2008–09 Ranji Trophy

The season 2008–09 of the Ranji Trophy began on 4 November, and finished on 16 January with the final. 15 teams were divided in two groups. The 3 top teams of each group qualified to the playoffs, plus the two top teams of the plate league (Himachal Pradesh and Bengal). Mumbai won the final by defeating Uttar Pradesh.

2008–09 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsMumbai (38th title)
Participants27
Most runsWasim Jaffer (Mumbai) (1260)
Most wicketsDhawal Kulkarni (Mumbai) (42)
Ravindra Jadeja (Saurashtra) (42)

First round

Group A

TeamPldWonLostTiedDrawAbanPtsQuo
Mumbai750020311.741
Gujarat741020281.593
Saurashtra732020231.401
Delhi720050201.094
Punjab723020120.800
Hyderabad703040100.809
Orissa71402090.640
Rajasthan70403030.538
3–6 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Delhi
519
v Punjab
391 and 140/3
Match drawn
Venue :Delhi

3–6 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Mumbai
307 and 305/7d
v Rajasthan
204 and 171
Mumbai won by 237 runs
Venue :Mumbai

3–6 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Orissa
269
v Hyderabad (India)
296 and 263/5
Match drawn
Venue :Cuttack

3–6 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Saurashtra
153 and 201 (f/o)
v Gujarat
581/6d
Gujarat won by an innings and 227 runs
Venue :Rajkot

10–12 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Gujarat
203 and 44 (f/o)
v Mumbai
486
Mumbai won by an innings and 239 runs
Venue :Surat

10–13 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Hyderabad (India)
334 and 230/3
v Delhi
284
Match drawn
Venue :Hyderabad

10–12 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Punjab
262 and 41/1
v Rajasthan
133 and 169
Punjab won by 9 wickets
Venue :Mohali

10–13 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Saurashtra
620/4d
v Orissa
302 and 234 (f/o)
Saurashtra won by an innings and 84 runs
Venue :Rajkot

16–19 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Delhi
295
v Mumbai
330 and 468/4
Match drawn
Venue :Delhi

16–19 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Gujarat
520/9d
v Hyderabad (India)
225 and 287/7 (f/o)
Match drawn
Venue :Ahmedabad

16–19 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Orissa
281 and 209
v Rajasthan
270 and 131/4
Match drawn
Venue :Sambalpur

16–19 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Saurashtra
679/8
v Punjab
482
Match drawn
Venue :Rajkot

23–26 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Gujarat
350 and 259/6
v Delhi
314
Match drawn
Venue :Valsad

23–26 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Hyderabad (India)
553/6d and 33/0
v Rajasthan
405
Match drawn
Venue :Hyderabad

23–26 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Orissa
352 and 87/1
v Punjab
60 and 378
Orissa won by 9 wickets
Venue :Bhubaneswar

23–26 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Saurashtra
643/4d
v Mumbai
214 and 157/7 (f/o)
Match drawn
Venue :Rajkot

29–30 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Delhi
78 and 150
v Orissa
80 and 96
Delhi won by 52 runs
Venue :Delhi

29 Nov – 1 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Gujarat
300 and 34/0
v Punjab
137 and 192 (f/o)
Gujarat won by 10 wickets
Venue :Ahmedabad

29 Nov – 1 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Saurashtra
344
v Rajasthan
185 and 85 (f/o)
Saurashtra won by an innings and 74 runs
Venue :Rajkot

2–5 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Mumbai
602/6d
v Hyderabad (India)
251 and 243 (f/o)
Mumbai won by an innings and 108 runs
Venue :Mumbai

12–15 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Hyderabad (India)
335 and 164
v Punjab
291 and 211/1
Punjab won by 9 wickets
Venue :Hyderabad

12–14 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Orissa
108 and 118
v Mumbai
180 and 361/5d
Mumbai won by 315 runs
Venue :Cuttack

12–14 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Rajasthan
136 and 186
v Gujarat
227 and 99/3
Gujarat won by 7 wickets
Venue :Jaipur

12–15 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Saurashtra
241 and 274
v Delhi
384 and 132/0
Delhi won by 10 wickets
Venue :Rajkot

