24/02Result
Final, Ranji Trophy at Pune, Feb 24-26 2016
Mumbai won by an inns & 21 runs
Player of the Match
Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas IyerMumbai
24/02Result
Final, Ranji Trophy at Pune, Feb 24-26 2016
Mumbai won by an inns & 21 runs
Player of the Match
Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas IyerMumbai

Day 3

2071dShashank Kishore in Pune

Crisis man Lad shows his mettle again

Siddhesh Lad showed game awareness and attention to detail on a surface where no batsman was truly settled at any stage stood out as he single-handedly crafted Mumbai's recovery that eventually set the base for a huge lead and a win

Day 2

2071dShashank Kishore in Pune

'Every chance of this being an outright game' - Rathod

Hardik Rathod, who took late wickets on the second day of the Ranji Trophy final to keep Saurashtra's hopes alive, said his team hopes to clean up Mumbai's lower order early and bat well on the third day

Day 1

2071dShashank Kishore in Pune

'I took India snub the positive way' - Kulkarni

Dhawal Kulkarni's international career may not have gone as he expected since being fast-tracked into the team in 2009, but on the domestic front, he has evolved as the undisputed leader of Mumbai's seam attack

Others

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Mumbai's Mission 41 forged in adversity

Amidst the strife and churning of a troubled 2014-15, Mumbai tore up their long-established Ranji Trophy template and settled upon a youthful combination that would go on to win them their 41st title the next season

2071dBharath Seervi

Mumbai win 41 out of 82 Ranji titles

Stats highlights from the final of Ranji Trophy 2015-16 where Mumbai won their 41st title beating Saurashtra by an innings an 21 runs

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Tare plays down Mumbai's 'favourites' tag

Aditya Tare, the Mumbai captain, has dismissed suggestions that his team enters the Ranji Trophy final against Saurashtra as overwhelming favourites

Mumbai's dominance

10

No. of innings victories for Mumbai in Ranji Trophy finals. No other team has won 10 Ranji Trophy finals by any margin.

New record

46

Previous highest number of dismissals by a wicketkeeper in a Ranji season by Srikar Bharat in 2014-15. Aditya Tare has gone past that record this season.

Match turning stand

0

No. of century stands for 10th wkt for Mumbai in Ranji, before 103 runs added by S Lad & B Sandhu. Prev highest: 87* by A Mankad-S Singhvi v Guj, 1967-68.

A record

11

No. of 50-plus scores by Shreyas Iyer this season - joint-most by a batsman. Vijay Bharadwaj (1998-99) and Abhishek Nayar (2012-13) also made 11 such scores.

Challenging start

2010-11

Last time a player made his debut in the Ranji Trophy final, before Prerak Mankad (Saurashtra) in this final - Abhijit Karambelkar for Baroda vs Rajasthan.

The repeat

2012-13

Last time these two teams faced each others was in the finals of Ranji Trophy 2012-13 at Wankhede. Mumbai had won that by an inns & 125 runs.