Statistical highlights of Ranji Trophy 1999-2000
Central Zone : Madhya Pradesh,Railways,Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh,Vidarbha
Rajneesh Gupta
08-May-2000
Participants:
Central Zone : Madhya Pradesh,Railways,Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh,Vidarbha.
Rajasthan,Railways and Uttar Pradesh qualified for Super
League matches.
East Zone: Assam,Bengal,Bihar,Orissa,Tripura.
Orissa,Bihar and Bengal qualified for Super League
matches.
North Zone:Delhi,Haryana,Himachal Pradesh,Jammu & Kashmir,Punjab,
Services. Punjab,Delhi and Haryana qualified for Super League
matches.
South Zone:Andhra,Goa,Hyderabad,Karnataka,Kerala,Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu,Hyderabad and Karnataka qualified for Super
League matches.
West Zone : Baroda,Gujarat,Maharashtra,Mumbai,Saurashtra.
Mumbai,Baroda and Saurashtra qualified for Super League
matches.
Super League : Hyderabad,Karnataka,Mumbai,Punjab,Tamil Nadu and Uttar
Pradesh advanced to Ranji Knock Out.Mumbai reached to Semi Final since
it got the maximum points (32) in Super League matches,while Karnataka
also got direct entry into Semi Final by winning the 1998-99
Championship.
Knock Out : 1st Quarter Final : Uttar Pradesh v Hyderabad
Winner : Hyderabad
2nd Quarter Final : Tamil Nadu v Punjab Winner : Tamil Nadu
1st Semi Final : Karnataka v Hyderabad Winner : Hyderabad advanced to
Final by virtue of first innings lead
2nd Semi Final : Mumbai v Tamil Nadu Winner : Mumbai
Final : Mumbai v Hyderabad Winner : Mumbai
Following is an at a glance summary of Ranji Trophy 1999-2000
Highest innings totals :
711-8d Hyderabad v Karnataka Bangalore 1st inns 696-5d Tamil Nadu v Uttar Pradesh Kanpur 1st inns 620-6d Punjab v Jammu & Kashmir Ludhiana only inns 592-6d Hyderabad v Goa Panaji only inns 573-7d Delhi v Himachal Mandi 1st inns 567 Himachal v Jammu & Kashmir Chamba only inns 561 Bengal v Bihar Jamshedpur only inns 557 Karnataka v Hyderabad Bangalore 1st inns 545-8d Orissa v Tripura Puri only inns 538-7d Madhya Pradesh v Railways Indore only inns 533-2d Bengal v Tripura Agartala only inns 533-6d Punjab v Services Mohali only inns 530-7d Punjab v Delhi Ludhiana 1st inns 527 Delhi v Punjab Ludhiana only inns 510-6d Hyderabad v Andhra Secunderabad only inns 506 Railways v Uttar Pradesh Delhi 1st inns 504-7d Karnataka v Goa Bangalore only inns 503-8d Saurashtra v Gujarat Rajkot 1st inns 503-9d Punjab v Bihar Vadodara 1st inns 502-4d Haryana v Services Gurgaon only inns 501-7d Maharashtra v Gujarat Ahmedabad 1st inns
Lowest completed innings totals :
57 Tripura v Assam Mangaldoi 1st inns 96 Railways v Punjab Delhi 2nd inns 98 Vidarbha v Uttar Pradesh Kanpur 1st inns 100 Services v Haryana Gurgaon 1st inns 100 Goa v Hyderabad Panaji 2nd inns
Largest margins of victory :
Inns & 352 runs Hyderabad v Goa Panaji Inns & 288 runs Punjab v Jammu & Kashmir Ludhiana Inns & 252 runs Bengal v Tripura Agartala 310 runs Mumbai v Delhi Delhi 297 runs Mumbai v Hyderabad Mumbai 248 runs Haryana v Himachal Rohtak 242 runs Mumbai v Bengal Calcutta 235 runs Uttar Pradesh v Saurashtra Rajkot 209 runs Orissa v Saurashtra Rajkot 10 wickets Delhi v Himachal Mandi 10 wickets Mumbai v Gujarat Surat 10 wickets Kerala v Goa Margao 10 wickets UP v Vidarbha Kanpur 10 wickets Uttar Pradesh v Orissa Kanpur
Narrowest margins of victory :
30 runs Jammu & Kashmir v Services Delhi 3 wickets Kerala v Andhra Kozhikode
Highest individual innings :
A total of 137 hundreds were scored by 87 batsmen in the season.The
following batsmen scored multiple hundreds
