BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Prakash Srivastava	c †Jogiyani b Maniar	3	5	8	0	0	60.00
Amir Khan †	c †Jogiyani b Maniar	4	23	48	0	0	17.39
Suresh Raina	c †Jogiyani b Maniar	2	9	11	0	0	22.22
Mohammad Kaif (c)	c Shah b Maniar	80	122	199	13	0	65.57
Ravikant Shukla	b Jobanputra	29	28	46	6	0	103.57
Piyush Chawla	lbw b Jobanputra	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Rahat Elahi	c †Jogiyani b Maniar	0	8	12	0	0	0.00
Praveen Kumar	b Vaghela	11	18	33	2	0	61.11
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	not out	33	85	108	5	0	38.82
Praveen Gupta	c Pujara b Maniar	6	9	9	1	0	66.66
Sudeep Tyagi	lbw b Jobanputra	0	9	22	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 9, nb 6, w 1)	20
TOTAL	51.5 Ov (RR: 3.62, 253 Mins)	188
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Rohit Prakash Srivastava, 1.1 ov), 2-5 (Suresh Raina, 3.3 ov), 3-15 (Amir Khan, 9.1 ov), 4-69 (Ravikant Shukla, 17.5 ov), 5-69 (Piyush Chawla, 17.6 ov), 6-79 (Rahat Elahi, 20.3 ov), 7-110 (Praveen Kumar, 27.2 ov), 8-159 (Mohammad Kaif, 44.2 ov), 9-173 (Praveen Gupta, 46.3 ov), 10-188 (Sudeep Tyagi, 51.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Sandeep Jobanputra	18.5	1	60	3	3.18	84	9	0	1	0
17.5 to Ravikant Shukla, . 69/4 17.6 to PP Chawla, . 69/5 51.5 to S Tyagi, . 188/10
Sandip Maniar	23	2	88	6	3.82	102	14	0	0	6
1.1 to RP Srivastava, . 3/1 3.3 to SK Raina, . 5/2 9.1 to Amir Khan, . 15/3 20.3 to R Elahi, . 79/6 44.2 to M Kaif, . 159/8 46.3 to P Gupta, . 173/9
Kanaiya Vaghela	6	2	17	1	2.83	30	3	0	0	0
27.2 to P Kumar, . 110/7
Rakesh Dhurv	4	0	10	0	2.50	17	1	0	0	0

Saurashtra 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Kanaiya Vaghela	c Kaif b P Kumar	0	8	8	0	0	0.00
Jaydev Shah (c)	lbw b Tyagi	57	72	116	8	0	79.16
Sitanshu Kotak	lbw b P Kumar	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Cheteshwar Pujara	b Tyagi	2	7	9	0	0	28.57
Sagar Jogiyani †	b P Kumar	14	26	29	2	0	53.84
Nikhil Rathod	c Ravikant Shukla b B Kumar	4	25	32	0	0	16.00
Firoz Bambhaniya	lbw b B Kumar	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Rakesh Dhurv	lbw b P Kumar	26	47	69	2	0	55.31
Kamlesh Makwana	b Tyagi	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Sandeep Jobanputra	b Tyagi	17	32	31	2	1	53.12
Sandip Maniar	not out	4	3	5	1	0	133.33
Extras	(b 1, lb 2)	3
TOTAL	37.3 Ov (RR: 3.38, 156 Mins)	127
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Kanaiya Vaghela, 2.2 ov), 2-4 (Sitanshu Kotak, 2.4 ov), 3-7 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 5.1 ov), 4-38 (Sagar Jogiyani, 12.2 ov), 5-61 (Nikhil Rathod, 19.4 ov), 6-61 (Firoz Bambhaniya, 19.6 ov), 7-87 (Jaydev Shah, 28.2 ov), 8-87 (Kamlesh Makwana, 28.3 ov), 9-121 (Sandeep Jobanputra, 36.3 ov), 10-127 (Rakesh Dhurv, 37.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Praveen Kumar	12.3	4	40	4	3.20	57	5	0	0	0
2.2 to KM Vaghela, . 4/1 2.4 to SH Kotak, . 4/2 12.2 to SD Jogiyani, . 38/4 37.3 to RV Dhurv, . 127/10
Sudeep Tyagi	13	2	49	4	3.76	55	6	1	0	0
5.1 to CA Pujara, . 7/3 28.2 to JN Shah, . 87/7 28.3 to KR Makvana, . 87/8 36.3 to SP Jobanputra, . 121/9
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	6	0	23	2	3.83	24	3	0	0	0
19.4 to NR Rathod, . 61/5 19.6 to FU Bambhaniya, . 61/6
Piyush Chawla	6	2	12	0	2.00	27	1	0	0	0

