	1	12	0	11	0	—	—	5.50	0	0/11
Thakore Saheb of Rajkot	Western India	1	1	18	0	5	0	—	—	1.67	0	0/5
Umar Khan	Western India	1	1	12	0	5	0	—	—	2.50	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 1940/41. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Western India 1940/41 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Western India	3	2	0	1	0	1,128	42	26.86	459	1,124	40	28.10

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 · 1940/41

Latest 3 of 3 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1941-02-08 to 1941-02-10 · Municipal Stadium, Rajkot

Western India: 459
Maharashtra: 460/3

Match drawn

1940-12-01 to 1940-12-03 · Municipal Stadium, Rajkot

Western India: 250 & 159/4
Sind: 239 & 168/7d

Western India won by 6 wickets

1940-11-08 to 1940-11-09 · Ajitsinhji Ground, Jamnagar

Nawanagar: 117 & 140
Western India: 57 & 203/8

Western India won by 2 wickets

Recorded venues

Western India 1940/41 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Municipal Stadium, Rajkot	2
Ajitsinhji Ground, Jamnagar	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 1940/41 for Western India, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Ranji Trophy 1940/41 batting innings records for Western India
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
Saeed Ahmed	80*	Maharashtra	1941-02-08
Nawab of Manavadar	69	Sind	1940-12-01
Nawab of Manavadar	62	Maharashtra	1941-02-08
Akbar Khan	57	Maharashtra	1941-02-08
Prithviraj	53	Nawanagar	1940-11-08

Best bowling innings

Ranji Trophy 1940/41 bowling innings records for Western India
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
S Nyalchand	7/38	Nawanagar	1940-11-08
Saeed Ahmed	5/78	Sind	1940-12-01
S Nyalchand	4/73	Sind	1940-12-01
Akbar Khan	3/28	Nawanagar	1940-11-08
Prithviraj	3/34	Nawanagar	1940-11-08

* 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 · 1934-11-16 to 1946-02-02

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Western India 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: 1934-11-16 to 1946-02-02. 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.