353 VVS Laxman Hyderabad v Karnataka Bangalore 305* P.Dharmani Punjab v Jammu & Kashmir Ludhiana 288 S.Sriram Tamil Nadu v Uttar Pradesh Kanpur 271 R Nayyar Himachal v Jammu & Kashmir Chamba 265 Jai P Yadav Madhya Pradesh v Railways Indore 248* AV Kale Maharashtra v Baroda Pune 237* CC Williams Baroda v Saurashtra Rajkot 233* SR Tendulkar Mumbai v Tamil Nadu Mumbai 219 AV Kale Maharashtra v Gujarat Ahmedabad 212* RS Gavaskar Bengal v Tripura Agartala 205* P.Dharmani Punjab v Services Mohali 205 S.Sharath Tamil Nadu v Uttar Pradesh Kanpur 202* ND Modi Gujarat v Baroda Vadodara 200* M Azharuddin Hyderabad v Goa Panaji 200* S Kalyani Bengal v Tripura Agartala
Carried the bat :
CC Williams 237* Baroda (487) v Saurashtra RajkotNote : Delhi's A.Chopra (95) was dismissed last after opening the innings against Bengal at Calcutta
Century in each innings :
108 & 111* Pravanjan Malik Orissa v Bengal Cuttack 128 & 177* VVS Laxman Hyderabad v Uttar Pradesh Kanpur
Victims of 99 :
Abhay Sharma (ct) Railways v Uttar Pradesh Delhi SP Sahu (ct) Madhya Pradesh v Uttar Pradesh Durg TN Varsani (ct) Gujarat v Baroda Vadodara
Both openers scoring a hundred:
Jitender Singh (125) Haryana v Services Gurgaon
Jasvir Singh (116)
Both openers scoring a duck:
SS Tanna & RC Vasanth Kumar Saurashtra v Mumbai Mumbai 1st inns A Bhagwat & V Kolambkar Goa v Tamil Nadu Chennai 1st inns S Suresh & AR Kapoor Tamil Nadu v Karnataka Bangalore 2nd inns Y Mohanty & P Mullick Orissa v Saurashtra Rajkot 2nd inns
Highest partnership for each wicket:
1st 212 Jai P Yadav & Rajagopalan Madhya Pradesh v Railways Indore 2nd 254 A Jain & R Kanwat Rajasthan v Bengal Calcutta 3rd 406* RS Gavaskar & SJ Kalyani Bengal v Tripura Agartala (Ranji Record) 4th 231 S Sriram & S Sharath Tamil Nadu v Uttar Pradesh Kanpur 5th 254 HK Badani & Robin Singh Sr Tamil Nadu v Mumbai Mumbai 6th 255 Yere Gowda & S Wankhede Railways v Baroda Delhi 7th 231* P Dharmani & H Jagnu Punjab v J & Kashmir Ludhiana 8th 198 AV Kale & SV Aradhye Maharashtra v Baroda Pune 9th 118 RK Borah & GD Dutta Assam v Orissa Angul 10th 137 R Bhatia & J Gokulakrishna Tamil Nadu v Orissa Cuttack
Highest partnerships :
406* 3rd RS Gavaskar & SJ Kalyani Bengal v Tripura Agartala
288 3rd VVS Laxman & M.Azharuddin Hyderabad v Karnataka Bangalore
286 3rd AV Kale & SS Sugwekar Maharashtra v Gujarata Ahmedabad
255 6th Yere Gowda & S Wankhede Railways v Baroda Delhi
254 2nd A Jain & R Kanwat Rajasthan v Bengal Calcutta
254 5th HK Badani & Robin Singh SrTamil Nadu v Mumbai Mumbai
233 3rd AP Singh & D Mahajan Jammu & Kashmir v Delhi Delhi
231* 7th P Dharmani & H Jugnu Punjab v J & Kashmir Ludhiana
231 4th S Sriram & S Sharath Tamil Nadu v Uttar Pradesh Kanpur
229 3rd V Rathour & P Dharmani Punjab v J & Kashmir Ludhiana
229 4th R Samshad & GK Pandey Uttar Pradesh v Orissa Kanpur
229 4th AA Mazumdar & VG Kambli Mumbai v Saurashtra Mumbai
213 5th MA Minhas & V Shewag Delhi v Services Delhi
212 3rd S Sriram & JR Maganagopal Tamil Nadu v Uttar Pradesh Kanpur
212 1st Jai P Yadav & Rajagopalan Madhya Pradesh v Railways Indore
210 4th JV Paranjpe & VG Kambli Mumbai v Delhi Delhi
Top run scorers :
