Sri C Keshava Murthy, domestic champion cricket statistician is at it again!. He brings you the stats highlights of the semi finals between Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh which was concluded this evening. Read on ……………

Highlights of the Ranji Trophy Semi Final between Karnataka/Uttar Pradesh at Bangalore from 3rd to 6th January 2010

Playing record at the end of the game:
Teams	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
Karnataka	356	161	55	140
Uttar Pradesh	278	64	62	152
Note : Drawn games include No result and unfinished games

Head to Head Count:
Teams	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn
Karnataka	6	3	0	3
Uttar Pradesh	6	0	3	3

This was the first Ranji Trophy match played by Karnataka at Bangalore in 2009/10. The previous seven matches had all been played outside Bangalore.

By virtue of First innings lead, Karnataka qualified for the Final of the Ranji Trophy this season. This was Karnataka’s 27th Semi final fixture in Ranji Trophy Championship.

Out of these 27 occasions, Karnataka has been the finalists on 12 occasions. Karnataka will now meet Mumbai in the Finals of 2009-10 season which is slated for 11^th of January 2010

Karnataka’s 575 for 7 declared in this game represent the 31^st occasion of Karnataka posting 550 plus runs against various oppositions in Ranji Trophy.

Karnataka has posted 500 plus runs against Uttar Pradesh on three occasions. They are – 617 for 9 at Bangalore in 1997/98, 575 for 7 declared at Bangalore in 2009/10 and 511 at Bangalore in 2008/09

Karnataka’s 575 for 7 declared in this game represent the second highest total posted by Karnataka against Uttar Pradesh

Karnataka has posted 500 plus runs against four teams on three or more occasions. The teams are – Tamilnadu {four occasions}, Andhra {three occasions}, Hyderabad {three occaions} and Uttar Pradesh {three occasions}. Uttar Pradesh is a new entrant to this list.

Karnataka’s 575 for 7 declared in this game represent the third occasion of Karnataka posting 500 plus runs in 2009/10 season. The other two occasions are – 523-9 declared against Bengal at Mysore in Nov 2009 and 553/4 d against Maharashtra at Poona in November 2009.

Mangalam Chinnsawamy Stadium, Bangalore has witnessed the 12th occasion of Karnataka posting a total of 500 plus runs including its 575 for 7 declared in this game.

As five oppositions have also registered 500 plus totals against Karnataka, 575 for 7 declared by Karnataka in this game represent the 17^th occasion of 500 plus runs posted at Mangalam Chinnsawamy Stadium,

R Dravid’s 209 not out represents his fifth double hundred in Ranji Trophy which are listed below

No	Score	Opp	Date
1	200*	Andhra	Nov 1992
2	215	Uttar Pradesh	Apr 1998
3	210	Hyderabad	Nov 1998
4	214	Mumbai	Nov 2007
5	209*	Uttar Pradesh	Jan 2010

R Dravid’s 209 not out represent the third double hundred by a Karnataka batsman against Uttar Pradesh. The other two double hundreds are – 247 by GR Viswanath at Mohan Nagar in 1977-78 and 215 by R Dravid at Bangalore in 1997-98

Apart from R Dravid who has scored five double hundreds, B Rowland is the other Karnataka batsman who has scored three double hundreds

R Dravid’s 209 not out represent the 19th double hundred by a Karnataka batsman against various oppositions in Ranji Trophy Championship

Karnataka batsmen have registered three double hundreds against Kerala, Tamilnadu and Uttar Pradesh, the last named is a new entrant to the already existing two teams

R Dravid’s 209 not out represents his 17^th hundred in Ranji Trophy which are listed below

