Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aakash Chopra	lbw b Aushik Srinivas	94	307	440	10	0	30.61

Vineet Saxena	b Aushik Srinivas	257	665	907	26	2	38.64

Hrishikesh Kanitkar (c)	c †Karthik b Gupta	67	146	208	7	0	45.89

Robin Bist	c Vasudevadas b Gupta	57	159	211	9	0	35.84

Rashmi Parida	c Balaji b Kaushik	40	100	142	4	0	40.00

Puneet Yadav	b Aushik Srinivas	7	7	7	1	0	100.00

Dishant Yagnik †	c Mahesh b Gupta	0	7	5	0	0	0.00

Pankaj Singh	c Prasanna b Aushik Srinivas	22	19	21	2	2	115.78

Rituraj Singh	b Kaushik	45	54	69	5	1	83.33

Gajendra Singh	lbw b Kaushik	4	7	10	0	0	57.14

Sumit Mathur	not out	1	1	2	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 13, lb 8, nb 3, w 3)	27
Total	245 Ov (RR: 2.53, 1016 Mins)	621
Fall of wickets: 1-236 (Aakash Chopra, 104.1 ov), 2-362 (Hrishikesh Kanitkar, 156.4 ov), 3-485 (Robin Bist, 206.3 ov), 4-509 (Vineet Saxena, 219.2 ov), 5-517 (Puneet Yadav, 221.1 ov), 6-518 (Dishant Yagnik, 222.3 ov), 7-541 (Pankaj Singh, 228.3 ov), 8-614 (Rashmi Parida, 242.5 ov), 9-620 (Rituraj Singh, 244.4 ov), 10-621 (Gajendra Singh, 244.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Lakshmipathy Balaji	29	10	73	0	2.51	139	10	0	0	2
Jagannathan Kaushik	47	14	91	3	1.93	228	9	0	0	0
242.5 to RR Parida, slower delivery and Parida mishits it high in the air and Balaji moves to extra cover and takes the catch.. 614/8 244.4 to RR Singh, in the block-hole and Rituraj Singh has to walk back to the pavilion as the off stump is pegged back.. 620/9 244.6 to G Singh, fuller delivery, moves across his stumps and looks to play through the onside, misses it and is struck low on the pads in line with the stumps, loud shout and given.. 621/10
Yo Mahesh	32	7	88	0	2.75	154	12	0	3	0
Aushik Srinivas	85	27	192	4	2.25	414	20	3	0	0
104.1 to A Chopra, and he strikes first ball, well done, a quicker delivery and Chopra on the back foot and looking to work it through the onside, misses it and is struck right in front of the stumps, loud appeal and given.. 236/1 219.2 to VA Saxena, Aushik strikes and gets the wicket of Saxena, pitches and spins, Saxena stays in the crease and looks to drive through the off side, misses it and the off stump is rattled. A marathon inning ends. The Tamil Nadu players shakes hands with Saxena, nice to see.. 509/4 221.1 to Puneet Yadav, Aushik gets his third wicket, pitches it a touch short outside the leg stump and bit quicker, Yadav looking for the big shot, pulls and misses, the leg stump is uprooted.. 517/5 228.3 to Pankaj Singh, Aushik bowls from round the wicket and Pankaj Singh stays in the crease and punches it from the middle of the bat and Prasanna at silly-point takes it. Aushik gets his fourth. Good reflexes from prasanna.. 541/7
Sunny Gupta	46	8	127	3	2.76	194	8	2	0	0
156.4 to HH Kanitkar, tossed up outside the off stump and slight turn and Kanitkar looking for the expansive drive through the off side gets an edge and Karthik takes the catch.. 362/2 206.3 to R Bist, out of the blue we have a wicket! The ball is tossed up, grips the surface and turns a bit, Bist plays too early and works in the air to Vasudevadas at square leg.. 485/3 222.3 to DH Yagnik, tossed up and Yagnik looks to go over extra cover, hits it high in the air and Yo Mahesh at cover, turns around and runs forward, dives and takes an excellent catch. Sunny Gupta picks up his third.. 518/6
Abhinav Mukund	2	0	6	0	3.00	9	1	0	0	0
Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas	1	0	5	0	5.00	4	1	0	0	0
Murali Vijay	3	0	18	0	6.00	11	3	0	0	0

Tamil Nadu 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Abhinav Mukund	lbw b RR Singh	0	9	9	0	0	0.00

Murali Vijay	c Puneet Yadav b RR Singh	15	26	45	2	0	57.69

S Badrinath	lbw b Pankaj Singh	6	17	21	1	0	35.29

Dinesh Karthik †	b Mathur	150	280	422	21	1	53.57

Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas	c G Singh b RR Singh	25	55	78	5	0	45.45

