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UP vs Bengal, Final at Lucknow, Jan 29 2006 - Match Result

RESULT

Final, Lucknow, January 29 - February 02, 2006, Ranji Trophy

387 & 342

(T:357) 373 & 109/5

Match drawn

Kaif leads Uttar Pradesh to maiden Ranji Trophy title

Kaif leads Uttar Pradesh to maiden Ranji Trophy title

Mohammad Kaif lead Uttar Pradesh to their first-ever Ranji Trophy final victory when the hosts beat Bengal on the basis of their first-innings lead

02-Feb-2006•Nagraj Gollapudi at Lucknow

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Scorecard summary

Uttar Pradesh • 387/10(124.3 overs)

1st INNINGS

92 (158)

3/125 (42)

90 (136)

3/86 (28.3)

Bengal • 373/10(126.4 overs)

1st INNINGS

66 (125)

5/83 (35.4)

60 (132)

Shalabh Srivastava

2/91 (33)

Uttar Pradesh • 342/10(129.5 overs)

2nd INNINGS

109 (264)

Shibsagar Singh

3/69 (39.5)

Shivakant Shukla

56 (137)

Saurasish Lahiri

3/119 (47)

Bengal • 109/5(33 overs)

2nd INNINGS

37* (81)

5/33 (9)

32 (36)

0/4 (2)

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Match details

KD Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow
Toss	Uttar Pradesh, elected to bat first
Series	Ranji Trophy
Season	2005/06
Series result	Uttar Pradesh won the 2005/06 Ranji Trophy
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Arani Jayaprakash Ravi Subramanian
Match Referee	Manu Nayar

Match Coverage

Kaif leads Uttar Pradesh to maiden Ranji Trophy title

Mohammad Kaif lead Uttar Pradesh to their first-ever Ranji Trophy final victory when the hosts beat Bengal on the basis of their first-innings lead

Kaif leads Uttar Pradesh to maiden Ranji Trophy title

'This win will take us a long way'

Mohammad Kaif was the decisive factor in Uttar Pradesh's surge to - and eventual clinching of - their maiden Ranji Trophy Final title

'This win will take us a long way'

Uttar Pradesh take the honours on engrossing day

On a day when everything hinged on who would take the first-innings lead, Uttar Pradesh held their nerve to dismiss Bengal 14 runs short of their target and build a platform from which they look hard-pressed to lose

Uttar Pradesh take the honours on engrossing day

'Couple of decisions went against us' - Dasgupta

Paras Mhambrey came charging up towards the room where the analyst was recording the ball-by-ball of the Bengal innings.

'Couple of decisions went against us' - Dasgupta

Shukla fifty leaves match tantalisingly poised

Dubious umpiring and some unintelligent bowling by the hosts left both Uttar Pradesh and Bengal hanging desperately on the edge with two more days to go in the Ranji Trophy final

Shukla fifty leaves match tantalisingly poised

Instant answers to T20 questions

Bengal Innings

Player Name		R	B
SS Lahiri	caught	3	7
SG Das	caught	32	36
AA Jhunjhunwala	caught	0	3
RS Gavaskar	caught	5	7
LR Shukla	retired hurt	6	8
MK Tiwary	caught	1	5
Arindam Das	not out	37	81
D Dasgupta	not out	20	55
Extras	(nb 4, w 1)
Total	109(5 wkts; 33 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	4	Saurasish Lahiri	Subhomoy Das
2nd	0	Abhishek Jhunjhunwala	Subhomoy Das
3rd	15	Rohan Gavaskar	Subhomoy Das
4th	11	Laxmi Shukla	Subhomoy Das
5th	9	Subhomoy Das	Manoj Tiwary
6th	15	Arindam Das	Subhomoy Das
7th	55	Arindam Das	Deep Dasgupta

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Ranji Trophy

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
BRODA	6	3	0	3	19
ODSA	5	3	0	2	18
MUM	7	2	1	4	16
MP	5	2	0	3	13
BENG	7	2	1	4	13
UP	6	2	2	2	13
SAU	5	3	2	0	13
VIDAR	5	3	2	0	12
KNTKA	7	2	1	4	12
PNJB	6	2	1	3	11
TN	7	1	2	4	11
GUJ	7	2	2	3	10
RAJ	5	2	0	3	10
MAHA	7	2	1	4	10
HYD	6	1	3	2	9
HRYNA	6	1	1	4	8
JHK	5	2	2	1	8
HP	5	2	3	0	8
KER	5	1	0	4	8
AP	6	1	1	4	7
DELHI	7	1	3	3	6
TPURA	5	1	2	2	4
ASSAM	5	0	2	3	4
RLYS	7	1	2	4	4
J + K	5	0	3	2	2
GOA	5	0	3	2	2
SVCS	6	0	2	4	0