Saurashtra won their maiden Ranji Trophy title on the back of their first innings lead against Bengal in the final in Rajkot today. On a dead pitch, Saurashtra won the toss and opted to bat first and scored 425 runs in their first innings with the help of Arpit Vasavada's hundred.
In reply, Bengal could manage 381 runs and conceded 44 runs lead. Saurashtra finished on 105/4 in their second innings on final day and match ended in a draw but on the back of first-innings lead Saurashtra clinched their first-ever title. And here is the statistical highlights of this Ranji Trophy season 2019-20.
All the major stats and facts from Ranji Trophy 2019-20 :
Champions : Saurashtra (First title)
Runners-up : Bengal
Semifinalists - Gujarat and Karnataka
Highest totals -
688/7d - Mumbai vs Uttar Pradesh at Mumbai
672/8d - Chandigarh vs Manipur at Kolkata
662/4d - Meghalaya vs Mizoram at Kolkata
635/7d - Bengal vs Hyderabad at Kalyani
625/8d - Puducherry vs Nagaland at Puducherry
625/8d - Uttar Pradesh vs Mumbai at Mumbai
Lowest totals -
27 - Manipur vs Meghalaya at Mangaldoi
44 - Maharashtra vs Services at Delhi
49 - Tripura vs Haryana at Rohtak
53 - Tripura vs Chhattisgarh at Raipur
63 - Meghalaya vs Puducherry at Mangaldoi
63 - Manipur vs Chandigarh at Kolkata
Most runs -
1340 - Rahul Dalal (Arunachal Pradesh)
998 - Taruwar Kohli (Mizoram)
976 - Puneet Bisht (Meghalaya)
967 - Paras Dogra (Puducherry)
928 - Sarfaraz Khan (Mumbai)
Highest individual scores -
307* - Taruwar Kohli (Mizoram) vs Arunachal Pradesh at Puducherry
303* - Manoj Tiwary (Bengal) vs Hyderabad at Kalyani
301* - Sarfraz Khan (Mumbai) vs Uttar Pradesh at Mumbai
267* - Rahul Dalal (Arunachal Pradesh) vs Nagaland at Sovima
254* - R Sanjay Yadav (Meghalaya) vs Mizoram at Kolkata
Highest batting averages (Min 500 runs) -
154.66 - Sarfraz Khan (Mumbai, 928 runs)
95.71 - Rahul Dalal (Arunachal Pradesh, 1340 runs)
83.80 - Harpreet Singh (Chandigarh, 838 runs)
80.77 - Ganesh Satish (Vidarbha, 727 runs)
80.58 - Paras Dogra (Puducherry, 967 runs)
Most hundreds -
4 - Harpreet Singh (Chandigarh)
4 - Paras Dogra (Puducherry)
4 - Amit Verma (Goa)
4 - MD Rahmatullah (Bihar)
4 - Arpit Vasavada (Saurashtra)
4 - KB Pawan (Mizoram)
4 - Rahul Dalal (Arunachal Pradesh)
Most wickets -
67 - Jaydev Unadkat (Saurashtra)
55 - R Sanjay Yadav (Meghalaya)
52 - Harshal Patel (Haryana)
50 - DG Pathania (Services)
49 - MB Murasingh (Tripura)
49 - Ashutosh Aman (Bihar)
49 - Ishwar Chaudhary (Sikkim)
Best bowling figures in an innings -
9/52 - R Sanjay Yadav (Meghalaya) vs Nagaland at Sovima
8/22 - Rex Rajkumar Singh (Manipur) vs Mizoram at Kolkata
8/31 - R Sanjay Yadav (Meghalaya) vs Puducherry at Mangaldoi
8/56 - G Lalbiakvela (Mizoram) vs Sikkim at Bhubaneshwar
8/60 - K Gowtham (Karnataka) vs Tamil Nadu at Dindigul
Best bowling averages (Min 25 wickets) -
11.31 - R Vinay Kumar (Puducherry, 45 wickets)
11.96 - Shresth Nirmohi (Chandigarh, 32 wickets)
12.11 - Sagar Udeshi (Puducherry, 45 wickets)
12.65 - R Sanjay Yadav (Meghalaya, 55 wickets)
13.23 - Jaydev Unadkat (Saurashtra, 67 wickets)
Most five-wicket hauls -
7 - Jaydev Unadkat (Saurashtra)
6 - Ishwar Chaudhary (Sikkim)
5 - R Sanjay Yadav (Meghalaya)
5 - Saurabh Kumar (Uttar Pradesh)
5 - Ashutosh Aman (Bihar)