18–21 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Mumbai
436/9d and 151/1
v Punjab
202 and 382
Mumbai won by 9 wickets
Venue :Mumbai

18–21 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Orissa
162 and 154
v Gujarat
394
Gujarat won by an innings and 78 runs
Venue :Bhubaneswar

18–21 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Rajasthan
295 and 55/3
v Delhi
688
Match drawn
Venue :Jaipur

18–20 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Saurashtra
133 and 183
v Hyderabad (India)
140 and 71
Saurashtra won by 105 runs
Venue :Rajkot

Group B

TeamPldWonLostTiedDrawAbanPtsQuo
Tamil Nadu620040232.110
Karnataka630030191.126
Uttar Pradesh611040170.970
Baroda622020151.019
Railways610050120.863
Maharashtra60303070.731
Andhra60303030.704
3–6 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Karnataka
365 and 127
v Railways
389 and 17/2
Match drawn
Venue :Bangalore

3–6 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Maharashtra
457 and 250/6 (f/o)
v Tamil Nadu
648/3d
Match drawn
Venue :Nasik

3–6 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Uttar Pradesh
412
v Andhra
349 and 130/2
Match drawn
Venue :Meerut

10–13 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Baroda
235 and 314
v Uttar Pradesh
286 and 151/6
Match drawn
Venue :Vadodara

10–13 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Karnataka
267 and 269/4 (f/o)
v Tamil Nadu
531
Match drawn
Venue :Bangalore

10–13 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Maharashtra
393 and 27/1
v Andhra
348 and 210/5d
Match drawn
Venue :Nasik

16–19 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Karnataka
366 and 171
v Andhra
218 and 117
Karnataka won by 202 runs
Venue :Mysore

16–19 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Railways
224 and 240/5
v Baroda
460/8d
Match drawn
Venue :Delhi

16–18 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Uttar Pradesh
150 and 119
v Tamil Nadu
507
Tamil Nadu won by an innings and 238 runs
Venue :Ghaziabad

23–26 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Karnataka
395 and 60/0
v Baroda
169 and 285
Karnataka won by 10 wickets
Venue :Bangalore

23–26 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Railways
227 and 90/3
v Andhra
208 and 108
Railways won by 7 wickets
Venue :Delhi

23–26 Nov 2008
(scorecard)
Uttar Pradesh
315 and 140/2
v Maharashtra
221 and 230
Uttar Pradesh won by 8 wickets
Venue :Kanpur

29 Nov – 2 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Andhra
283 and 95/3
v Tamil Nadu
286/4d
Match drawn
Venue :Vijayawada

29 Nov – 2 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Baroda
305 and 229/6
v Maharashtra
228 and 303
Baroda won by 4 wickets
Venue :Vadodara

29 Nov – 2 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Railways
200 and 215/8
v Uttar Pradesh
346 and 150/6d
Match drawn
Venue :Delhi

12–14 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Baroda
166 and 94
v Tamil Nadu
117 and 402
Tamil Nadu won by 259 runs
Venue :Vadodara

12–15 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Karnataka
511
v Uttar Pradesh
567
Match drawn
Venue :Bangalore

12–15 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Maharashtra
244 and 251/5
v Railways
212 and 334/6d
Match drawn
Venue :Ratnagiri

18–20 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Baroda
400
v Andhra
77 and 263 (f/o)
Baroda won by an innings and 60 runs
Venue :Vadodara

18–20 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Karnataka
252 and 229
v Maharashtra
210 and 116
Karnataka won by 155 runs
Venue :Bangalore

18–21 Dec 2008
(scorecard)
Tamil Nadu
475/6d and 389/7d
v Railways
314
Match drawn
Venue :Chennai

Playoffs

Four top teams of the plate group league qualified for the playoffs.

