Northern India cricket team

The Northern India cricket team was an Indian domestic cricket team that competed in the Ranji Trophy between 1934-35 and 1946-47. It played its home matches in Lahore.

Captained by George Abell, Northern India finished runner-up in the first Ranji Trophy in 1934–35.^[1] In the 10 seasons in which it competed in the Ranji Trophy, Northern India played 23 matches, winning 12, losing 9 and drawing 4, and reaching the semi-finals seven times.

After the establishment of Pakistan in 1947, players from Northern India formed the nucleus of the Pakistan cricket team. When Pakistan played its first match, against West Indies in November 1948, nine of the 11 players had played for Northern India in the Ranji Trophy.^[2]

Leading players

The highest score was 210 by Abell against Army in 1934-35.^[3] The best bowling figures were 8 for 94 by Amir Elahi against Southern Punjab in 1937-38.^[4]

References

↑ "Bombay v Northern India 1934-35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
↑ Peter Oborne, Wounded Tiger: The History of Cricket in Pakistan, Simon & Schuster, London, 2014, p. 75.
↑ "Northern India v Army 1934-35". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
↑ "Southern Punjab v Northern India 1937-38". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

External links

First-class matches played by Northern India at Cricket Archive

Ranji Trophy

Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Current teams	Andhra Pradesh Assam Baroda Bengal Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Hyderabad Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Mumbai Odisha Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra Services Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Vidarbha

Former teams	Army Bihar Eastern Punjab Northern India Northern Punjab Patiala Sindh Southern Punjab Travancore-Cochin

Records	List of Ranji Trophy records Triple centuries Hat-tricks

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