BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shikhar Dhawan	c †Ojha b Trivedi	39	39	65	6	0	100.00

Murali Vijay	c †Ojha b Harbhajan Singh	44	35	49	4	2	125.71

Harshad Khadiwale	c Jadhav b Dinda	55	51	72	7	0	107.84

S Badrinath (c)	run out (Kumar/†Ojha/Trivedi)	4	10	15	0	0	40.00

Ishank Jaggi	c †Ojha b Pathan	54	51	75	5	1	105.88

Ravindra Jadeja	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	22	38	55	1	0	57.89

Wriddhiman Saha †	c Pathan b Dhoni	1	9	10	0	0	11.11

Ravichandran Ashwin	c Kumar b Dinda	11	20	23	1	0	55.00

Munaf Patel	b Harbhajan Singh	7	13	19	1	0	53.84

Ishant Sharma	c †Ojha b Dinda	1	3	4	0	0	33.33

Sudeep Tyagi	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1, w 8)	10
TOTAL	44.4 Ov (RR: 5.55, 201 Mins)	248
Fall of wickets: 1-79 (Murali Vijay, 10.2 ov), 2-99 (Shikhar Dhawan, 13.6 ov), 3-118 (S Badrinath, 17.4 ov), 4-167 (Harshad Khadiwale, 26.4 ov), 5-212 (Ishank Jaggi, 33.5 ov), 6-218 (Wriddhiman Saha, 36.5 ov), 7-231 (Ravindra Jadeja, 40.2 ov), 8-242 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 43.1 ov), 9-244 (Ishant Sharma, 43.6 ov), 10-248 (Munaf Patel, 44.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Sreesanth	7	1	44	0	6.28	23	4	1	1	0
Ashok Dinda	8	0	52	3	6.50	25	8	0	1	1
26.4 to HH Khadiwale, banged in short and Khadiwale mistimes the pull, trying to fetch it from outside off, and sends a simple catch to mid-on. 167/4 43.1 to R Ashwin, walks down the track, tries to force the back-of-length delivery from outside off to the on side but gets a top edge to Suresh Kumar at mid-off. 242/8 43.6 to I Sharma, And he is gone. It rushes past the off stump line, angling away from that round the stumps and Ishant gets a faint tickle to the keeper And they still haven't taken the Powerplay. I tell you ....!. 244/9
Harbhajan Singh	8.4	0	40	3	4.61	30	5	0	1	0
10.2 to M Vijay, shuffles outside leg, Harbhajan follows him with an off break, Vijay tries to dab it to the on side for a single, the ball goes off the inside edge to the pads and lobs up for the keeper to hold a simple catch. Not a great delivery but it gets Harbhajan a wicket. Soft dismissal.. 79/1 40.2 to RA Jadeja, given out lbw but there was an inside-edge. It turned from the middle stump line, Jadeja shaped to defend and got a thin edge to the back pad. Very thin nick and Ulhas Gandhe couldn't pick it up. 231/7 44.4 to MM Patel, comes down the track and the bowler cleverly cuts back on the pace, he swings all around it and the ball hits the off stump. 248/10
Yusuf Pathan	8	1	42	1	5.25	28	3	2	1	0
33.5 to IR Jaggi, turns in from the off stump, tries to play the late cut but the ball was on the middle stump line and edges it to the keeper who manages to take it. 212/5
Siddharth Trivedi	8	0	43	1	5.37	22	4	0	1	0
13.6 to S Dhawan, Almost like the Vijay dismissal. It was a length delivery that straightened around the off stump, Shikhar edged the drive to his pad and the ball bounded off straight to the keeper! Hmmm. 99/2
Jalaj Saxena	2	0	12	0	6.00	4	1	0	0	0
MS Dhoni	3	0	14	1	4.66	8	0	0	2	0
36.5 to WP Saha, got him! Dhoni strikes! Bowled it on middle and off from round the wicket and Saha, with little intent, just chipped it gently to Yusuf Pathan at short midwicket. 218/6

