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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

2012-13 Ranji Trophy


The revamped Ranji Trophy started on November 2,2012.
27 Ranji teams have been divided into three groups of 9 each.
The top 3 teams from Group A and B, and the top two from Group C, will qualify for the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy.
  • Group A: Rajasthan, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra, Railways, Bengal, Punjab, Gujarat
  • Group B: Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Vidarbha, Delhi, Baroda, Odisha
  • Group C: Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Services, Tripura, Goa, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Assam

Defending Champions Rajasthan are part of Group A, together with three other teams - Mumbai, Hyderabad and Madhya Pradesh - who qualified for the knockouts the previous season.
Group B includes the Runners-up Tamil Nadu, as well as Haryana, Maharashtra and Karnataka


 A total of 103 first-class matches will be played in less than three months.

Sanjay Bangar(DOB Oct 11,1972) is the oldest man in this year's Ranji Trophy
Mumbai's Akhil Herwadkar, who turned 18 on October 31, is the youngest player this year. 

Amol Muzumdar is the most capped player in Ranji Trophy, his 123 Ranji matches tie with Rajinder Goel

26-year-old left-arm quick Hokaito Zhimomi representing Assam become the first first-class cricketer from Nagaland



Teams that qualified for the QF are -
1)Jharkhand
2)Punjab
3)Saurashtra
4)Karnataka
5)Mumbai
6)Baroda
7)Uttar Pradesh
8)Services

Teams that entered the SF are -
1)Punjab on the basis of First Innings Lead(Scores -Punjab 699/3D and Jharkhand 401 and 33/0)
2)Saurashtra on the basis of First Innings Lead(Scores -Saurashtra 469 & 718/9  and Karnataka 396)
3)Mumbai on the basis of First Innings Lead(Scores -Mumbai 645/9 D & 295/6 D & Baroda 271 & 137/3)
4)Services Won by 5 Wickets(Scores - UP 134 and 241 wheresas Services 263 and 116/5)

Teams that entered the Finals are -
1)Saurashtra Vs Punjab -Saurashtra won by 229 Runs
Scores -Saurashtra 477 & 170 and  Punjab 299 & 119
2)Mumbai Vs Services - Mumbai on the basis of First Innings Lead
Scores -Mumbai 454/8D and Services 240

Finals - Mumbai Vs Saurashtra



Mumbai Won by an innings and 125 Runs
Player of the Match - Wasim Jaffer(Mumbai)
Scorecard
Saurashtra - 148 & 82
Mumbai    - 355
Top Scorer for Mumbai -Wasim Jaffer 132

Wasim Jaffer accomplished two unique landmarks — of becoming both the highest run-getter and century-maker in Ranji Trophy — thanks to his knock of 132 against Saurashtra on Sunday Jan 27,2013

In the process, Wasim Jaffer overtook his former Mumbai teammate Amol Muzumdar's aggregate of 9105 runs, and also Delhi's Ajay Sharma's tally of 31 hundreds. Jaffer, who made his Ranji debut in 1996-97, is in his 17th season with Mumbai. He has also led Mumbai to two Ranji titles, in 2008-09 & 2009-10.



Top 10 Ranji Centurions

Player
Hundreds
Wasim Jaffer
32
Ajay Sharma
31
Amol Muzumdar
28
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
28
Amarjit Kaypee
27
Brijesh Patel
26
Surendra Bhave
26
Vinod Kambli
24
Sridharan Sharath
23
VVS Laxman
23
Pankaj Dharmani
23



Wasim Jaffer -Man For All Seasons
Season
Matches
Innings
NO
Runs
HS
Average
100s
50s
1996-97
7
10
4
692
314*
115.33
2
3
1997-98
3
4
0
33
27
8.25
0
0
1998-99
3
4
0
332
180
83.00
1
2
1999-00
8
14
1
632
173
48.62
1
4
2000-01
5
8
1
300
97
42.86
0
3
2001-02
4
6
0
425
178
70.83
2
1
2002-03
9
16
3
666
117
51.23
2
2
2003-04
9
13
3
640
143
64.00
3
1
2004-05
8
12
0
601
162
50.08
3
1
2005-06
4
6
1
563
267
112.60
2
1
2006-07
3
5
0
265
112
53.00
1
2
2007-08
2
4
0
139
55
34.75
0
2
2008-09
10
16
1
1260
301
84.00
4
5
2009-10
10
14
2
638
165*
53.17
3
2
2010-11
8
12
3
728
169*
80.90
4
2
2011-12
9
12
3
406
110*
45.11
1
3
2012-13
7
11
0
835
171
75.91
3
4
Total
109
167
22
9155
314*
63.14
32
38


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