Batsman Team Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Ave. 100 50 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 9 14 1 1415 353 108.84 8 - (Ranji Record) S Sriram Tamil Nadu 8 12 0 1075 288 89.58 5 1 VG Kambli Mumbai 10 15 1 866 125* 61.85 4 4 S Sharath Tamil Nadu 10 16 3 863 205 66.38 2 6 P Dharmani Punjab 10 12 2 830 305* 83.00 3 2 M Azharuddin Hyderabad 8 12 2 815 200* 81.50 2 6 A Nandakishore Hyderabad 12 21 1 815 135 40.75 2 4 RR Parida Orissa 8 13 1 804 193 67.00 3 2 V Rathour Punjab 10 14 0 796 158 56.85 3 3 D Mongia Punjab 10 14 1 768 179 59.07 3 3 HK Badani Tamil Nadu 10 15 0 762 162 50.80 2 6 A Dani Delhi 9 13 1 755 140 62.91 2 5 V Shewag Delhi 8 11 0 674 187 61.27 2 3 V Pratap Hyderabad 12 19 3 672 100* 42.00 2 4 AA Muzumdar Mumbai 10 16 2 659 131 47.07 1 4 JV Paranjpe Mumbai 9 15 2 652 185 50.15 3 2 R Puri Haryana 8 13 2 646 114* 58.72 3 4 SS Das Orissa 7 14 1 636 101 48.92 1 5 W Jaffer Mumbai 8 14 1 632 173 48.61 1 4 RS Gavaskar Bengal 8 11 1 619 212* 61.90 2 3 PJ Bhatt Saurashtra 8 14 0 619 158 44.21 2 3 MR Beerala Karnataka 7 13 1 617 101* 51.41 1 4 SS Raul Orissa 8 14 1 608 120 46.76 2 4 S Kalyani Bengal 7 9 2 595 200* 85.00 1 5 MA Minhas Delhi 9 12 3 593 139 65.88 3 2 R Nayyar Himachal Pradesh5 9 0 593 271 65.88 2 1 Jitender Singh Haryana 9 15 0 575 125 38.33 3 1 AV Kale Maharashtra 4 6 1 563 248* 112.60 2 1 Y Goud Railways 8 14 2 559 182 46.58 1 4 D Vinay Kumar Hyderabad 10 17 1 554 93 34.62 - 4 RS Sodhi Punjab 8 12 1 527 114* 47.90 2 2 CC Williams Baroda 8 9 1 522 237* 65.25 2 1 JR Madanagopal Tamil Nadu 11 17 0 517 85 30.41 - 5 HR Jadhav Baroda 8 9 2 513 148* 73.28 2 3 VST Naidu Karnataka 10 16 2 507 93 36.21 - 3 RLK Barrington Karnataka 10 17 2 507 106 33.80 1 3
Best bowling in an innings :
76 bowlers provided 122 occasions of five wickets in an innings in 1999-00
Ranji Trophy.Bengal's Utpal Chatterjee heads the table with six such
instances followed by Hyderabad's Kanwaljit Singh and Mumbai's Rajesh
Pawar - four each.
9-45 AW Zaidi Uttar Pradesh v Vidarbha Kanpur
8-23 GD Dutta Assam v Tripura Mangaldoi
8-72 IR Siddiqui Maharashtra v Saurashtra Pune
8-88 PV Gandhe Vidarbha v Railways Nagpur
7-32 Sonu Sharma Haryana v Orissa Paradeep
7-45 U Chatterjee Bengal v Tripura Agartala
7-47 M Diwakar Bihar v Railways Ranchi
7-69 IR Siddiqui Maharashtra v Mumbai Mumbai
7-80 R.Singh Delhi v Himachal Mandi
7-83 MV Sane Maharashtra v Gujarat Ahmedabad
7-103 RV Pawar Mumbai v Hyderabad Mumbai
Best bowling in a match :
17 bowlers captured 10 wickets in a match on 21 occasions.Bengal's Utpal
Chatterjee,Hyderabad's Kanwaljit Singh,Mumbai's Rajesh Pawar and
Saurashtra's Neeraj Odedra did so on more than one occasion.
15-192 (9-45 & 6-147) AW Zaidi Uttar Pradesh v Vidarbha Kanpur 12-93 (6-62 & 6-31) M Kartik Railways v Vidarbha Nagpur 12-121 (7-47 & 5-74) M Diwakar Bihar v Railways Ranchi 12-169 (6-117 & 6-52) NR Odedra Saurashtra v Orissa Rajkot 11-61 (7-45 & 4-16) U Chatterjee Bengal v Tripura Agartala 11-68 (6-19& 5-49) R Pawar Mumbai v Maharashtra Mumbai 11-96 (6-60 & 5-36) BKV Prasad Karnataka v Delhi Bangalore 11-118 (5-52 & 6-66) A Nehra Delhi v Jammu & Kashmir Delhi 11-146 (7-83 & 4-63) MV Sane Maharashtra v Gujarat Ahmedabad 11-154 (6-91 & 5-63) Kanwaljit Singh Hyderabad v Kerala Kozhikode 11-169 (6-85 & 5-84) Shakti Singh Himachal Pradesh v Haryana Rohtak 10-62 (8-23 & 2-39) GD Dutta Assam v Tripura Mangaldoi 10-68 (6-37 & 4-31) Kanwaljit Singh Hyderabad v Goa Panaji 10-91 (6-41& 5-50) Sharandeep Singh Punjab v Services Mohali 10-110 (5-43 & 5-67) Z Khan Baroda v Bihar Vadodara 10-117 (4-74 & 6-43) Avinash Kumar Bihar v Assam Jamshedpur 10-119 (4-56 & 6-63) NR Odedra Saurashtra v Uttar Pradesh Rajkot 10-147 (3-44 & 7-103) RV Pawar Mumbai v Hyderabad Mumbai 10-149 (6-68 & 4-81) B Ramprakash Kerala v Andhra Kozhikode 10-160 (5-76 & 5-84) U Chatterjee Bengal v Rajasthan Calcutta 10-171 (8-72& 2-91) IR Siddiqui Maharashtra v Saurashtra Pune
Top wicket takers :
Bowler Team Mts Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave Best 5W 10W
Kanwaljit Singh Hyderabad 12 644.2 167 1563 62 25.20 6-37 4 2