India Blue (T: 249 runs from 50 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Naman Ojha †	c Jaggi b Sharma	8	16	30	1	0	50.00

Wasim Jaffer	c Dhawan b Tyagi	27	33	44	4	0	81.81

Harbhajan Singh	b Jadeja	36	36	69	6	0	100.00

Kedar Jadhav	c Jadeja b Sharma	1	8	6	0	0	12.50

Suresh Kumar	c Jadeja b Sharma	87	113	154	7	1	76.99

MS Dhoni (c)	c Ashwin b Sharma	37	40	50	2	0	92.50

Jalaj Saxena	c Khadiwale b Ashwin	15	22	24	2	0	68.18

Yusuf Pathan	c Vijay b Jadeja	15	15	23	1	1	100.00

Sreesanth	b Patel	0	2	10	0	0	0.00

Ashok Dinda	not out	8	7	15	1	0	114.28
Siddharth Trivedi	not out	4	6	11	0	0	66.66
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 1, w 2)	12
TOTAL	49.3 Ov (RR: 5.05, 222 Mins)	250/9
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Naman Ojha, 6.5 ov), 2-48 (Wasim Jaffer, 9.2 ov), 3-49 (Kedar Jadhav, 10.4 ov), 4-106 (Harbhajan Singh, 22.2 ov), 5-161 (MS Dhoni, 34.5 ov), 6-192 (Jalaj Saxena, 41.1 ov), 7-226 (Yusuf Pathan, 45.4 ov), 8-237 (Suresh Kumar, 46.6 ov), 9-237 (Sreesanth, 47.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Munaf Patel	9.3	0	58	1	6.10	27	6	0	0	1
47.2 to S Sreesanth, Munaf strikes for India Red, Sreesanth swings across the line and the ball brushes him and knocks the top of the stumps, getting difficult for India Blue.. 237/9
Sudeep Tyagi	8	0	49	1	6.12	27	6	1	2	0
9.2 to W Jaffer, Red will be really relieved to see Jaffer go, Tyagi pitches it up outside off, almost exactly like the previous ball, Jaffer shapes to punch it past the covers but he spoons it straight to Dhawan at short cover. 48/2
Ishant Sharma	10	1	56	4	5.60	39	10	0	0	0
6.5 to NV Ojha, soft dismissal there, Ishant drops it short and Ojha goes for the pull, plays too early and mistimes the shot and the ball tamely lobs to Jaggi at midwicket. 31/1 10.4 to KM Jadhav, Jadeja takes a dream of a catch! Jonty did you see that! Jadhav chases a short and wide delivery outside off and tries to scoop it over backward point, Jadeja leaps up, realises the ball is drifting towards his wrong side, he lifts his left hand and cups it mid-air, tumbles and hangs on, made it look so easy, awesome. 49/3 34.5 to MS Dhoni, gone! Ashwin's taken an excellent catch in the deep, similar delivery but Dhoni couldn't get it square enough, struck it hard but Ashwin was positioned perfectly for it at sweeper cover, ran down a couple of steps and judged that flat chance perfection. 161/5 46.6 to SS Kumar, slower delivery and Kumar mishits it high in the air to mid-off, Jaggi was positioned to take it but Jadeja runs in from mid-on and takes it in front of Jaggi.. 237/8
Ravindra Jadeja	10	0	36	2	3.60	35	2	0	0	0
22.2 to Harbhajan Singh, bowled'im! Landed short of a good length on the off stump and held its line, Harbhajan made room to cut, it kept low and zipped under his bat onto the stumps. 106/4 45.4 to YK Pathan, full toss and Pathan goes for the big hit and hits it down the ground high in the air to long off and Vijay takes it on his second attempt as the ball was going down. Makes it more interesting now.. 226/7
Ravichandran Ashwin	10	2	33	1	3.30	35	0	1	0	0
41.1 to Jalaj S Saxena, gone! India Red have the edge now, shortish on the off and turns in and he paddles it straight into the palms of short fine leg, Khadiwale's the fielder there. 192/6
S Badrinath	2	0	9	0	4.50	6	0	0	0	0

