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Ranji Trophy 2003

Mohandas Menon | May 12, 2003 12:25 IST

Gautam GambhirThe just concluded Ranji Trophy competition has seen the emergence of several young talented players, chief among them are Gautam Gambhir, who heads the runs tally scoring 833 runs in 8 matches, Ambati Rayudu, who scored 698 runs in 7 matches and Lakshapathy Balaji, who was the most succesful bowler with 47 wickets.

But it was not just the youngsters who did all the talking. Sunil Joshi (47 wickets at an average of 14.46) and Hrishikesh Kanitkar (734 runs in 5 matches) led the charge of the veteran brigade.

A complete statistical review of the Ranji season follows:

Highest team totals
TotalsForvsVenueStart date
653 - 6dMAHBIHDhanbad28/12/2002
607 - 9dKARVIDNagpur27/01/2003
598 - 3dKARJ&KBangalore27/11/2002
589 - 5dORIGUJAhmedabad01/02/2003
562 - 7dMPRJ&KIndore28/12/2002

Lowest team totals
TotalsForvsVenueStart date
68MPRHARRohtak09/11/2002
97ANDDELDelhi FSK19/12/2002
98MUMHYDSecunderabad09/11/2002

Highest individual scores
BatsmanScoreForvsVenueStart date
HH Kanitkar290MAHBIHDhanbad28/12/2002
S Sriram267TNDPUNMohali01/02/2003
MH Parmar247GUJASMValsad17/11/2002
Yashpal Singh240SERTRIDelhi Palam12/11/2002
BM Rowland237*KARJ&KBangalore27/11/2002
AR Khurasiya237MPRMAHIndore17/11/2002
G Gambhir233*DELRLYDelhi FSK09/11/2002
P Dharmani230*PUNGUJAhmedabad25/01/2003
S Somasunder222KERTRIKochi27/11/2002
AT Rayudu210HYDANDSecunderabad17/11/2002
Ashwani Gupta203*J&KBIHJamshedpur09/11/2002

Leading run-getters
BatsmanTeamMINORunsHSAvg10050
G GambhirDel8121833233*75.7231
HH KanitkarMah59073429081.5524
AT RayuduHyd712269821069.8032
AV KaleMah59168315085.3741
M ManhasDel812067415856.1632
W JafferMum916366611751.2322
Yashpal SinghSer59165924082.3723
S SriramTN812164126758.2721
DS ManoharHyd714263311952.7532
AR KhurasiyaMP610063023763.0023
SS ParabBar711062614156.9032
MH ParmarGuj69061924768.7714
AA PagnisRlys712161911656.2723
KR PowarAsm68061817577.2523
VST NaiduKar7102612167*76.5015
S SomasunderKer712061222251.0022

Best partnerships for each wicket
WicketBatsmenRunsForvsVenueStart date
1211A Chopra/G GambhirDELHPRDelhi FSK27/11/2002
2234DS Manohar/A Nand KishoreHYDBENSecunderabad19/12/2002
3336G Gambhir/M ManhasDELRLYDelhi FSK09/11/2002
4281*BM Rowland/VST NaiduKARJ&KBangalore27/11/2002
5245A Raja Ali/Abhay SharmaRLYANDVijayawada28/12/2002
6181GK Pandey/N ChopraUPRTNDChennai MAC27/11/2002
181DA Chougule/SB JoshiKARVIDNagpur27/01/2003
7190TB Arothe/NR MongiaBARUPRVaranasi25/01/2003
8268S Sriram/MR ShrinivasTNDPUNMohali01/02/2003
9168S Narwal/D BhagnaHARBIHGurgaon19/12/2002
10101R Elahi/R MishraUPRBARVaranasi25/01/2003

Best bowling (in an innings)
BowlerBestForvsVenueStart date
F Shaikh9-29GOASERDelhi Palam28/12/2002
MV Sane8-43MAHJ&KPune DG19/12/2002
F Shaikh8-111GOAVIDNagpur27/11/2002
KS Sahabuddin7-35ANDDELDelhi FSK19/12/2002
D Ganesh7-36KARHARFaridabad28/12/2002
KNA Padmanabhan7-39KERTRIKochi27/11/2002
JP Jobanputra7-83SAUGOARajkot19/12/2002