U Chatterjee Bengal 8 493.1 167 978 52 18.80 7-45 6 2
SLV Raju Hyderabad 11 601 200 1344 52 25.84 6-57 3 -
AR Kapoor Tamil Nadu 11 432.2 91 1304 50 26.08 5-85 2 -
RV Pawar Mumbai 9 379.4 111 916 44 20.81 7-103 4 2
AW Zaidi Uttar Pra 9 343.5 67 1043 42 24.83 9-45 3 1
Sharandeep Singh Punjab 9 273.5 71 719 37 19.43 6-41 3 1
NR Odedra Saurashtra 6 290.4 75 841 37 22.72 6-52 3 2
S Mahesh Tamil Nadu 10 302.3 73 871 37 23.54 4-37 - -
S Satpathy Orissa 8 310.2 77 917 36 25.47 6-86 3 -
Z Khan Baroda 8 324.5 70 1024 35 29.25 5-43 3 1
NP Singh Hyderabad 12 325.3 82 971 33 29.42 5-69 2 -
A Kuruvilla Mumbai 8 229.2 39 660 32 20.62 5-32 2 -
Harbhajan Singh Punjab 7 256.2 59 773 32 24.15 5-69 3 -
SB Joshi Karnataka 6 312.4 77 921 31 29.70 6-48 2 -
A Nehra Delhi 6 215.2 49 621 29 21.41 6-66 3 1
GK Pandey Uttar Prad 8 256.4 65 628 29 21.65 5-39 1 -
Shakti Singh Himachal 5 230.2 48 624 27 23.11 6-85 3 1
V Jain Haryana 9 216.2 46 678 26 26.07 4-30 - -
BKV Prasad Karnataka 4 164.5 48 400 25 16.00 6-60 3 1
PK Krishnakumar Rajasthan 8 172.4 40 558 25 22.32 6-84 2 -
J Gokulakrishna Tamil Nadu 11 289 70 859 25 34.36 5-42 1 -
Most dismissals in an innings by a 'keeper :
6 (4ct+2st) R Jhalani Rajasthan v Mumbai Mumbai 5 (4 ct+1 st) VB Kamaruddin Kerala v Goa Margao 5 (5 ct) A Bhagwat Goa v Kerala Margao 5 (5 ct) VST Naidu Karnataka v Andhra Kakinada 5 (4 ct+ 1 st) SN Shiraguppi Karnataka v Goa Bangalore 5 (4 ct+1 st) SM Kondhalkar Maharashtra v Baroda Pune 5 (5 ct) MM Parmar Saurashtra v Maharashtra Pune 5 (5 ct) G Gopal Orissa v Bihar Cuttack 5 (4 ct+1 st) D Dasgupta Bengal v Tripura Agartala 5 (5 ct) V Dahiya Delhi v Karnataka Bangalore 5 (5 ct) Reuben Paul Tamil Nadu v Punjab Chennai
Most dismissals in a match by a 'keeper :
9 (9ct) Reuben Paul Tamil Nadu v Punjab Chennai
8 (7 ct+1 st) VST Naidu Karnataka v Andhra Kakinada
7 (6 ct+1 st) VB Kamaruddin Kerala v Goa Margao
7 (6 ct +1 st) VR Samant Assam v Bihar Jamshedpur
7 (5 ct+2 st) R Jhalani Rajasthan v Mumbai Mumbai
7 (7 ct) VST Naidu Karnataka v Delhi Bangalore
Most dismissals in a season by a 'keeper :
33 (29 ct + 4 st) Reuben Paul Tamil Nadu in 11 matches 25 (24 ct + 1 st) VST Naidu Karnataka in 10 matches 23 (19 ct + 4 st) MM Parmar Saurashtra in 8 matches 23 (21 ct + 2 st) SN Shiraguppi Karnataka in 6 matches 20 (16 ct + 4 st) RB Jhalani Rajasthan in 5 matches 20 (18 ct + 2 st) V Dahiya Delhi in 9 matches
Most catches in an innings by a fielder :
5 J Gokulakrishna Tamil Nadu v Andhra Visakhapatnam 4 A Mehra Rajasthan v Madhya Pradesh Jaipur 4 JJ Martin Baroda v Hyderabad Secunderabad 4 V Rathour Punjab v Tamil Nadu Chennai
Most catches in a match by a fielder :
7 S Oasis Kerala v Andhra Calicut 6 A Phagnis Mumbai v Karnataka Bangalore 5 JJ Martin Baroda v Hyderabad Secunderabad 5 SR Tendulkar Mumbai v Hyderabad Mumbai
Most catches in the season by a fielder :
19 A Nandakishore Hyderabad in 12 matches (Ranji record) 16 D Mongia Punjab in 10 matches 15 V Rathour Punjab in 10 matches 15 AA Muzumdar Mumbai in 10 matches 14 B Akhil Karnataka in 7 matches 14 SLV Raju Hyderabad in 11 matches 13 J Gokulakrishna Tamil Nadu in 11 matches 12 LNP Reddy Andhra in 5 matches 12 AA Pagnis Mumbai in 7 matches 10 S Shanker Kerala in 5 matches 10 SS Das Orissa in 7 matches 10 N Haldipur Bengal in 7 matches 10 S Dalal Haryana in 9 matches 10 HK Badani Tamil Nadu in 10 matches 10 JR Madanagopal Tamil Nadu in 11 matches 10 Kanwaljit Singh Hyderabad in 12 matches
Note : Punjab's Pankaj Dharmani had a tally of 10 catches from
10 matches but he is not included in this list since 5 of his
catches came as keeper in two matches.