Wild-Card
18–21 December 2008
Quarterfinals
26–29 December 2008
Semifinals
4–7 January 2009
Final
12–16 January 2009
Mumbai Win
Himachal Pradesh Win Himachal Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh Mumbai FIL
Saurashtra
Saurashtra Win
  Karnataka
  Mumbai Win
Uttar Pradesh
Gujarat
  Uttar Pradesh FIL
  Uttar Pradesh FIL
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu Win
Bengal FIL Bengal
Goa

* FIL – First Innings Lead

Plate playoffs

18–21 December
Scorecard
v
579 (189.5 overs)
Mukesh Sharma 161 (380)
Yogesh Golwalkar 189/3 (48 overs)
228 (83.4 overs)
Jalaj Saxena 107 (194)
Ashok Thakur 40/4 (20 overs)
176 (50.3 overs)
Hrishikesh Kanitkar 66 (174)
Mohinder Sharma 45/5 (15.3 overs)
Himachal Pradesh won by an innings and 175 runs
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: Purnachandra Godbole and T. R. Kashyappan

18–21 December
Scorecard
v
337 (79.0 overs)
Dibyendu Chakrabarty 82 (223)
Saurabh Bandekar 75/6 (33 overs)
230 (83.5 overs)
Ryan Ninan 88* (320)
Ranadeb Bose 62/6 (26 overs)
193/5 (46.0 overs)
Manoj Tiwary 80 (118)
Harshad Gadekar 32/2 (11 overs)
Match drawn, Bengal advanced
Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Subrat Das and Avdhoot Gokhale

Quarterfinals

26–29 December
Scorecard
v
495 (124.4 overs)
Wasim Jaffer 108 (183)
Jitender Mehta 87/3 (19 overs)
250 (80.5 overs)
Sarandeep Singh 75 (121)
Abhishek Nayar 45/6 (17 overs)
43/1 (13.4 overs)
Vinayak Samant 24* (36)
Bhavin Thakkar 18/1 (3.4 overs)
287 (68.4 overs)
Paras Dogra 90 (97)
Ajit Agarkar 78/5 (18 overs)
Mumbai won by 9 wickets
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera
Umpires: Sanjeeva Rao and Shavir Tarapore

26–29 December
Scorecard
v
189 (79 overs)
Ravindra Jadeja 38 (74)
C Raghu 8/2 (6 overs)
305 (99.5 overs)
Robin Uthappa 139 (200)
Ravindra Jadeja 82/5 (32 overs)
327/5 (79 overs)
Cheteshwar Pujara 112 (224)
Vinay Kumar 84/3 (20 overs)
208 (80.1 overs)
Balachandra Akhil 56 (127)
Sandeep Jobanputra 54/5 (22.1 overs)

26–29 December
Scorecard
v
117 (40.2 overs)
Timil Patel 43* (77)
Praveen Kumar 29/5 (13.2 overs)
305 (112.5 overs)
Suresh Raina 93 (172)
Ashraf Makda 40/3 (22 overs)
106/3 (47 overs)
Nilesh Modi 57(148)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 12/2 (9 overs)
375 (146.1 overs)
Praveen Gupta 74 (108)
Mohnish Parmar 113/5 (48.1 overs)
Match Drawn, Uttar Pradesh advanced
Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Umpires: Subroto Daas & Madanmohan Singh

26–29 December
Scorecard
v
306 (98.5 overs)
Suresh Kumar 75 (130)
Ritam Kundu 54/2 (14 overs)
345 (115 overs)
Manoj Tiwary 144 (201)
C. Ganapathy 59/5 (26 overs)
227/2 (52 overs)
Subramaniam Badrinath 92 (116)
Sourav Sarkar 36/1 (9 overs)
187 (65.5 overs)
Laxmi Shukla 47 (96)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 24/6 (20 overs)

Semi-finals

Mumbai were the first team to qualify for the final after on the basis of a lead over Saurashtra's first-innings total. The latter were dismissed for 379 in their first innings by Mumbai who made 637. Wasim Jaffer top-scored with 301 for them, while Sachin Tendulkar made 122.[1]

Uttar Pradesh advanced to the final, also by virtue of a first-innings lead, over Tamil Nadu. In reply to the latter's first innings total of 445, Uttar Pradesh's Shivakant Shukla, who made an unbeaten 178 in 569 balls and 821 minutes, helped his team go past the score securing a qualification for the final. Parvinder Singh, who scored his maiden first-class century, and Shukla batted for a total of five-and-half-hours, and added 272 runs for the fourth wicket.[2]

