Maharashtra through to first Ranji final in 21 years
Wriddhiman Saha made a defiant 108 to avert an innings defeat, but Maharashtra, needing a mere eight runs to reach their first Ranji Trophy final in 21 years, got there in two overs
18/01Result
1st Semi-final, Ranji Trophy at Indore, Jan 18-20 2014
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![Bengal]( "Bengal")
114 & 348 -
![Maharashtra]( "Maharashtra")
455 & 8/0 (2 ov)
18/01Result
1st Semi-final, Ranji Trophy at Indore, Jan 18-20 2014
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![Bengal]( "Bengal")
114 & 348 -
![Maharashtra]( "Maharashtra")
455 & 8/0 (2 ov)
Match Centre
Match Details
Series
Toss
Maharashtra , elected to field first
Series result
Maharashtra advanced
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30
Match days
18,19,20 January 2014 (5-day match)
First-class debut
Umpires
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
BENGAL 114 (41.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Arindam Das37 (108)
- Wriddhiman Saha29 (40)
- Harshad Khadiwale1/10 (3)
- Samad Fallah7/58 (16.4)
MAHARASHTRA 455 (126.3 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Sangram Atitkar168 (228)
- Ankit Bawne89 (208)
- Laxmi Shukla3/76 (27)
- Ashok Dinda3/114 (30)
BENGAL 348 (77.3 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Wriddhiman Saha*108 (146)
- Sudip Chatterjee49 (92)
- Anupam Sanklecha3/84 (19)
- Domnic Muthuswami3/80 (20)
MAHARASHTRA 8/0 (2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Harshad Khadiwale*8 (7)
- Chirag Khurana*0 (5)
- Sourav Sarkar0/3 (1)
- Sandipan Das0/5 (1)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsProud to win semi within three days - Maharashtra coach
Surendra Bhave, Maharashtra's coach, said his players might have been disappointed they had not won by an innings
Toss was the main culprit - Shukla
Laxmi Ratan Shukla, the Bengal captain, said the pitch and the toss had played an inordinate role in the result of the semifinal
Maharashtra through to first Ranji final in 21 years
Wriddhiman Saha made a defiant 108 to avert an innings defeat, but Maharashtra, needing a mere eight runs to reach their first Ranji Trophy final in 21 years, got there in two overs
Atitkar ton leaves Bengal needing miracle
Two days into their first Ranji Trophy semi-final in 17 years, they were further ahead of Bengal than they would have thought it decent to dream
Maharashtra lead after Fallah burst
Maharashtra captain Rohit Motwani won another toss and his bowlers, yet again, exploited the conditions perfectly, and bowled Bengal out in 41.4 overs
Ranji Trophy
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| KNTKA | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 38 |
| PNJB | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| MUM | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 29 |
| GUJ | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 26 |
| DELHI | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| ODSA | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| VIDAR | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| HRYNA | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| JHK | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| RLYS | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 28 |
| UP | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 24 |
| BENG | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 24 |
| SAU | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 22 |
| BRODA | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| RAJ | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| TN | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| MP | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| SVCS | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| MAHA | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 35 |
| J + K | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 28 |
| GOA | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 28 |
| HP | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
| KER | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| HYD | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| AP | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| ASSAM | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| TPURA | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 |