Uttar Pradesh 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Prakash Srivastava	lbw b Maniar	14	30	44	3	0	46.66
Amir Khan †	b Dhurv	22	59	95	4	0	37.28
Suresh Raina	lbw b Makvana	25	27	43	4	1	92.59
Mohammad Kaif (c)	c †Jogiyani b Makvana	8	21	24	1	0	38.09
Ravikant Shukla	c Kotak b Dhurv	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Piyush Chawla	c Dhurv b Jobanputra	10	21	23	0	1	47.61
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	b Dhurv	5	42	52	1	0	11.90
Praveen Kumar	b Dhurv	2	19	17	0	0	10.52
Rahat Elahi	b Dhurv	5	31	40	1	0	16.12
Praveen Gupta	c †Jogiyani b Maniar	1	13	20	0	0	7.69
Sudeep Tyagi	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 2)	8
TOTAL	44.1 Ov (RR: 2.26, 187 Mins)	100
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Rohit Prakash Srivastava, 9.4 ov), 2-59 (Suresh Raina, 18.1 ov), 3-67 (Amir Khan, 19.6 ov), 4-69 (Ravikant Shukla, 21.6 ov), 5-79 (Mohammad Kaif, 24.6 ov), 6-82 (Piyush Chawla, 28.4 ov), 7-86 (Praveen Kumar, 33.4 ov), 8-99 (Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 39.3 ov), 9-100 (Rahat Elahi, 43.6 ov), 10-100 (Praveen Gupta, 44.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Sandeep Jobanputra	12	5	20	1	1.66	63	3	0	0	1
28.4 to PP Chawla, . 82/6
Sandip Maniar	10.1	5	20	2	1.96	52	3	0	0	1
9.4 to RP Srivastava, . 23/1 44.1 to P Gupta, . 100/10
Kanaiya Vaghela	3	0	20	0	6.66	13	3	1	0	0
Rakesh Dhurv	14	7	20	5	1.42	76	4	0	0	0
19.6 to Amir Khan, . 67/3 21.6 to Ravikant Shukla, . 69/4 33.4 to P Kumar, . 86/7 39.3 to B Kumar, . 99/8 43.6 to R Elahi, . 100/9
Kamlesh Makwana	5	1	14	2	2.80	24	1	1	0	0
18.1 to SK Raina, . 59/2 24.6 to M Kaif, . 79/5

Saurashtra 2nd Innings (T: 162 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sagar Jogiyani †	lbw b B Kumar	13	52	70	2	0	25.00
Jaydev Shah (c)	c †Amir Khan b Tyagi	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Kanaiya Vaghela	c †Amir Khan b Tyagi	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Cheteshwar Pujara	c †Amir Khan b Tyagi	9	42	53	1	0	21.42
Sitanshu Kotak	b Tyagi	52	130	185	4	0	40.00
Nikhil Rathod	c Raina b P Kumar	13	24	34	3	0	54.16
Rakesh Dhurv	c & b Gupta	1	7	6	0	0	14.28
Firoz Bambhaniya	lbw b P Kumar	0	15	22	0	0	0.00
Kamlesh Makwana	c †Amir Khan b P Kumar	13	59	87	1	0	22.03
Sandeep Jobanputra	b P Kumar	0	9	11	0	0	0.00
Sandip Maniar	not out	1	4	14	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, w 4)	11
TOTAL	57.5 Ov (RR: 1.95, 250 Mins)	113
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Jaydev Shah, 1.3 ov), 2-2 (Kanaiya Vaghela, 1.5 ov), 3-25 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 15.4 ov), 4-25 (Sagar Jogiyani, 16.5 ov), 5-49 (Nikhil Rathod, 25.1 ov), 6-50 (Rakesh Dhurv, 26.2 ov), 7-63 (Firoz Bambhaniya, 31.3 ov), 8-103 (Kamlesh Makwana, 52.3 ov), 9-105 (Sandeep Jobanputra, 54.6 ov), 10-113 (Sitanshu Kotak, 57.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Praveen Kumar	22	7	39	4	1.77	114	5	0	0	0
25.1 to NR Rathod, . 49/5 31.3 to FU Bambhaniya, . 63/7 52.3 to KR Makvana, . 103/8 54.6 to SP Jobanputra, . 105/9
Sudeep Tyagi	20.5	5	42	4	2.01	103	3	0	3	0
1.3 to JN Shah, . 2/1 1.5 to KM Vaghela, . 2/2 15.4 to CA Pujara, . 25/3 57.5 to SH Kotak, . 113/10
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	8	2	12	1	1.50	41	1	0	0	0
16.5 to SD Jogiyani, . 25/4
Praveen Gupta	5	2	10	1	2.00	26	2	0	0	0
26.2 to RV Dhurv, . 50/6
Piyush Chawla	2	0	3	0	1.50	10	0	0	0	0

