- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras8 (lb 2, nb 1, pen 5)TOTAL114 all out (41.4 Overs, RR: 2.73)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Koushik Ghosh, 2.1 ov), 2-21 (Abhimanyu Easwaran, 12.6 ov), 3-21 (Sudip Chatterjee, 14.1 ov), 4-65 (Wriddhiman Saha, 27.1 ov), 5-83 (Laxmi Shukla, 31.5 ov), 6-94 (Sandipan Das, 34.5 ov), 7-102 (Arindam Das, 39.3 ov), 8-110 (Saurasish Lahiri, 40.5 ov), 9-114 (Sourav Sarkar, 41.3 ov), 10-114 (Shib Paul, 41.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SM Fallah 16.4 3 58 7 3.48 0 1 AA Sanklecha 12 5 21 1 1.75 0 0 DJ Muthuswami 10 4 18 1 1.80 0 0 HH Khadiwale 3 0 10 1 3.33 0 0
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)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras3 (b 1, nb 2)TOTAL455 all out (126.3 Overs, RR: 3.59)Fall of wickets: 1-78 (Chirag Khurana, 15.5 ov), 2-78 (Harshad Khadiwale, 16.1 ov), 3-91 (Vijay Zol, 20.3 ov), 4-141 (Kedar Jadhav, 37.2 ov), 5-164 (Rohit Motwani, 46.3 ov), 6-277 (Ankit Bawne, 88.2 ov), 7-328 (Akshay Darekar, 101.6 ov), 8-431 (Sangram Atitkar, 121.4 ov), 9-437 (Domnic Muthuswami, 123.5 ov), 10-455 (Anupam Sanklecha, 126.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AB Dinda 30 7 114 3 3.80 0 0 SS Sarkar 27.3 6 105 2 3.81 0 0 LR Shukla 27 4 76 3 2.81 0 2 SS Paul 19 5 54 2 2.84 0 0 SS Lahiri 11 1 48 0 4.36 0 0 Sandipan Das 2 0 16 0 8.00 0 0 KB Ghosh 7 2 14 0 2.00 0 0 AR Easwaran 3 0 27 0 9.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras29 (b 14, lb 5, nb 10)TOTAL348 all out (77.3 Overs, RR: 4.49)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Koushik Ghosh, 4.5 ov), 2-34 (Abhimanyu Easwaran, 11.2 ov), 3-86 (Arindam Das, 30.2 ov), 4-128 (Sudip Chatterjee, 43.4 ov), 5-145 (Laxmi Shukla, 46.6 ov), 6-163 (Sandipan Das, 50.3 ov), 7-188 (Saurasish Lahiri, 57.6 ov), 8-233 (Sourav Sarkar, 63.1 ov), 9-295 (Ashok Dinda, 69.5 ov), 10-348 (Shib Paul, 77.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SM Fallah 27 4 110 3 4.07 0 3 AA Sanklecha 19 3 84 3 4.42 0 0 DJ Muthuswami 20 5 80 3 4.00 0 4 HH Khadiwale 4 0 11 0 2.75 0 0 AA Darekar 7.3 0 44 1 5.86 0 3
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras0TOTAL8/0 (2 Overs, RR: 4)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SS Sarkar 1 0 3 0 3.00 0 0 Sandipan Das 1 0 5 0 5.00 0 0
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
Close of Play
- Sat, 18 Jan - day 1 - Maharashtra 1st innings 164/4 (AR Bawne 37*, RH Motwani 8*, 44 ov)
- Sun, 19 Jan - day 2 - Bengal 2nd innings 16/1 (Arindam Das 7*, 4.5 ov)
- Mon, 20 Jan - day 3 - Maharashtra 2nd innings 8/0 (2 ov) - end of match
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 |