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Western India 1942/43 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 1942/43; Tests are excluded.

Prithviraj leads the displayed batting table with 181 runs. S Nyalchand leads the bowling table with 14 wickets.

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Showing 1942/43 · Ranji Trophy · Western India

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

Selected season match starts: 1942-11-28 to 1943-01-29. 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 · 1942-43

League table for 1942/43. 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 1942-43 Final Result standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Baroda	—	—	—	—	—
2	Hyderabad	—	—	—	—	—

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 1942/43

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 1942/43 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
Prithviraj	3	181
Umar Khan	3	173
G Kishenchand	3	144
SB Gandhi	3	127
Prataprai	3	93

Recorded innings through 1943-01-29. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Western India Ranji Trophy 1942/43 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
S Nyalchand	2	14
SB Gandhi	3	12
UR Chippa	3	11
Saeed Ahmed	2	10
G Kishenchand	2	6

Recorded innings through 1943-01-29. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1942/43

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 1942/43 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s
Prithviraj	Western India	3	6	0	181	109	30.17	—	0	1	16
Umar Khan	Western India	3	6	1	173	79	34.60	—	1	0	13
G Kishenchand	Western India	3	6	2	144	57*	36.00	—	2	0	0
SB Gandhi	Western India	3	6	1	127	52	25.40	—	1	0	8
Prataprai	Western India	3	6	0	93	30	15.50	—	0	0	0
Gatoor	Western India	3	6	1	76	27	15.20	—	0	0	0
Saeed Ahmed	Western India	2	4	0	61	31	15.25	—	0	0	0
Purshottam	Western India	3	6	1	58	24	11.60	—	0	0	0
Jayantilal Vora	Western India	2	4	0	31	27	7.75	—	0	0	0
UR Chippa	Western India	3	6	1	19	11*	3.80	—	0	0	0
KSG Limbdi	Western India	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	—	0	0	0
M Dilawar Khanji	Western India	2	4	0	9	8	2.25	—	0	0	0
S Nyalchand	Western India	2	4	1	2	2	0.67	—	0	0	0

Bowling · 8 players

Western India 1942/43 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
S Nyalchand	Western India	2	4	535	36	194	14	13.86	38.21	2.18	2	6/63
SB Gandhi	Western India	3	6	262	7	112	12	9.33	21.83	2.56	0	4/27
UR Chippa	Western India	3	6	870	51	294	11	26.73	79.09	2.03	0	3/25
Saeed Ahmed	Western India	2	4	600	47	137	10	13.70	60.00	1.37	1	6/61
G Kishenchand	Western India	2	4	174	2	102	6	17.00	29.00	3.52	1	5/67
M Dilawar Khanji	Western India	2	3	96	1	81	2	40.50	48.00	5.06	0	2/48
Jayantilal Vora	Western India	2	3	102	9	20	2	10.00	51.00	1.18	0	1/2
Purshottam	Western India	2	2	42	1	23	0	—	—	3.29	0	0/10

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 1942/43. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Western India 1942/43 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Western India	3	2	1	0	0	1,041	43	24.21	350	1,036	60	17.27

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 · 1942/43

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

1943-01-29 to 1943-01-31 · European Gymkhana Ground, Rajkot

Western India: 168 & 208
Baroda: 245 & 135

Baroda won by 4 runs

1942-12-18 to 1942-12-19 · Karachi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi

Sind: 118 & 106
Western India: 200 & 27/1

Western India won by 9 wickets

1942-11-28 to 1942-11-30 · Jafar Maidan, Junagadh

Western India: 350 & 88/2
Nawanagar: 225 & 207

Western India won by 8 wickets

Recorded venues

Western India 1942/43 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
European Gymkhana Ground, Rajkot	1
Jafar Maidan, Junagadh	1
Karachi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi	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 1942/43 for Western India, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

Ranji Trophy 1942/43 batting innings records for Western India
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
Prithviraj	109	Nawanagar	1942-11-28
Umar Khan	79	Nawanagar	1942-11-28
G Kishenchand	57*	Sind	1942-12-18
G Kishenchand	55	Baroda	1943-01-29
SB Gandhi	52	Baroda	1943-01-29

Best bowling innings

Ranji Trophy 1942/43 bowling innings records for Western India
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
Saeed Ahmed	6/61	Nawanagar	1942-11-28
S Nyalchand	6/63	Baroda	1943-01-29
S Nyalchand	5/53	Baroda	1943-01-29
G Kishenchand	5/67	Nawanagar	1942-11-28
SB Gandhi	4/27	Sind	1942-12-18

* 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.