Ramaswamy Prasanna	run out (RR Singh/†Yagnik)	44	79	112	9	0	55.69

Sunny Gupta	st †Yagnik b G Singh	6	30	38	0	0	20.00

Yo Mahesh	lbw b Pankaj Singh	0	13	18	0	0	0.00

Lakshmipathy Balaji (c)	lbw b RR Singh	29	50	65	6	0	58.00

Jagannathan Kaushik	c Pankaj Singh b Mathur	6	51	102	1	0	11.76

Aushik Srinivas	not out	2	6	9	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 3, lb 8, w 1)	12
Total	102.4 Ov (RR: 2.87, 464 Mins)	295
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Abhinav Mukund, 1.6 ov), 2-12 (S Badrinath, 6.6 ov), 3-24 (Murali Vijay, 9.5 ov), 4-71 (Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas, 27.4 ov), 5-147 (Ramaswamy Prasanna, 52.5 ov), 6-164 (Sunny Gupta, 61.6 ov), 7-167 (Yo Mahesh, 66.2 ov), 8-227 (Lakshmipathy Balaji, 80.5 ov), 9-292 (Dinesh Karthik, 100.5 ov), 10-295 (Jagannathan Kaushik, 102.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Pankaj Singh	25	7	58	2	2.32	126	8	0	0	0
6.6 to S Badrinath, fuller delivery and Badrinath looking to drive through the onside, misses the line of the delivery and is struck on the pads in line with the stumps, that is plumb, loud shout and given. Tamil Nadu in deep trouble.. 12/2 66.2 to VY Mahesh, good length delivery coming in and Yo Mahesh looking to work it through the onside, misses it and strikes the pad in line, loud appeal and given.. 167/7
Rituraj Singh	26	5	76	4	2.92	120	12	1	0	0
1.6 to A Mukund, Rituraj strikes, good length delivery pitches in line and coming in, Mukund is caught in the crease and looking to work it through the onside, struck in front of the stumps, loud appeal and given.. 1/1 9.5 to M Vijay, fuller delivery on the legs and Vijay flicks it in the air to midwicket and Puneet Yadav takes the catch, that was a soft dismissal, deeper into the mire are Tamil Nadu. The ball is coming very much slower off the track.. 24/3 27.4 to K Vasudevadas, fuller delivery on the middle and leg and Vasudevadas looking to work it through the onside, hits in the air forward of square leg and Gajendra Singh takes an easy catch.. 71/4 80.5 to L Balaji, fourth for Rituraj Singh, slower delivery and coming in, Balaji gets an inside edge and misses the pads, loud appeal for lbw and given by the umpire, Balaji is not at all happy, a big mistake.. 227/8
Sumit Mathur	25.4	8	53	2	2.06	134	9	0	1	0
100.5 to KD Karthik, Karthik is bowled! It was short of a length delivery and Karthik looking to drive on the up through the off side, gets an inside edge and the stumps are rattled. An excellent knock comes to an end.. 292/9 102.4 to J Kaushik, short delivery and Kaushik goes for the hook and hits it high in the air down to fine leg and Pankaj Singh takes the catch.. 295/10
Gajendra Singh	26	5	97	1	3.73	113	16	0	0	0
61.6 to Sunny Gupta, down the track and misses the delivery down the leg side and Yagnik collects the ball and gets rid of the bails.. 164/6

Rajasthan 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aakash Chopra	c & b Kaushik	18	21	37	4	0	85.71

Vineet Saxena	b Prasanna	13	69	86	1	0	18.84

Robin Bist	c Mukund b Prasanna	92	185	201	13	0	49.72

Hrishikesh Kanitkar (c)	lbw b Vijay	12	37	62	1	0	32.43

Rashmi Parida	not out	43	102	146	5	0	42.15
Puneet Yadav	b Prasanna	0	12	16	0	0	0.00

Dishant Yagnik †	not out	9	38	39	2	0	23.68
Extras	(b 15, nb 2)	17
Total	77 Ov (RR: 2.64, 299 Mins)	204/5d
Did not bat: Rituraj Singh, Gajendra Singh, Pankaj Singh, Sumit Mathur
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Aakash Chopra, 8.4 ov), 2-52 (Vineet Saxena, 20.5 ov), 3-93 (Hrishikesh Kanitkar, 37.4 ov), 4-174 (Robin Bist, 63.3 ov), 5-180 (Puneet Yadav, 67.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jagannathan Kaushik	11	3	38	1	3.45	51	6	0	0	1
8.4 to A Chopra, short ball on the off stump. The agressive intent of Chopra comes to the fore as he immediately rocks back and pulls. Unfortunately, he gets a top edge and Kaushik runs across and takes the catch himself. He was as close to the batsman as he could get. 29/1
Yo Mahesh	7	3	20	0	2.85	33	3	0	0	0
Aushik Srinivas	28	10	61	0	2.17	137	8	0	0	0
Ramaswamy Prasanna	21	9	31	3	1.47	113	5	0	0	1
20.5 to VA Saxena, this time Saxena's stay is short, good length delivery and coming in, goes through the gate and rattles the stumps.. 52/2 63.3 to R Bist, touch slower from Prasanna, Bist looking to go over mid-on, miscues it high in the air and Mukund completes the catch at mid-on.. 174/4 67.3 to Puneet Yadav, lands on a crack and comes back in to peg back the stumps.. 180/5
Murali Vijay	9	0	38	1	4.22	30	4	0	0	0
37.4 to HH Kanitkar, Vijay strikes, picks up a wicket, pitches on the leg stump and turns, Kanitkar plays forward down the wrong line, the ball hits the back pad, loud appeal and given. Vijay bowling from round the wicket.. 93/3
Abhinav Mukund	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0