No	Score	Opp	Date
1	200*	Andhra	Nov 1992
2	191	Andhra	Dec 1994
3	134	Bengal	Feb 1991
4	126	Goa	Nov 1991
5	108	Goa	Dec 1995
6	121	Himachal Pradesh	Nov 2007
7	153	Hyderabad	Mar 1996
8	210	Hyderabad	Nov 1998
9	128	Kerala	Nov 1991
10	105*	Kerala	Jan 1994
11	214	Mumbai	Nov 2007
12	138	Orissa	Feb 1998
13	149	Rajasthan	Feb 2000
14	151*	Tamil Nadu	Dec 1993
15	114	Tamil Nadu	Mar 1996
16	215	Uttar Pradesh	Apr 1998
17	209*	Uttar Pradesh	Jan 2010

R Dravid’s 209 not out represent his fourth hundred while leading Karnaataka. The four hundreds are listed below

No	Score	Opp	Date
1	153	Hyderabad	Mar 1996
2	210	Hyderabad	Nov 1998
3	215	Uttar Pradesh	Apr 1998
4	209*	Uttar Pradesh	Jan 2010

R Dravid holds the record of registering the highest score by a Karnataka captain in Ranji Trophy – 215 against Uttar Pradesh in Apr 1998

209* by Dravid represent the eighth hundred by Karnataka batsmen against Uttar Pradesh. All the eight hundreds are listed below

No	Score	Batsmen	Venue	Season
1	247	GRViswanath	Mohannagar	1977/78
2	100	BP Patel	Mohannagar	1977/78
3	122	RVBharadwaj	Bangalore	1997/98
4	104	J Arunkumar	Bangalore	1997/98
5	215	R Dravid	Bangalore	1997/98
6	135	B Akhil	Bangalore	2008/09
7	194	MKPandey	Meerut	2009/10
8	209*	R Dravid	Bangalore	2009/10

KB Pawan registered his tenth when he made 52 in this game. MK Pandey registered his ninth fifty with his 66 in this game.

MK Pandey has now scored 738 runs from eight matches and is the second batsman to aggregate 700 plus runs in 2009-10 Ranji Season. The other batsman is AB Rahane of Mumbai {791}. MK Pandey’s 738 runs have come in his debut season. He is the second Karnataka batsman to aggregate 500 plus runs in the debut season after MR Beerala who aggregated 617 runs in 1999-00 season.

At the end of this game, the four Karnataka batsmen have an aggregate of 500 plus runs in 2009-10 season – MK Pandey {738}, KB Pawan {575}, G Satish {554} and A Verma {550}. G Satish and A Verma reached the milestone in this game

CM Gautam’s 100 in Karnataka’s second innings is his second hundred in Ranji Trophy this season. His first hundred of the season was his 108* against Bengal at Mysore in this season.

RP Sravastava registered his seventh half century and ninth fifty when he made 55 in this game. He was playing his 35^th match. P Kumar registered his eighth half century in his 32^nd match when he scored 58 not out in this game

At the end of this game, R Vinaykumar has an aggregate of 39 wickets from seven matches. He has the record for most wickets in 2009-10 season. A Mithun has 38 wickets from eight matches in this season and his aggregate is the second best for the 2009-10 season.

It is interesting to note that there are two occasions of batsman’s individual score greater than team’s total in Karanatka-Uttar Pradesh encounters.

01. At Mohannagar in 1977-78 : GR Viswanath scored 247 and Uttar Pradesh were all out for 129 in the first innings and 112 in the second innings

02 . At Bangalore in 2009/10 : R Dravid scored 209 not out and Uttar Pradesh were all out for 208 in its first innings

P Gupta of Uttar Pradesh captured his 100th first class wicket when he dismissed CM Gautam in Karnataka’s first innings

There were four three figure partnerships in Karnataka’s first innings – 109 runs between R Dravid and MK Pandey for the fourh wicket, 100 runs between R Dravid and A Verma for the sixth wicket, 107 runs between R Dravid and CM Gautham for the seventh wicket and 101 runs unfinished stand between R Dravid and SB Joshi for the eight wicket.

It is interesting to note that R Dravid has been one of the partners in four three figure partnerships. Perhaps this is the first occasion of a batsman being involved in four three figure stands in an innings in the Ranji Trophy Championship.