Tuesday 29 October 2013

Youngest to score a Double Century in Ranji Trophy

Vijay Zol with his double century on debut is the 7th youngest player to score a Double Century in Ranji Trophy history at age of 18 years and 340 days. Sanju Samson also reached his double century in Ranji Trophy on the same day at age of 18 years and 352 days, he is the 8th youngest to score a Double Century in Ranji Trophy. 





Youngest to score a Double Century in Ranji Trophy

17 years, 17 days - 200* - Reetinder Singh Sodhi
Punjab vs Dhruve Pandove Stadium, Patiala, 1997/98

17 years, 55 days - 210 - Ambatti Rayudu
Hyderabad vs Andhra, Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad, 2002/03

18 years, 62 days - 217* - Pinal Shah
Baroda vs Services, Palam A Ground, Model Sports Complex, Delhi, 2005/06

18 years, 265 days - 314* - Wasim Jaffer
Mumbai vs Saurashtra, Municipal Stadium, Rajkot, 1996/97

18 years, 273 days - 230 - Gundappa Viswanath
Andhra vs Mysore, Police Parade Ground, Vijayawada, 1967/68

18 years, 303 days - 300* - Abhinav Mukund
Tamil Nadu vs Maharashtra, Golf Club Ground, Nasik, 2008/09

18 years, 340 days - 200*- Vijay Zol
Maharashtra vs Tripura, Maharashtra Cricket Association, Pune, 2013/14

18 years, 352 days - 211 - Sanju Samson
Kerala vs Assam, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati, 2013/14

Facts & Trivia:

# Among the 7 players, 5 of their's was their maiden First Class Century.

# RS Sodhi achieved this feat in his 4th match and 6th inning of his First Class Career.

# Ambatti Rayudu played this knock in his 3rd match and 4th inning of his FC Career. In previous 3 innings he aggregated only 34 runs (33, 1 & 0). In this match (his 4th) he scored 210 & 159*. He averaged 11.33 after his second match and after his 3rd match his average was 100.75 !

# Rayudu's occasion was only the 2nd time in Ranji Trophy that a batsman scored 150+ in both innings of a match. The other A Kaypee (152 & 173) for Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in Quarter Final of 1990/91.

# Only 2 more Indians have scored 150+ in both innings of a First Class match - Dinesh Karthik (183 & 150) for South Zone vs West Zone in the Duleep Trophy Final of 2009/10 and Shikhar Dhawan (177 & 155) for Rest Of India vs Rajasthan in the Irani Trophy 2011/12.

# Rayudu's aggregate of 369 runs in the match is the 5th highest aggregate in a Ranji Trophy match. The top 4 being 443 Nimbalkar (443*), 389 Pujara (37 & 352), 377 S Manjrekar (377) and 372 Laxman (353 & 19). 

# Pinal Shah managed to achieve this in his 4th match and 6th inning of FC career. But he scored his next century in his 30th inning (also only 2 half centuries till then) and 3rd century in his 62nd inning. Overall in his FC career he has 3 centuries in 82 innings he has batted averaging 32.36. 

# Wasim Jaffer scored his 314* at age of 18 years and 265 days in only his second First Class Inning. He is the youngest Indian and 2nd youngest after Javed Miandad to score a Triple Century in First Class Cricket. Third youngest is also an Indian, featuring in the above list, Abhinav Mukund.
Read More Trivia on Triple Centuries by Indians in First Class Cricket


# Mukund, before reaching this double century mark and converting it into a triple ton, scored 2 100s and 2 50s (a 96) in his first ten innings. His Triple century came in his 11th inning and 7th match of FC career. 

Also check the list of players scoring a Double Century on Ranji Trophy Debut

Double Century on Ranji Trophy Debut

Vijay Zol scored 200* on his Ranji Trophy Debut for Maharashtra vs Tripura at MCA Stadium, Pune. He is the 8th player to score a Double Century on Ranji Trophy Debut.
Also at age of 18 years and 340 days he is the 7th youngest to score a Double Century in Ranji Trophy.



8th player to score a Double Century on Ranji Trophy Debut


Double Centuries on Ranji Trophy Debut

210 - George Abell, Northern India vs Army
Lawrence Gardens, Lahore, 1934/35

205 - Budhi Kunderan, Railways vs Jammu and Kashmir
Karnail Stadium, Delhi, 1959/60

230 - Gundappa Viswanath, Andhra vs Mysore
Police Parade Ground, Vijayawada, 1967/68

260 - Amol Muzumdar, Bombay vs Haryana
Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad, 1993/94

209*- Anshuman Pandey, Madhya Pradesh vs Uttar Pradesh
Jayanti Stadium, Bhilai, 1995/96

201*- Manpreet Juneja, Gujarat vs Tamil Nadu
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, 2011/12

213 - Jiwanjot Singh, Punjab vs Hyderabad
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, 2012/13

200*- Vijay Zol, Maharashtra vs Tripura
Maharashtra Cricket Association, Pune, 2013/14

Facts & Trivia:

# George Abell was an England born player. He scored only 1 run in his Debut First Class Inning.

# Abell & Budhi Kunderan is the only Wicket Keeper among the above players

# Except Abell, Kunderan and Zol, all others were making their First Class Debut too.

# Budhi Kunderan played 5 First Class Matches, including 3 for India, before making his Ranji Trophy Debut and scoring the double ton on debut. Vivek Razdan and Parthiv Patel are the only 2 other players to play Test Cricket before India before making the debut in Ranji Trophy. 

