Team information | |
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Founded | 1951 |
Last match | 1957 |
Home ground | University Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram |
History | |
First-class debut | Mysore in 1951 at Central College Ground, Bangalore |
Ranji Trophy wins | 0 |
The Travancore-Cochin cricket team represented the Indian state of Travancore-Cochin in the Ranji Trophy from 1951–52 to 1956–57.[1][2] After the state was reorganised and expanded to form the new state of Kerala in 1956, the Travancore-Cochin team was superseded by the Kerala cricket team, beginning with the 1957–58 Ranji Trophy.[3]
Travancore-Cochin played seven Ranji Trophy matches in six seasons, losing five matches and drawing two.
This was Travancore-Cochin's first home game, and also the first first-class match at the University Stadium, Trivandrum, which was to become one of Kerala's main home grounds.[6]
This was the first first-class match at Maharaja College Ground, Ernakulam, where Kerala later played three times.
Main article: List of Travancore-Cochin cricketers |
P. M. Anandan was the most successful bowler. He played in all seven matches and took 24 wickets at an average of 24.62.[12] Balan Pandit was the most successful batsman, with 404 runs at an average of 28.85 in the seven matches. He also kept wickets, taking 15 catches and a stumping.[13] In 1959–60 he also set the record score for Kerala of 262 not out, which stood for 48 seasons.[14]
Anandan's elder brother P. M. Raghavan captained the team in four matches, Anandan in two matches and Pandit in one.