Statistical notes for the season :
Laxman : first batsman to score two triple tons in Ranji Trophy
Hyderabad's VVS Laxman became first player to score two triple hundreds in
the national championship, when he nothced up 353 against Karnataka at
Bangore in the Ranji Semifinal. Laxman had made an unbeaten 301 against
Bihar in 1997-98.A total of 17 triple hundreds have now been scored in the
national competition.Here-under is the complete list :
Score Batsman (Team) Opponents Venue Season
443* BB Nimbalkar (Maharashtra) v Kathiawar Poona 1948-49
377 SV Manjrekar (Bombay) v Hyderabad Bombay 1990-91
366 MV Sridhar (Hyderabad) v Andhra Pradesh Secunderabad1993-94
359* VM Merchant (Bombay) v Maharashtra Bombay 1943-44
353 VVS Laxman (Hyderabad) v Karnataka Bangalore 1999-00
340 SM Gavaskar (Bombay) v Bengal Bombay 1981-82
323 AL Wadekar (Bombay) v Mysore Bombay 1966-67
323 DJ Gandhi (Bengal) v Bengal Guwahati 1998-99
319 Gul Mohammed (Baroda) v Holkar Baroda 1946-47
316* VS Hazare (Maharashtra) v Baroda Poona 1939-40
314* Wasim Jaffer (Bombay) v Saurashtra Rajkot 1996-97
313 WV Raman (Tamil Nadu) v Goa Panaji 1988-89
312 R Lamba (Delhi) v Himachal Prad. Delhi 1994-95
305* P Dharmani (Punjab) v Jammu & Kashmir Ludhiana 1999-00
303* Abdul Azeem (Hyderabad) v Tamil Nadu Hyderabad 1986-87
302* AK Singh (Tamil Nadu) v Goa Panaji 1988-89
301* VVS Laxman (Hyderabad) v Bihar Jamshedpur 1997-98
Highest run-aggregate in a season:
Laxman's aggregate of 1415 runs in 14 innings of nine matches in this season
is the highest ever achieved by any batsman in a season in Ranji Trophy. He
easily surpassed Karnataka's Vijay Bharadwaj's record tally of 1280
runs.Incidentally Bharadwaj had made his record only last season.The only
other batsmen to cross the one thousand run-barrier this season is Tamil
Nadu's Sridharan Sriram who aggregated 1075 runs in 8 matches at an average
of 89.58.The feat of scoring 1000 runs in a Ranji season has now been
achieved by 8 batsmen.
VVS Laxman's scores during this Ranji Season : v Andhra 104 v Goa 131 v Punjab 19 v Railways 109 & 45 v Baroda 6 & 48 v Bihar 119 v UP 128 & 177* v Karnataka 353 & 19 v Mumbai 46 & 111
S Sriram's scores during this Ranji Season
v Goa 147
v Hyderabad 121
v Punjab 165 & 13
v Mumbai 2 & 10
v Uttar Pradesh 288 & 0*
v Orissa 23 & 31
v Haryana 177
v Saurashtra 98
The complete list of players scoring 1000 runs in a Ranji Trophy season
Season Team M Ins No Runs HS Avg 100 50
VVS Laxman 1999-00 Hyderabad 9 14 1 1415 353 108.85 8 0
R V Bharadwaj 1998-99 Karnataka 10 15 3 1280 200* 106.66 4 7
S Sriram 1999-00 Tamil Nadu 8 12 1 1075 288 97.72 5 1
JJ Martin 1998-99 Baroda 8 13 3 1037 242 103.70 5 2
Raman Lamba 1996-97 Delhi 10 14 0 1034 250 73.86 3 4
AK Sharma 1996-97 Delhi 8 10 1 1033 220* 114.78 5 3
WV Raman 1988-89 Tamil Nadu 7 9 2 1018 313 145.42 3 1
RS Modi 1944-45 Bombay 5 7 1 1008 245* 168.00 5 1
Rajiv Nayyar's world record:
Himachal Pradesh's skipper Rajiv Nayyar set a new record for the longest
stay at the wicket beating Pakistan's Hanif Mohammad's almost 42 years old
record.