# Gundappa Viswanath also scored a century on his Test Debut. His 137 on test debut was a record until Shikhar Dhawan overcame it with his 187 in 2013.

# Amol Muzumdar went on to score over 9000 runs in Ranji Trophy and over 11000 in his First Class Career still never played for India.

# Muzumdar's 260 is the highest individual inning on First Class Debut while Viswanath's 230 is the 4th highest. Other 2 in middle are 240 by WFE Marx and 232* by SJE Loxton. 

# Jiwanjot Singh aggregated 995 runs in his Ranji Trophy Debut Season. That is the highest aggregate by any player in his debut Ranji Season.

# GEB Abell, Budhi Kunderan and Anshuman Pandey never scored another Double Century in their First Class Career while Anshuman Pandey's was his only century in First Class Career (He played 6 matches in his career).

# Vijay Zol also scored a century on his Debut First Class Inning - 110 for India A vs New Zealand A, Aug 2013.

Also check the list list of Triple Centuries by Indians in First Class Cricket and
 the youngest players to score a Double Century in Ranji Trophy

Monday 21 October 2013

Highest '3rd Highest' score in an ODI Inning

List of Highest 3rd Highest in an ODI inning (75 or more)


Runs
Batsman
1st Best
2nd Best
For
Opp
Venue
Date
95 ##
S Dhawan
141* RG Sharma
100* V Kohli
Ind
Aus
Mohali
16 Oct  2013
91
RT Ponting
101 ML Hayden
92 MJ Clarke
Aus
Net
St Kitts
24 Mar 2007
87
HM Amla
104* JH Kallis
102* AB de Villiers
SA
Ind
Ahmedabad
27 Feb 2007
85
ME Trescothick
152 AJ Strauss
112* PD Collingwood
Eng
Ban
Nottingham
21 Jun 2005
83
IK Pathan
93 SR Tendulkar
85* R Dravid
Ind
SL
Nagpur
25 Oct 2005
83
Yuvraj Singh
114 V Sehwag
89 SC Ganguly
Ind
Ber
Port of Spain
19 Mar 2007
80
A Ranatunga
96 ST Jayasuriya
90 PA de Silva
SL
Pak
Mohali
24 May 1997
80
AN Petersen
147* MV Boucher
88 LE Bosman
SA
Zim
Potchefstroom
20 Sep 2006
79 **
SM Katich
164 RT Ponting
81 MEK Hussey
Aus
SA
Johannesburg
12 Mar 2006
79
KOA Powell
130 J Charles
100* DM Bravo
WI
Zim
St.George’s
22 Feb 2013
78
V Sehwag
109* MS Dhoni
101 SK Raina
Ind
HK
Karachi
25 Jun 2008
77*
Shahid Afridi
101 Mhd Yousuf
93 Younis Khan
Pak
SA
Durban
07 Feb 2007
75*
A Ranatunga
145 PA de Silva
84 AP Gurusinha
SL
Ken
Kandy
06 Mar 1996
75*
Inzamam-ul-Haq
80 Imran Nazir
80 Mhd Yousuf
Pak
Ban
Dhaka
02 Jun 2000
75
ML Hayden
87* BJ Haddin
87 A Symonds
Aus
Ind
Kochi

02 Oct 2007

## - In second innings of the match
** - In Losing cause for the team

2nd Highest scores being equal:
79 – GW Flower & GJ Whittal, Zim vs Ban, Nairobi, 11 Oct 1997 – Highest was 81 by A Flower
76 – Mhd Yousuf & Taufeeq Umar, Pak vs Zim, Bulawayo, 24 Nov 2002 – Highest was 107 by Saleem Elahi

Also see The Highest '2nd Highest' scores in a Test Inning and in an ODI inning. 

Friday 18 October 2013

A Summary of Records of Ajit Agarkar

Ajit Agarkar announced his retirement from all formats of International Cricket on 16th October 2013. He played 26 Tests, 191 ODIs and 4 T20Is for India from 1998 to 2007. He played his last international match for India on September 16 against New Zealand in the 2007 T20 World Cup. 

Bowling Career


Format
Mat
Inns
Wickets
Avg
S/R
Eco
BBI
BBM
4WI
5WI
Test
26
46
58
47.32
83.7
3.39
6/41
8/160
0
1
ODI
191
188
288
27.85
32.9
5.07
6/42
6/42
10
2
T20I
4
3
3
28.33
21.0
8.09
2/10
2/10
0
0


Batting Career

Format
Mat
Inns
Runs
Avg
S/R
100s
50s
Best
Test
26
39
571
16.79
52.82
1
0
109*
ODI
191
113
1269
14.58
80.60
0
3
95
T20I
4
2
15
7.50
136.36
0
0
14

Agarkar's Bowling Records