Kaif leads Uttar Pradesh to maiden Ranji Trophy title
Mohammad Kaif lead Uttar Pradesh to their first-ever Ranji Trophy final victory when the hosts beat Bengal on the basis of their first-innings lead
29/01Result
Final, Ranji Trophy at Lucknow, Jan 29-Feb 2 2006
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![Uttar Pradesh]( "Uttar Pradesh")
387 & 342 -
![Bengal]( "Bengal")
373 & 109/5 (33 ov)
29/01Result
Final, Ranji Trophy at Lucknow, Jan 29-Feb 2 2006
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![Uttar Pradesh]( "Uttar Pradesh")
387 & 342 -
![Bengal]( "Bengal")
373 & 109/5 (33 ov)
Match Centre
Match Details
Series
Toss
Uttar Pradesh , elected to bat first
Series result
Uttar Pradesh won the 2005/06 Ranji Trophy
Season
Match days
29,30,31 January, 1,2 February 2006 (5-day match)
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
UTTAR PRADESH 387 (124.3 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Mohammad Kaif92 (158)
- Suresh Raina90 (136)
- Ranadeb Bose3/86 (28.3)
- Shib Paul3/125 (42)
BENGAL 373 (126.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Arindam Das60 (132)
- Laxmi Shukla66 (125)
- Piyush Chawla5/83 (35.4)
- Shalabh Srivastava2/91 (33)
UTTAR PRADESH 342 (129.5 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Mohammad Kaif109 (264)
- Shivakant Shukla56 (137)
- Saurasish Lahiri3/119 (47)
- Shibsagar Singh3/69 (39.5)
BENGAL 109/5 (33 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Arindam Das*37 (81)
- Subhomoy Das32 (36)
- Praveen Kumar5/33 (9)
- Suresh Raina0/4 (2)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsKaif leads Uttar Pradesh to maiden Ranji Trophy title
Mohammad Kaif lead Uttar Pradesh to their first-ever Ranji Trophy final victory when the hosts beat Bengal on the basis of their first-innings lead
'This win will take us a long way'
Mohammad Kaif was the decisive factor in Uttar Pradesh's surge to - and eventual clinching of - their maiden Ranji Trophy Final title
Uttar Pradesh take the honours on engrossing day
On a day when everything hinged on who would take the first-innings lead, Uttar Pradesh held their nerve to dismiss Bengal 14 runs short of their target and build a platform from which they look hard-pressed to lose
Shukla fifty leaves match tantalisingly poised
Dubious umpiring and some unintelligent bowling by the hosts left both Uttar Pradesh and Bengal hanging desperately on the edge with two more days to go in the Ranji Trophy final
'Couple of decisions went against us' - Dasgupta
Paras Mhambrey came charging up towards the room where the analyst was recording the ball-by-ball of the Bengal innings.