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Sat, 05 Jan - day 1 - Saurashtra 1st innings 116/8 (Rakesh Dhurv 21*, Sandeep Jobanputra 15*, 34 ov)

Sun, 06 Jan - day 2 - Saurashtra 2nd innings 93/7 (Sitanshu Kotak 41*, Kamlesh Makwana 9*, 45 ov)

Mon, 07 Jan - day 3 - Saurashtra 2nd innings 113 (57.5 ov) - end of match

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General

Scorer: Nandan Savat

MATCH DETAILS

Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Toss	Saurashtra, elected to field first
Series	Ranji Trophy Super League
Season	2007/08
Series result	Uttar Pradesh advanced
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30
Match days	5,6,7 January 2008 - day (5-day match)
Umpires	Shavir Tarapore Suresh Shastri
Match Referee	Sanjay Patil

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Saurashtra Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
SD Jogiyani	lbw	13	52
JN Shah	caught	0	3
KM Vaghela	caught	0	2
CA Pujara	caught	9	42
SH Kotak	bowled	52	130
NR Rathod	caught	13	24
RV Dhurv	caught	1	7
FU Bambhaniya	lbw	0	15
KR Makvana	caught	13	59
SP Jobanputra	bowled	0	9
SM Maniar	not out	1	4
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, w 4)
Total	113(10 wkts; 57.5 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
P Kumar	22	7	39	4	1.77
S Tyagi	20.5	5	42	4	2.01
B Kumar	8	2	12	1	1.5
P Gupta	5	2	10	1	2
PP Chawla	2	0	3	0	1.5

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	2	Jaydev Shah	Sagar Jogiyani
2nd	0	Kanaiya Vaghela	Sagar Jogiyani
3rd	23	Cheteshwar Pujara	Sagar Jogiyani
4th	0	Sitanshu Kotak	Sagar Jogiyani
5th	24	Sitanshu Kotak	Nikhil Rathod
6th	1	Sitanshu Kotak	Rakesh Dhurv
7th	13	Sitanshu Kotak	Firoz Bambhaniya
8th	42	Sitanshu Kotak	Kamlesh Makwana
9th	2	Sitanshu Kotak	Sandeep Jobanputra
10th	8	Sitanshu Kotak	Sandip Maniar

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Ranji Trophy Super League

Group A

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
DELHI	7	3	0	4	23	1.510
SAU	7	3	0	4	23	0.955
MUM	7	2	0	5	19	1.128
KNTKA	7	2	1	4	16	1.345
MAHA	7	2	3	2	15	0.902
TN	7	1	2	4	13	1.214
RAJ	7	1	4	2	9	0.705
HP	7	0	4	3	5	0.634

Group B

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
UP	6	3	1	2	19	1.410
BRODA	6	2	0	4	19	1.261
AP	6	2	1	3	17	1.237
ODSA	6	2	3	1	13	0.873
PNJB	6	1	1	4	13	0.810
HYD	6	1	2	3	10	0.778
BENG	6	1	4	1	8	0.793

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