Best bowling (in a match)
BowlerBestForvsVenueStart date
D Ganesh12-89KARHARFaridabad28/12/2002
Sunil B Joshi12-137KARKERBangalore04/03/2003

Leading wicket-takers

BowlersTeamMBallsRunsWAvgBest5WI10WISR
L BalajiTN715806684714.216-267333.61
Sunil B JoshiKar720676804714.466-624143.97
ND HirwaniMP617796784515.066-894139.53
A BhandariDel816058844519.646-733135.66
SV BahutuleMum918186794016.976-673-45.45
KNA PadmanabhanKer712375183813.637-394132.55
F ShaikhGoa517557143520.409-293150.14
RJ KanwatRaj715546703320.305-373-47.09
Amit MishraHar511916143219.186-861137.21
PV GandheVid618216483220.255-333156.90
D GaneshKar713647403123.877-362144.00
M AcharyaVid615717423024.735-841-52.36

Most dismissals by a keeper (in an innings)
PlayerDismCtStForvsVenueDate
TR Arasu660GOASAURajkot19/12/2002
V Dahiya660DELRAJJaipur28/12/2002

Most dismissals by a keeper (in a match)
PlayerDismCtStForvsVenueDate
TR Arasu871GOASAURajkot19/12/2002
I Khaleel871HYDMUMSecunderabad09/11/2002

Leading wicket-keepers
NameTeamDismCtStMts
VST NaiduKar292547
RB JhalaniRaj282717
P DharmaniPun262606
I KhaleelHyd262427

Most catches by a fielder (in an innings)
FielderCtsForvsVenueStart date
S Abbas Ali4MPRHARRohtak09/11/2002
NR Odedra4SAUKERRajkot19/11/2002
RS Jadhav4VIDGOANagpur27/11/2002
VR Mane4MUMBENMumbai28/12/2002

Most catches by a fielder (in a match)
FielderCtsForvsVenueStart date
PP Joshi5SAUVIDNagpur12/11/2002
Shafiq Khan5HARJ&KJammu17/11/2002
M Sengupta5BIHKARRanchi17/11/2002
RS Jadhav5VIDGOANagpur27/11/2002
RF Morris5MUMANDMumbai27/11/2002
VR Mane5MUMBENMumbai28/12/2002

Leading fielders
PlayerTeamCtsMts
VR ManeMum189
A ChopraDel158
SC OasisKer147

Leading run scorers in all Indian first-class matches in 2002-03
NameTeamsRunsMtsAvg
W JafferROI/Mum/EB12071457.47
S SriramTD/EA10571266.06
S SomasunderKer/PB10001158.82
AA PagnisROI/Rlys/EB9891249.45
J ArunkumarKar/PB9421158.87
Yashpal SinghServ/PA939962.60
SS ParabBar/EC8951155.93
G GambhirDel/BP/EA8931063.78
HH KanitkarMaha/PA858950.47
VST NaiduKar/PA8171151.06
P DharmaniPun/EC8081062.15
BM RowlandKar/PA8021147.17
AV KaleROI/Maha/PA791765.91
Venugopal RaoAnd/EA7861146.23
AT RayuduHyd/EB763958.69
MSK PrasadAnd/EB7541144.35
VR ManeMum/EB7281333.09
AR KhurasiyaMP/PB717951.21
Ritesh JaiswalTri/PA706941.52
DS ManoharHyd/EA700946.66

Leading wicket-takers in all Indian first-class matches in 2002-03
NameTeamsWktsMtsAvg
ND HirwaniMP/PB791018.21
SV BahutuleMum/EB621317.22
Sunil B JoshiKar/PA571119.03
A BhandariDel/EC551122.43
L BalajiTN/BP48815.12
Sarandeep SinghROI/BP/Del/EA471332.04
KS ParidaRlys/EC451130.97
KNA PadmanabhanKer/PA42917.11
D GaneshKar/PA391126.20
IK Pathan-jrROI/Bar/EA391233.46
F ShaikhGoa/PA38723.31
RJ KanwatRaj/EA371125.16
A UniyalPun/EB35923.62
SK TrivediGuj/EC331030.93
S SanthKer/PB331128.96
Amit MishraBP/Har32622.75
PV GandheVid32620.25
M AcharyaVid30624.73
NM KulkarniMum/EC30721.36



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