4) The 1948-49 Ranji Trophy semi-final holds the record for the highest match aggregate in the history of First-Class cricket
There has always been a fascination with matches producing high scores and batsmen and teams scoring maximum runs are often lauded. in 1948-49 Bombay and Maharashtra were engaged in an epic run feast that produced a total of 2,376 runs - still a world record – in a Ranji Trophy match at Poona.
Bombay managed to score 651 batting first but Maharashtra had their hopes pinned on Bhausaheb Nimbalkar who had scored 443 not out against Kathiawar at the same venue earlier in the season but his wicket was an early setback and Manohar Datta’s 361-minute stay had brought him 143 and helped the team conclude their innings at 407.
Bombay’s second innings brought Dattu Phadkar’s second century of the match and set an improbable target of 959 runs for Maharashtra’s impossible victory. They managed to score 604 but lost the match and provided Bombay the winning ticket and a triumphant passage through to the finals.
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