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Stats Analysis

Ishant ends five-for drought

Stats highlights from the 4th round of the Ranji Trophy 2013-14

Shiva Jayaraman
25-Nov-2013
Ishant takes five, Gambhir completes 12,000
Delhi v Haryana
Ishant Sharma took his sixth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket in Haryana's first innings. It was his first five-for in 37 first-class innings, after the 5 for 77 againt West Indies in Roseau in 2011. Ishant took four wickets in Haryana's second innings and his match-haul of nine wickets was his third best in first-class cricket.
Gautam Gambhir hit his 36th first-class hundred in Delhi's second innings and also passed 12,000 runs. Abhimanyu Khod's dismissal in Haryana's first innings was Rajat Bhatia's 100th in first-class matches. Bhatia has taken 103 wickets at 28.47 from 83 matches. Delhi left-arm spinner, Varun Sood, who was making his debut, took 4 for 49 in Haryana's second innings. Virender Sehwag, however, continued to disappoint, scoring just nine runs in two innings. Sehwag has 69 runs in six innings this Ranji season at an average of 13.80.
Rishi and Quadri on a roll
Himachal Pradesh v Hyderabad
Rishi Dhawan took his third five-wicket haul in four matches and finished with eight in the game, taking his season's tally to 29 wickets at 16.96 apiece. Himachal Pradesh's Akshay Chauhan took his maiden five-for, while Hyderabad's Syed Quadri scored his second hundred in three innings. Quadri has 217 runs this season and has been dismissed only once.
Khadiwale and Yadav's career best
Maharashtra v Goa
Harshad Khadiwale's 262 in Maharashtra's first innings was his highest first-class score and Maharashtra's seventh-best individual score in the Ranji Trophy. Khadiwale has three hundreds from five innings this season. Kedar Jadhav also hit a hundred for Maharashtra, his second of the season and his sixth in first-class cricket. Kedar scores his runs quickly too - since the 2011-12 season Kedar has scored 1489 runs at a strike rate of 80.53 in first-class cricket. Goa's Amit Yadav took 7 for 155 - his best first-class figures. His figures of 8 for 172 in the match were also his best. Dominic Joseph's wicket in Maharastra's first innings was Amit's 50th in first-class cricket.
Basant takes a ten-for, Ajay Yadav on a five-for spree
Odisha v Jharkhand
Odisha's Basant Mohanty took five-wicket hauls in both innings. His match figures of 11 for 148 were his best in first-class cricket. Mohanty has five-wicket hauls in his last three innings in this season. Jharkhand's Ajay Yadav also took a five-wicket haul in Odisha's first innings. Ajay has four five-wicket hauls in only ten innings and has 28 wickets at 11.85 from six first-class matches.
Bumrah's maiden five-for, Samit's maiden ton
Punjab v Gujarat
Jasprit Bumrah, in his debut first-class season, took his maiden five-wicket haul. Bumrah's figures of 8 for 115 in the match are his best in first-class cricket. Two Gujarat batsmen - Samit Gohel and Rujul Bhatt - hit centuries in their second innings. It was Samit's maiden first-class century, in his ninth match. Rujul, with four first-class hundreds, has 913 runs at 41.50 in first-class cricket.
Anureet's second five-for
Rajasthan v Railways
Railway's Anureet Singh took his second five-for of this season. His figures of 8 for 112 in the match were his best in first-class cricket. Anureet has 89 wickets at 28.58 from 25 first-class matches.
Naman passes 6000 with second double
Services v Madhya Pradesh
Naman Ojha hit his second double-century in the Ranji Trophy and his 11th first-class hundred. He also completed 6000 first-class runs during his innings of 211 in Madhya Pradesh's second innings. Ojha has scored 499 runs this season at 71.28. Yashpal Singh of Services hit his 15th century in first-class cricket. He has scored 6356 runs at 54.32 in 82 matches.
Dheeraj's second consecutive century
Tripura v Assam
Dheeraj Jadhav's 194 in Assam's first innings was his second consecutive hundred this season and his 23rd century in first-class cricket. Dheeraj has 403 runs in five innings this season at 80.60.
Prasanna and Chawla hit centuries
Uttar Pradesh v Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu's Ramaswamy Prasanna hit his fourth century and took his first-class tally to 1995 in 37 matches at an average of 41.56. For Uttar Pradesh, Piyush Chawla hit his fifth first-class hundred. Aswin Crist's 58 in Tamil Nadu's first innings was his highest first-class score in his maiden season.

