Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Abhinav Mukund	c †Amir Khan b B Kumar	100	175	231	16	0	57.14
Murali Vijay	c P Kumar b Parvinder Singh	69	151	198	8	0	45.69
S Badrinath	c †Amir Khan b P Kumar	65	132	178	11	1	49.24
Dinesh Karthik (c)†	c †Amir Khan b P Kumar	72	148	186	12	0	48.64
Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan	b B Kumar	3	17	23	0	0	17.64
Suresh Kumar	c †Amir Khan b P Kumar	12	28	51	3	0	42.85
Ravichandran Ashwin	c †Amir Khan b Imtiaz Ahmed	15	38	52	2	0	39.47
Chandrasekar Ganapathy	not out	67	160	165	10	0	41.87
Lakshmipathy Balaji	c †Amir Khan b Imtiaz Ahmed	17	52	47	2	0	32.69
Chinnaswamy Suresh	lbw b Raina	5	80	92	0	0	6.25
Palani Amarnath	run out (Srivastava/Chawla)	3	8	17	0	0	37.50
Extras	(b 6, lb 6, w 5)	17
Total	164.5 Ov (RR: 2.69, 627 Mins)	445
Fall of wickets: 1-167 (Murali Vijay, 50.3 ov), 2-182 (Abhinav Mukund, 57.3 ov), 3-303 (S Badrinath, 95.3 ov), 4-318 (Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, 100.6 ov), 5-324 (Dinesh Karthik, 105.1 ov), 6-346 (Suresh Kumar, 113.1 ov), 7-353 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 117.4 ov), 8-383 (Lakshmipathy Balaji, 131.6 ov), 9-431 (Chinnaswamy Suresh, 159.2 ov), 10-445 (Palani Amarnath, 164.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Praveen Kumar	41	11	104	3	2.53	-	-	-	0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	35	9	82	2	2.34	-	-	-	2
Imtiaz Ahmed	24	4	74	2	3.08	-	-	-	0
Piyush Chawla	28.5	6	82	0	2.84	-	-	-	0
Praveen Gupta	19	7	60	0	3.15	-	-	-	0
Parvinder Singh	13	5	21	1	1.61	-	-	-	1
Suresh Raina	4	0	10	1	2.50	-	-	-	0

Uttar Pradesh 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tanmay Srivastava	c Badrinath b Ganapathy	1	12	12	0	0	8.33
Shivakant Shukla	not out	178	569	821	26	0	31.28
Suresh Raina	b Balaji	39	74	112	7	0	52.70
Mohammad Kaif (c)	b Balaji	0	12	16	0	0	0.00
Parvinder Singh	c Suresh b Balaji	138	341	462	16	1	40.46
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	c Vidyut b Balaji	11	31	32	1	0	35.48
Piyush Chawla	c Ganapathy b Ashwin	1	4	9	0	0	25.00
Praveen Kumar	c Amarnath b Ashwin	11	19	22	2	0	57.89
Amir Khan †	c †Karthik b Balaji	21	81	108	2	0	25.92
Praveen Gupta	not out	13	13	22	1	0	100.00
Extras	(b 18, lb 13, nb 1, w 2)	34
Total	192.3 Ov (RR: 2.32, 821 Mins)	447/8
Did not bat: Imtiaz Ahmed
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Tanmay Srivastava, 3.1 ov), 2-53 (Suresh Raina, 27.3 ov), 3-63 (Mohammad Kaif, 31.3 ov), 4-335 (Parvinder Singh, 142.5 ov), 5-353 (Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 151.6 ov), 6-354 (Piyush Chawla, 154.3 ov), 7-373 (Praveen Kumar, 160.3 ov), 8-421 (Amir Khan, 186.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Lakshmipathy Balaji	53.3	18	114	5	2.13	-	-	-	0	1
Chandrasekar Ganapathy	45	16	98	1	2.17	-	-	-	1	0
Palani Amarnath	30	8	66	0	2.20	-	-	-	1	0
Chinnaswamy Suresh	15	3	55	0	3.66	-	-	-	0	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	44	16	68	2	1.54	-	-	-	0	0
Suresh Kumar	5	0	15	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Sun, 04 Jan - day 1 - Tamil Nadu 1st innings 296/2 (S Badrinath 59*, Dinesh Karthik 58*, 91 ov)

Mon, 05 Jan - day 2 - UP 1st innings 25/1 (Shivakant Shukla 10*, Suresh Raina 13*, 19 ov)

Tue, 06 Jan - day 3 - UP 1st innings 253/3 (Shivakant Shukla 103*, Parvinder Singh 93*, 109 ov)

Wed, 07 Jan - day 4 - UP 1st innings 447/8 (192.3 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Toss	Tamil Nadu, elected to bat first
Series	Ranji Trophy Super League
Season	2008/09
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<br><b>UPDATES ONLY</b>
Match days	4,5,6,7 January 2009 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Shavir Tarapore Suresh Shastri
Match Referee	Rajendra Jadeja

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UP Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Balaji	53.3	18	114	5	2.13 (1 nb)
C Ganapathy	45	16	98	1	2.17
P Amarnath	30	8	66	0	2.2
C Suresh	15	3	55	0	3.66
R Ashwin	44	16	68	2	1.54
SS Kumar	5	0	15	0	3

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Group A

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
MUM	7	5	0	2	31	1.741
GUJ	7	4	1	2	28	1.593
SAU	7	3	2	2	23	1.401
DELHI	7	2	0	5	20	1.094
PNJB	7	2	3	2	12	0.800
HYD	7	0	3	4	10	0.809
ODSA	7	1	4	2	9	0.640
RAJ	7	0	4	3	3	0.538

Group B

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
TN	6	2	0	4	23	2.110
KNTKA	6	3	0	3	19	1.126
UP	6	1	1	4	17	0.970
BRODA	6	2	2	2	15	1.019
RLYS	6	1	0	5	12	0.863
MAHA	6	0	3	3	7	0.731
AP	6	0	3	3	3	0.704