Playing against Jammu and Kashmir at his hometown Chamba, Nayyar batted for
16 hours and 55 minutes (i.e.1015 minutes) scoring 271 runs to put
Pakistan's little master Hanif Mohammad's record of 970 minutes against
West Indies at Bridgetown in January 1958 to shade. Nayyar,in the
course, became first batsman from Himachal Pradesh to score a double hundred.
Rajiv started his marathon innings on the second day of the match after 59
minutes of the play with Himachal's score reading one for 39 (Jammu and
Kashmir had been dismissed for 249 in 88.4 overs on the first day) and
batted through out the full day scoring 89 runs. He was still on the crease
at the end of the play on the third day with 170 runs on his name. On the
fourth day, Rajeev broke Hanif Mohammad's record after tea. When hapless Jammu
and Kashmir bowling attack finally succeded in getting him out, Nayyar had
batted for 1015 minutes for his 271 runs playing 728 balls and hitting 26
fours and a six. He was ninth out with Himachal's score reading 552.
The previous record of longest individual innings in a Ranji Trophy match
was held by Punjab's Bhupinder Singh Junior who batted for 785 minutes for
his 297 against Delhi in 1994-95.Kedar Chavan of Baroda with 760 minutes (v
Punjab,1993-94) and V Arjuna Raja of Karnataka with 747 minutes (v
Bengal,1990-91) follow him.
Longest individual innings in all first class cricket :
Minutes Runs Batsman Teams Venue Season 1015 271 R Nayyar Himachal v Jammu & Kashmir Chamba 1999-00 970 337 Hanif Mohammad Pakistan v WestIndies Bridgetown 1957-58 799 340 ST Jayasuriya SriLanka v India Colombo RP 1996-97 797 364 L Hutton England v Australia The Oval 1938 785 297 Bhupinder Singh,Jr.Punjab v Delhi Delhi 1994-95 777 201*DSBP Kuruppu SriLanka v NewZealand Colombo 1986-87 766 262 MRJ Veletta W.Australia v Victoria Perth 1986-87 766 375 BC Lara WestIndies v England St.John's 1993-94 765 170 NL Haldipur East Zone v West Zone Rajkot 1998-99 762 311 RB Simpson Australia v England Manchester 1964 760 190 KS Chavan Baroda v Punjab Baroda 1993-94 753 225 RS Mahanama SriLanka v India Colombo RP 1996-97 750 350 Rashid Israr Habib Bank v National Bank Lahore 1976-77
Longest individual innings in Ranji Trophy :
1015 271 R Nayyar Himachal v Jammu & Kashmir Chamba 1999-00 785 297 Bhupinder Singh,Jr. Punjab v Delhi Delhi 1994-95 760 190 KS Chavan Baroda v Punjab Baroda 1993-94 748 231* SS Bhave Maharashtra v Haryana Pune 1991-92 747 267 V Arjun Raja Karnataka v Bengal Calcutta 1990-91 740 214* Deepak Sharma Haryana v Punjab Patiala 1986-87 727 237* VB Chandrasekhar Goa v Kerala Panjim 1995-96
Most centuries in a season
Laxman, by scoring the eight centuries in the 1999-00 season,also achieved
the distinction of scoring most three figure innings in a
Ranji Season.The previous record was of five hundreds held by 11 batsmen.
8 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 1999-00 104,131,109,119,128,177*,353,111 5 RS Modi Bombay 1944-45 160,210,245,113,151 5 B Patel Karnataka 1978-79 100,126,133,216,166 5 Amarjeet KP Haryana 1990-91 168,127,152,173,102 5 WV Raman Tamil Nadu 1991-92 206,122,110,229,120 5 SR Tendulkar Bombay 1994-95 175,166,109,140,139 5 AK Sharma Delhi 1996-97 128,220*,118,144,176 5 MV Sridhar Hyderabad 1995-96 104,105,123,137,101 5 HH Kanitkar Maharashtra 1996-97 205,121,100,159,174 5 JJ Martin Baroda 1998-99 108,103*,177*,242,100* 5 J Arun Kumar Karnataka 1998-99 141,131,151,135,147 5 S Sriram Tamil Nadu 1999-00 147,121,165,288,177
Best bowling in an innings and in a match
Uttar Pradesh's medium pacer Aashish Winston Zaidi was at his prime best in
the Central Zone Ranji League match against Vidarbha. Zaidi's figures read 9
for 45 in first innings and 15 for 192 in the match. Zaidi in the course
provided the 20th instance of a bowler capturing nine wickets in an innings
in Ranji Trophy.His match figures are also the eighth best in Ranji