Tamil Nadu 2nd Innings (T: 531 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Yo Mahesh	lbw b G Singh	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Abhinav Mukund	lbw b G Singh	1	6	9	0	0	16.66

Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas	not out	7	43	29	1	0	16.27
S Badrinath	not out	0	28	21	0	0	0.00
Extras		0
Total	13 Ov (RR: 0.61, 30 Mins)	8/2
Did not bat: Dinesh Karthik †, Ramaswamy Prasanna, Sunny Gupta, Murali Vijay, Lakshmipathy Balaji (c), Jagannathan Kaushik, Aushik Srinivas
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Yo Mahesh, 0.1 ov), 2-7 (Abhinav Mukund, 2.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Gajendra Singh	6	5	5	2	0.83	34	1	0	0	0
0.1 to VY Mahesh, Gajendra strikes first ball gets Yo Mahesh, pitches and comes in to strike the pad, loud appeal and given, the bat and pad was close together.. 0/1 2.6 to A Mukund, tossed up outside the off stump and spins in, keeps too low and Mukund on the back foot looking to work it through the onside, misses it and is hit low on the pad, loud shout and given, Gajendra Singh has two wickets.. 7/2
Robin Bist	6	4	3	0	0.50	33	0	0	0	0
Puneet Yadav	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0	0

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Thu, 19 Jan - day 1 - Rajasthan 1st innings 221/0 (Aakash Chopra 86*, Vineet Saxena 120*, 90 ov)

Fri, 20 Jan - day 2 - Rajasthan 1st innings 404/2 (Vineet Saxena 207*, Robin Bist 16*, 180 ov)

Sat, 21 Jan - day 3 - Tamil Nadu 1st innings 66/3 (Dinesh Karthik 13*, Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas 25*, 25 ov)

Sun, 22 Jan - day 4 - Rajasthan 2nd innings 21/0 (Aakash Chopra 10*, Vineet Saxena 10*, 7 ov)

Mon, 23 Jan - day 5 - Tamil Nadu 2nd innings 8/2 (13 ov) - end of match

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General

Keeper change for Tamil Nadu on day 5 after lunch, K Vasudevadas kept for KD Karthik.

Match Details

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss	Rajasthan, elected to bat first
Series	Ranji Trophy Elite
Season	2011/12
Player Of The Match	Vineet Saxena
Series result	Rajasthan won the 2011/12 Ranji Trophy Elite
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30
Match days	19,20,21,22,23 January 2012 - day (5-day match)
Umpires	Peter Hartley Vineet Kulkarni
Match Referee	Rajendra Jadeja

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Tamil Nadu Innings

Player Name		R	B
VY Mahesh	lbw	0	1
A Mukund	lbw	1	6
K Vasudevadas	not out	7	43
S Badrinath	not out	0	28
Total	8(2 wkts; 13 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
G Singh	6	5	5	2	0.83
R Bist	6	4	3	0	0.5
Puneet Yadav	1	1	0	0	0

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	Yo Mahesh	Abhinav Mukund
2nd	7	Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas	Abhinav Mukund
3rd	1	S Badrinath	Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas

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Ranji Trophy Elite

Group A

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
MUM	7	3	0	4	25	1.439
KNTKA	7	2	0	5	22	1.831
RAJ	7	2	0	5	16	0.984
SAU	7	2	1	4	16	0.925
UP	7	0	1	6	16	1.021
PNJB	7	1	2	4	15	0.774
RLYS	7	1	3	3	13	0.941
ODSA	7	0	4	3	2	0.542

Group B

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
TN	6	1	0	5	20	1.408
MP	6	2	1	3	17	1.012
HRYNA	6	1	0	5	14	0.999
BRODA	6	2	2	2	13	0.953
BENG	6	1	1	4	13	1.163
DELHI	6	1	2	3	11	0.938
GUJ	6	1	3	2	8	0.744

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