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India Red innings:
India Red 50 runs in 6.4 overs
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (S Dhawan 30, M Vijay 19, Ex 1)
Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
Drinks: India Red - 99/2 in 14.0 overs (HH Khadiwale 12)
India Red 100 runs in 14.1 overs
India Red 150 runs in 23.3 overs
HH Khadiwale 50 runs in 43 balls, 7x4
Drinks: India Red - 181/4 in 30.0 overs (IR Jaggi 32, RA Jadeja 3)
India Red 200 runs in 32.2 overs
IR Jaggi 50 runs in 47 balls, 4x4, 1x6
Power Play 3: 44.1 - 49.0
Innings Break: India Red 248/10 in 44.4 overs (S Tyagi 0)
India Blue innings:
Power Play 2: 10.1 - 15.0
India Blue 50 runs in 11.3 overs
Drinks: India Blue 76/3 in 15 overs (Harbhajan Singh 26, SS Kumar 11)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (Harbhajan Singh 25, SS Kumar 24, Ex 1)
India Blue 100 runs in 20.4 overs
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (Harbhajan Singh 25, SS Kumar 24, Ex 1)
India Blue 150 runs in 33 overs
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls (SS Kumar 12, MS Dhoni 33, Ex 5)
Drinks: India Blue 156/4 in 34 overs (SS Kumar 42, MS Dhoni 33)
SS Kumar 50 runs in 87 balls, 3x4, 1x6
Power Play 3: 42.1 - 47.0
India Blue 200 runs in 43 overs
India Blue 250 runs in 49.3 overs

MATCH DETAILS

Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Toss	India Red, elected to bat first
Series	NKP Salve Challenger Trophy
Season	2009/10
Hours of play (local time)	14.30 start, Lunch 18.00-18.45, Close 22:15
Match days	8 October 2009 - daynight (50-over match)
Umpires	Sanjeeva Rao Ulhas Gandhe
TV Umpire	Rajesh Deshpande
Match Referee	Divakar Vasu
Points	India Blue 4, India Red 0

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India Blue Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
NV Ojha	caught	8	16
W Jaffer	caught	27	33
Harbhajan Singh	bowled	36	36
KM Jadhav	caught	1	8
SS Kumar	caught	87	113
MS Dhoni	caught	37	40
Jalaj S Saxena	caught	15	22
YK Pathan	caught	15	15
S Sreesanth	bowled	0	2
AB Dinda	not out	8	7
SK Trivedi	not out	4	6
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 1, w 2)
Total	250(9 wkts; 49.3 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
MM Patel	9.3	0	58	1	6.1 (1 nb)
S Tyagi	8	0	49	1	6.12
I Sharma	10	1	56	4	5.6
RA Jadeja	10	0	36	2	3.6
R Ashwin	10	2	33	1	3.3
S Badrinath	2	0	9	0	4.5

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	31	Wasim Jaffer	Naman Ojha
2nd	17	Wasim Jaffer	Harbhajan Singh
3rd	1	Harbhajan Singh	Kedar Jadhav
4th	57	Harbhajan Singh	Suresh Kumar
5th	55	MS Dhoni	Suresh Kumar
6th	31	Jalaj Saxena	Suresh Kumar
7th	34	Yusuf Pathan	Suresh Kumar
8th	11	Sreesanth	Suresh Kumar
9th	0	Sreesanth	Ashok Dinda
10th	13	Siddharth Trivedi	Ashok Dinda

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TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
IND-B	2	2	0	9	0.930
IND-R	2	1	1	5	0.626
IND-G	2	0	2	-2	-1.681

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