Uthappa completes 6000
Vidarbha v Karnataka
Vidarbha's Faiz Fazal hit his second century of this season and his seventh in first-class cricket. Shalabh Shrivastava's 193 was his highest first-class score and the second century of his first-class career. Shalabh has 2214 runs at 38.84 from 43 matches. For Karnataka, Lokesh Rahul made his highest first-class score and the second century of his first-class career. Lokesh has 867 runs at 37.69 from 15 matches. Robin Uthappa passed 6000 runs during his innings of 86. Uthappa has 6028 runs at 40.72 from 91 first-class matches.
Paidikalva's sixth five-wicket haul
Andhra Pradesh v Jammu and Kashmir
Paidikalva Vijaykumar took a five-wicket haul in Jammu and Kashmir's second innings - his sixth in first-class cricket. He has taken 135 wickets at 23.84 in 40 matches. Mohammed Mudhasir's 4 for 49 in Andhra's first innings was his best in first-class cricket and the first time he took a four-wicket haul. Shaik Basha's wicket in Andhra's second innings was Ram Dayal's 50th first-class wicket. He now has 51 wickets at 24.29 from 16 matches. Andhra wicketkeeper Srikar Bharat's wicket was Owais Shah's first in first-class cricket, in his fourth match.
Abhishek's maiden five-for
Bengal v Saurashtra
Laxmi Shulka's 155 in Bengal's first innings was his seventh hundred in first-class cricket. Shukla has scored 5353 runs at 35.92 from 119 matches. Cheteshwar Pujara hit a century for Saurashtra in their first-innings, his 24th first-class hundred. Pujara has 7246 runs at an average of 61.40. Abhishek Bhatt of Saurashtra, playing only his fourth first-class match in his debut Ranji season, took 6 for 47 in Bengal's second innings, his maiden five-wicket haul. Bhatt has taken 18 wickets at 14.38 in this season. Aarpit Vasavada completed 1000 first-class runs during his fifty in Saurashtra's second innings. Vasavada has 424 runs this Ranji season at 106.0.
Leading batsmen by runs scored, Ranji Trophy 2013-14
Batsman Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100 50
Harshad Khadiwale (Maharashtra) 3 5 494 262 98.80 3 0
Naman Ojha (Madhya Pradesh) 3 5 476 211 95.20 2 1
Faiz Fazal (Vidarbha) 4 6 450 147 90.00 2 2
Kedar Jadhav (Maharashtra) 3 5 440 204 146.66 2 1
Yogesh Takawale (Tripura) 4 8 439 125 62.71 2 2
Leading bowlers by wickets taken, Ranji Trophy 2013-14
Bowler Mat Inns Wkts BBI BBM Ave 5 10
Rishi Dhawan (Himachal Pradesh) 4 8 29 5/51 9/121 16.96 3 0
Abhishek Bhatt (Saurashtra) 4 6 18 6/47 8/113 14.38 1 0
Anureet Singh (Railways) 3 6 18 5/52 8/112 17.72 2 0
Harbhajan Singh (Punjab) 3 6 18 6/54 9/137 18.83 1 0
Rakesh Dhurv (Gujarat) 4 8 18 5/21 6/23 22.61 1 0

Shiva Jayaraman is a sub-editor (stats) at ESPNcricinfo