Trophy.The details :
Most wickets in an innings :
Figures Bowler Teams Venue Season 10-20 PM Chatterjee Bengal v Assam Jorhat 1956-57 10-78 P Sunderam Rajashthan v Vidarbha Jodpur 1985-86 9-25 S Hyder Ali Railways v Jammu & Kashmir Delhi 1969-70 9-31 Madan Lal Delhi v Haryana Delhi 1979-80 9-34 T Gyaneshwar Delhi v Jammu & Kashmir Delhi 1961-62 9-35 VB Ranjane Maharashta v Saurashtra Pune 1956-57 9-38 RR Wadkar Bombay v Western India Jamnagar 1937-38 9-45 Amarjit Singh Kerala v Andhra Cannanore 1971-72 9-45 AW Zaidi Uttar Pradesh v Vidarbha Kanpur 1999-00 9-50 KS Kannan Madras v Hyderabad Secunderabad 1947-48 9-50 Madan Lal Delhi v Jammu & Kashmir Delhi 1984-85 9-52 P Sushil Kumar Orissa v Tripura Agartala 1990-91 9-52 GD Dutta Assam v Tripura 1991-92 9-53 Ghulam Ahmed Hyderabad v Madras Secunderabad 1947-48 9-54 TA Sekhar Tamil Nadu v Kerala Palghat 1982-83 9-59 Gopal Sharma Uttar Pradesh v Rajasthan Kanpur 1989-90 9-61 CT Sarwate Holkar v Mysore Indore 1945-46 9-70 S Luthra Delhi v Services Delhi 1976-77 9-72 BS ChandrasekharMysore v Kerala Bijapur 1969-70 9-76 VV Kumar Madras v Kerala Sankarnagar 1969-70 9-152 RS Hans Uttar Pradesh v Karnataka Mohan Nagar 1977-78
Most wickets in a match :
16-99 A Kumble Karnataka v Kerala Thalaserry 1994-95 16-154 P Sunderam Rajasthan v Vidarbha Jodhpur 1985-86 15-84 RA Bhat Karnataka v Tamil Nadu Bangalore 1987-88 15-89 P Sushil Kumar Orissa v Tripura Agartala 1990-91 15-104 SP Gupte Rajasthan v Vidarbha Nagpur 1962-63 15-109 PM Chatterjee Bengal v Madhya Pradesh Calcutta 1955-56 15-140 Pradeep Jain Haryana v Himachal Prad. Bhiwani 1993-94 15-192 AW Zaidi Uttar Pradesh v Vidarbha Kanpur 1999-00
Most wickets in a season
Hyderabad's offspinner Kanwaljit Singh's tally of 62 wickets in this Ranji
season is the joint second highest by any bowler in the history of national
championship. Only Bishan Singh Bedi (Delhi) has taken more wickets than
Kanwaljit in a Ranji Season-64 at an average of 8.53 in 1974-75.Karnataka's
medium pacer Dodda Ganesh had also taken 62 wickets in 11 matches last
season.The following table lists all instances of a bowler taking 50 or more
wickets in a Ranji Season :
Bowler Team Season Mts Ovrs Mdns Runs Hs Best Ave. 5W 10W BS Bedi Delhi 1974-75 8 325 111 546 64 8.53 7-5 8 4 D Ganesh Karnataka 1998-99 11 504.3 86 1618 62 26.09 6-37 6 2 Kanwaljit Singh Hyderabad 1999-00 12 644.2 167 1563 62 25.20 6-37 4 2 S V'raghavan Tamil Nadu 1972-73 7 336.3 96 756 58 13.03 6-30 6 2 Maninder Singh Delhi 1991-92 8 418 157 817 58 14.08 7-43 7 2 BS Chandrasekhar Karnataka 1973-74 7 269.2 36 927 55 16.85 7-76 5 3 RK Chuahan Madhya Prad 1996-97 10 647.3 194 1352 55 24.58 7-52 7 2 Bharati Vij Punjab 1996-97 8 411.4 93 1074 53 20.26 7-55 6 3 RS Hans Uttar Prad 1977-78 8 421.2 101 884 52 17.00 9-152 5 1 U Chatterjee Bengal 1999-00 8 493.1 167 978 52 18.80 7-45 6 2 S Joshi Karnataka 1995-96 9 394 132 872 52 16.76 7-60 3 1 SLV Raju Hyderabad 1999-00 11 601 200 1344 52 25.84 6-57 3 - Kanwaljit Singh Hyderabad 1998-99 11 497 130 1203 51 23.59 8-86 4 1 RB Desai Bombay 1958-59 7 229.1 69 555 50 11.10 6-28 4 1 AR Kapoor Tamil Nadu 1999-00 11 432.2 91 1304 50 26.08 5-85 2 -
Record partnerships
The third wicket unbroken partnership of 406 runs between Rohan Gavaskar and
Srikant Kalyani for Bengal against Tripura at Agartala in the East Zone
Ranji Trophy League is the highest for this wicket
In Ranji Trophy history.This obliterated the previous record stand of 405
runs between Ajay Jadeja and Amarjeet Kaypee for Haryana against Services at
Faridabad in 1991-92.The details :
Highest Partnership for each wicket in Ranji Trophy :
