Defending champions Vidarbha beat Saurashtra by 78 runs in the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy final at VCA Stadium in Nagpur and clinched the title for the second time in a row.
All the major stats and facts from the 85th edition of Ranji Trophy :
Champions - Vidarbha
Runners up - Saurashtra
Semifinalists - Karnataka and Kerala
- Vidarbha is the 6th team to successfully defend their title. Vidarbha won their first title in 2017/18 and now they won for the second time in 2018/19. Mumbai, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharasthra and Delhi too have defended their title successfully.
1. Most Runs -
Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 100 | 50 |
Milind Kumar (Sikkim) | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1331 | 261 | 121.0 | 6 | 4 |
Wasim Jaffer (Vidarbha) | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1037 | 206 | 69.1 | 4 | 2 |
Rinku Singh (Uttar Pradesh) | 10 | 13 | 4 | 953 | 163* | 105.9 | 4 | 3 |
Priyank Panchal (Gujarat) | 9 | 17 | 2 | 898 | 141 | 59.8 | 4 | 5 |
Puneet Bisht (Meghalaya) | 8 | 12 | 2 | 892 | 343 | 89.2 | 2 | 4 |
Yogesh Nagar (Meghalaya) | 8 | 12 | 2 | 865 | 166 | 86.5 | 4 | 3 |
Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal) | 6 | 11 | 2 | 861 | 201* | 95.6 | 3 | 3 |
Yashpal Singh (Manipur) | 8 | 15 | 4 | 860 | 156* | 78.1 | 4 | 3 |
Sheldon Jackson (Saurashtra) | 11 | 21 | 3 | 854 | 147 | 47.4 | 2 | 7 |
Taruwar Kohli (Mizoram) | 8 | 16 | 4 | 826 | 156 | 68.8 | 2 | 5 |
- Wasim Jaffer is the first batsman to score 1000 plus runs in two seasons of Ranji Trophy. He scored 1260 runs for Mumbai in 2008/09 and 1037 for Vidarbha in 2018/19.
- Milind Kumar's 1331 runs are the second highest in a Ranji Trophy season after VVS Laxman's tally of 1415 runs for Hyderabad in 1999/00.
2. Highest individual scores -
343 - Puneet Bisht vs Sikkim at Bhubaneswar, 2018
268 - Shubman Gill vs Tamil Nadu at Mohali, 2018
267* - Ajay Rohera vs Hyderabad at Indore, 2018
261 - Milind Kumar vs Manipur at Kolkata, 2018
253 - Paras Dogra vs Sikkim at Wayanad, 2018
3. Highest batting average (Min 500 runs) -
175.0 - Rajat Bhatia (Uttarakhand)
121.0 - Milind Kumar (Sikkim)
105.8 - Rinku Singh (Uttar Pradesh)
104.0 - Shubman Gill (Punjab)
95.66 - Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal)
4. Most Hundreds -
6 - Milind Kumar
4 - Paras Dogra / Yogesh Nagar / Ricky Bhui
4 - Rinku Singh / Wasim Jaffer / Yashpal Singh / Priyank Panchal
5. Most wickets -
Player | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Avg | SR | BBI | 5w | 10w |
Ashutosh Aman (Bihar) | 8 | 14 | 68 | 6.48 | 20.4 | 8/51 | 9 | 5 |
D Jadeja (Saurashtra) | 11 | 19 | 59 | 27.1 | 50.9 | 7/55 | 5 | 1 |
Aditya Sarwate (Vidarbha) | 11 | 19 | 55 | 19.6 | 45.1 | 6/43 | 6 | 1 |
Gurinder Singh (Meghalaya) | 8 | 14 | 53 | 16.9 | 40.0 | 6/41 | 5 | 1 |
Saurabh Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) | 10 | 19 | 51 | 17.7 | 43.7 | 7/32 | 5 | 2 |
Tanveer ul Haq (Rajasthan) | 10 | 20 | 51 | 18.5 | 40.3 | 6/42 | 2 | 0 |
Ishwar Chaudhary (Sikkim) | 8 | 13 | 51 | 20.6 | 31.5 | 7/51 | 5 | 2 |
Aniket Choudhary (Rajasthan) | 9 | 18 | 49 | 14.7 | 34.4 | 5/11 | 7 | 2 |
Pankaj Singh (Puduchherry) | 8 | 11 | 45 | 9.15 | 23.0 | 7/21 | 3 | 1 |
Deepak Dhapola (Uttarakhand) | 8 | 14 | 45 | 15.5 | 35.7 | 7/50 | 6 | 2 |
- 68 wickets by Bihar's left arm spinner Ashutosh Aman are the highest by any bowler in a single season of Ranji Trophy. He broke Bishan Singh Bedi's record of 64 wickets for Delhi in 1974/75.
6. Best bowling figures an innings -
8/45 - Jalaj Saxena vs Andhra at Thumba, 2018
8/51 - Ashutosh Aman vs Meghalaya at Shillong, 2018
8/85 - Parvez Rasool vs Services at Delhi, 2018
8/108 - Satyajeet Bachhav vs Railways at Delhi, 2019
8/148 - Siddharth Desai vs Vidarbha at Nagpur, 2018
7. Most five wickets haul -
9 - Ashutosh Aman
7 - Aniket Choudhary
6 - Deepak Dhapola / Aditya Sarwate
5 - Ishwar Chaudhary / D Jadeja / Saurabh Kumar / Rahul Chahar / Gurinder Singh
8. Best bowling average (Min 25 wickets ) -
6.48 - Ashutosh Aman
9.15 - Pankaj Singh
11.70 - Basant Mohanty
14.71 - Aniket Choudhary
15.05 - Abrar Kazi