4–7 January 2009
Scorecard
v
637/6d (180 overs)
Wasim Jaffer 301 (459)
Ravindra Jadeja 150/2 (39 overs)
379 (130 overs)
Shitanshu Kotak 89 (325)
Ramesh Powar 108/4 (35 overs)
42/1 (12 overs)
Rohit Sharma 30* (40)
Ravindra Jadeja 11/1 (5 overs)
Match drawn, Mumbai advanced to the final
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Sanjay Hazare and Amiesh Saheba

4–7 January 2009
Scorecard
v
445 (164.5 overs)
Abhinav Mukund 100 (175)
Praveen Kumar 3/104 (41 overs)
447/8 (192.3 overs)
Shivakant Shukla 178* (569)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 5/114 (53.3 overs)
Match drawn, Uttar Pradesh advanced to the final
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Umpires: Suresh Shastri and Shavir Tarapore
  • Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Parvinder Singh (Uttar Pradesh) scored his first century in first-class cricket.[4]
  • Shivakant Shukla's (Uttar Pradesh) innings of 178 was then the fourth longest innings in first-class cricket in terms of minutes batted (821).[5]

Final

12–16 January
Scorecard
v
402 (131 overs)
Rohit Sharma 141 (337)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5/78 (30 overs)
245 (100.2 overs)
Shivakant Shukla 99 (395)
Zaheer Khan 7/54 (27.2 overs)
367 (127 overs)
Vinayak Samant 113 (239)
Piyush Chawla 4/94 (35 overs)
281 (71.5 overs)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 80 (132)
Dhawal Kulkarni 5/76 (18.5 overs)
  • Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Vinayak Samant (Mumbai) scored his first century in first-class cricket.[6]
  • Zaheer Khan (Mumbai) claimed his 500th wicket in first-class cricket.[6]

Records

  • In the 2nd Semifinal, Shivakant Shukla was at the bat by 821 minutes, the fourth longest innings in first class and the second in Indian cricket, in this time he scored 178 runs at 569 balls faced for guide to Uttar Pradesh to the final.[7]

Statistics

Runs

Player Team Matches Inns NO Runs Balls HS S/Rate 100s 50s Ave
Wasim JafferMumbai101611260181430164.484584.00
Ajinkya RahaneMumbai101711089158720165.844568.06
Cheteshwar PujaraSaurashtra91329061268302*71.454082.36
Abhinav MukundTamil Nadu81118561391300*61.534085.60
Rohit SharmaMumbai10151747107114169.743353.35
Ravindra JadejaSaurashtra91327391196232*61.782367.18
Sangram SinghHimachal Pradesh71217031117215*63.912362.94
Bhavik ThakerGujarat8124693143519248.293186.62
Tanmay SrivastavaUttar Pradesh9151667138115948.292447.64
Kedar JadhavMaharashtra61126511234114*52.751672.33

Wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Runs Wickets BBI BBM Econ S/R 5+/i 10+/m Ave.
Dhawal KulkarniMumbai9273.3813427/509/862.9739.04019.35
Ravindra JadejaSaurashtra9369.3837427/3110/882.2652.74119.92
Mohnish ParmarGujarat8341801416/5112/1042.3449.94119.53
Lakshmipathy BalajiTamil Nadu7245630366/249/802.5740.84017.5
Vikramjeet MalikHimachal Pradesh7236.2560357/2913/722.3740.52116.00
Siddharth TrivediGujarat8261649345/439/962.48462019.08
Ramesh PowarMumbai9268.3889345/448/703.3147.32026.14
Ranadeb BoseBengal7208484336/627/412.3337.83014.67
Sunil JoshiKarnataka7302.2694337/2911/912.2954.93121.03
Samad FallahMaharashtra6252.3807336/1028/1593.1945.94024.45

References

  1. "Mumbai march into Ranji finals". ESPNcricinfo. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. "Shukla drives UP into Ranji final". Rediff.com. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. Mumbai v Saurashtra, Ranji Trophy 2008/09 (Semi-Final) at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  4. Tamil Nadu v Uttar Pradesh, Ranji Trophy 2008/09 (Semi-Final) at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  5. Monga, Sidharth (7 January 2009). "Gallant Shukla bats Uttar Pradesh into final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  6. Mumbai v Uttar Pradesh, Ranji Trophy 2008/09 (Final) at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  7. Gallant Shukla bats Uttar Pradesh into final
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