Wkt Runs Batsmen Teams Venue Season 1st 464 R Sehgal & R Lamba Delhi v Himachal Prad. Delhi 1994-95 2nd 475 Zaheer Alam & LS Rajput Assam v Tripura Guwahati 1991-92 3rd 406* RS Gavaskar & SJ Kalyani Bengal v Tripura Agartala 1999-00 4th 577 VS Hazare & Gul Mohamed Baroda v Holkar Holkar 1946-47 5th 360 UM Merchant & MN Raiji Bombay v Hyderabad Bombay 1947-48 6th 371 VM Merchant & RS Modi Bombay v Maharashtra Bombay 1943-44 7th 460 Bhupinder Jr.& P Dharmani Punjab v Delhi Delhi 1994-95 8th 236 CT Sarwate & RP Singh Holkar v Delhi Delhi 1959-60 9th 245 VS Hazare & ND Nagarwala Maharashtra v Baroda Poona 1939-40 10th 233 Ajay Sharma & Maninder Singh Delhi v Bombay Bombay 1991-92
Partnerships of 400 or more in Ranji Trophy :
Runs Stand Batsmen Teams Venue Season 577 4th VS Hazare & Gul Mohamed Baroda v Holkar Holkar 1946-47 475 2nd Zaheer Alam & LS Rajput Assam v Tripura Guwahati 1991-92 464 1st R Sehgal & R Lamba Delhi v Himachal Prad.Delhi 1994-95 460 7th Bhupinder Jr.& P Dharmani Punjab v Delhi Delhi 1994-95 459 1st Wasim Jaffer& SK Kulkarni Mumbai v Suarashtra Rajkot 1996-97 455 2nd KV Bhandarkar& BB Nimbalkar Maharash.v KathiawarPoona 1948-49 451* 1st S Desai & RMH Binny Karnataka v Kerala Chickmagalur 1977-78 436 4th S Abbas Ali & AR Khurasiya M.Pradesh v Railways Indore 1997-98 421 1st SM Gavaskar & GA Parkar Bombay v Bengal Bombay 1981-82 410 4th G Abraham & P Balan Pandit Kerala v Andhra Palghat 1959-60 406* 3rd RS Gavaskar & SJ Kalyani Bengal v Tripura Agartala 1999-00 405 1st CPS Chauhan & MS Gupte Maharashtra v Vidarbha Poona 1972-73 405 3rd A Jadeja & Amarjeet KP Haryana v Services Faridabad 1991-92
Most catches by a fielder in a season
Hyderabad's A Nandakishore with 19 catches in 12 matches became the
fielder with most catches in a Ranji season.He surpassed the previous
record of 18 catches by Haryana's Rajesh Puri in 1996-97 in 9 matches.
A total of 10 players have now taken 15 or more catches in a season in
Ranji Trophy.The details :
Catches
19 A Nandakishore Hyderabad 1999-00 in 12 matches 18 Rajesh Puri Haryana 1996-97 in 9 matches 17 S Abbas Ali Madhya Pradesh 1996-97 in 10 matches 17 Shafiq Khan Haryana 1997-98 in 10 matches 16 D Mongia Punjab 1999-00 in 10 matches 15 Bhaskar Pillai Delhi 1990-91 in 5 matches 15 M Gunjal Maharashtra 1992-93 in 8 matches 15 D Gandhi Bengal 1996-97 in 8 matches 15 AA Muzumdar Mumbai 1996-97 in 10 matches 15 D Mongia Punjab 1998-99 in 11 matches 15 V Rathour Punjab 1999-00 in 10 matches 15 AA Muzumdar Mumbai 1999-00 in 10 matches
Least runs in a full day's play
In the Central Zone Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh at
Indore, Railways made a world record of least runs in a full day's
play. Madhya Pradesh had declared its innings at 538 for seven. Railways were
bowled out for 216 in first innings on third day and suffered the ignominy
of following on.Railways ended the third day with second innings score of 3
for no loss in five overs. What followed on the fourth and final day was the
stonewalling at its best. In an effort to thwart Madhya Pradesh's chances of
an outright win, Railways batsmen decided to just occupy the crease and cut
down all the shots. Skipper Prahlad Rawat played 110 balls for two runs in
his two hours' stint at the crease. Yere Goud played 181 balls for his 13
runs. For Madhya Pradesh,Manish Majithia returned the figures of 20-20-0-1!
(He had figures of 12.3-9-3-0 in the first innings). The tactics paid off and
Railways ended the match with second innings score of 86 for five in 109
overs.
The 83 runs that Railways made on the fourth day, are the least in a
first class cricket match made in a day's uninterrupted play.The previous
record was of 95 runs in a Test match between Australia and Pakistan.The
details :
fa 83 Railways (3-0 to 86-5) v Madhya Pradesh Indore 1999-00 95 Australia (80) v Pakistan (15-2) Karachi 1956-57 104 Pakistan (104-5) v Australia Karachi 1959-60 105 Queensland (30-1 to 135-5) v MCC Brisbane 1958-59 106 England (92-2 to 198) v Australia Brisbane 1958-59 107 Pakistan XI (66-0 to 173-1) v MCC Lahore 1955-56 110 Combined XI (159-2 to 260) v MCC (9-1) Perth 1958-59