It was so near and yet so far for JD Unadkat of Saurashtra this season. He aggregated 67 wickets in the just concluded Ranji Trophy season 2019-20. Two more wivkets would have earned him the record for most wickets in a Ranji Trophy season. The record is  held by A Aman of Bihar who accounted for 68 wickets in 2018-19 season. The following table lists the exploits of these two bowlers

A Aman’s 68 wickets in 2018-19 for Bihar

No	Batsman	Score	How Out	Opposition	Inns	Date
1	SA Khurana	0	lbw	Uttarakhand	1	01.11.18
2	M Rangarajan	13	bowled		1
3	DM Dhapola	2	lbw		1
4	DK Sharma	0	lbw		1
5	BD Subba	0	bowled	Sikkim	1	28.11.18
6	Milind Kumar	13	caught		1
7	Jahan Uddin	16	lbw		1
8	LN Lepcha	2	bowled		1
9	PM Nirala	0	bowled		1
10	NL Lamichaney	14	lbw		2
11	BB Diyali	1	lbw		2
12	AN Thapa	17	caught		2
13	B Sharma	32	bowled		2
14	AG Rai	0	lbw		2
15	N Obi	21	caught	A Pradesh	1	06.12.18
16	MM Singpho	0	caught		1
17	TT Neri	0	caught		1
18	SK Thakur	6	caught		1
19	S Seth	58	lbw		2
20	AR Sahani	25	lbw		2
21	IT Toku	2	lbw		2
22	KL Yangfo	0	lbw		2
23	PS Kataria	11	caught		2
24	MM Singpho	1	caught		2
25	TT Neri	2	caught		2
26	RR Biswa	56	lbw	Meghalaya	1	14.12.18
27	WM Nongkhlaw	3	caught		1
28	P Bisht	12	caught		1
29	Y Nagar	1	caught		1
30	Gurender Singh	10	bowled		1
31	AD Negi	38	stumped		1
32	AN Singhania	1	bowled		1
33	DN Sangma	0	caught		1
34	RR Biswa	4	bowled		2
35	SB Das	9	caught		2
36	P Bisht	2	caught		2
37	Gurender Singh	10	lbw		2
38	JJ Lamare	0	caught		2
39	WM Nongkhlaw	0	lbw		2
40	PS Sehrawat	27	caught	Nagaland	1	22.12.18
41	KB Pawan	39	caught		1
42	R Jonathan	53	caught		1
43	AA Kazi	28	lbw		1
44	IG Zhimomi	0	bowled		1
45	TA Rahman	4	lbw		1
46	RP Bhatia	14	bowled		1
47	PS Sehrawat	0	lbw		2
48	R Jonathan	100	lbw		2
49	AA Kazi	0	lbw		2
50	TA Rahman	14	bowled		2
51	RP Bhatia	17	bowled		2
52	KC Vanlalruata	0	bowled	Mizoram	1	30.12.18
53	T Kohli	76	caught		2
54	LH Zela	7	bowled		2
55	KC Vanlalruata	3	lbw		2
56	SA Khader	15	lbw		2
57	LL Guite	0	caught		2
58	Yashpal Singh	26	bowled	Manipur	1	07.01.19
59	NW Singh	5	caught		1
60	TH Luwang	4	caught		1
61	TK Singh	4	caught		1
62	M Raghav	38	caught		2
63	H Kanojia	26	lbw		2
64	Yashpal Singh	105	bowled		2
65	SJ Singh	1	lbw		2
66	SA Shah	0	lbw		2
67	TH Luwang	0	lbw		2
68	BS Konthoujam	0	bowled		2

JD Unadkat’ 67 wickets in 2019-20 season for Saurashtra

No	Batsman	Score	How Out	Opposition	Inns	Date
1	A Bains	10	lbw	H Pradesh	1	09.12.19
2	P Jaswal	0	bowled		1
3	VG Arora	4	caught		1
4	S Verma	1	lbw		2
5	AR Kalsi	2	caught		2
6	N Gangta	14	caught		2
7	A Bains	74	caught		2
8	M Dagar	9	caught		2
9	AS Bedi	11	caught		2
10	MU Mahrour	2	bowled	Railways	1	17.12.19
11	NS Bhille	0	caught		1
12	KV Sharma	52	lbw		1
13	AB Yadav	6	bowled		1
14	NS Bhille	9	lbw		2
15	NS Virk	0	bowled		2
16	D Mor	2	caught		2
17	KV Sharma	0	bowled		2
18	AC Mishra	0	bowled		2
19	AB Yadav	38	bowled		2
20	Almas Shaukat	11	caught	U Pradesh	1	25.12.19
21	AD Nath	95	caught		1
22	R Samarth	63	caught	Karnataka	1	11.01.20
23	DB Padikkal	0	caught		1
24	RP Kadam	29	caught		1
25	KV Siddharth	0	caught		1
26	J Suchith	2	bowled		1
27	R Samarth	74	bowled		2
28	Rameez Khan	25	caught	M Pradesh	1	19.01.20
29	AR Rohera	2	lbw		1
30	Aavesh Khan	20	lbw		1
31	IC Pandey	15	caught		1
32	VR Iyer	6	lbw		2
33	MN Hirwani	4	bowled		2
34	KH Devdhar	52	caught	Baroda	1	27.01.20
35	AA Waghmode	6	lbw		1
36	VP Solanki	2	caught		1
37	D Hooda	0	bowled		1
38	YK Pathan	34	bowled		1
39	VS Bhosale	14	lbw		1
40	KH Devdhar	8	caught		2
41	VP Solanki	2	bowled		2
42	AA Waghmode	16	lbw		2
43	YK Pathan	46	lbw		2
44	Swapnil Singh	1	lbw		2
45	AA Sheth	4	lbw		2
46	A Mukund	86	lbw	Tamil Nadu	1	12.02.20
47	VSG Sridhar Raju	13	lbw		1
48	N Jagadeesan	183	caught		1
49	RSJ Sinivas	1	caught		1
50	M Mohammed	42	caught		1
51	M Siddharth	0	caught		1
52	DBP Kumar	1	lbw	Andhra	1	20.02.20
53	NJ Sai Krishna	17	caught		1
54	K Srikar Bharat	26	caught		1
55	KV Sasikanth	6	caught		1
56	PK Panchal	0	lbw	Gujarat	1	29.02.20
57	DJ Raval	35	caught		1
58	RH Bhatt	71	caught		1
59	SB Gohel	5	caught		2
60	PK Panchal	0	caught		2
61	DJ Raval	5	caught		2
62	PA Patel	93	caught		2
63	CJ Gandhi	96	bowled		2
64	AR Patel	0	caught		2
65	AR Nagwaswalla	4	caught		2
66	AP Majumdar	63	lbw	Bengal	1	09.03.20
67	IC Porel	1	lbw		1