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India vs New Zealand – Fourth One day at Bangalore on 07.12.10 : India won by five wickets

India won the toss and invited New Zealand to bat first providing the 26^th occasion of India inserting the opposition in India-New Zealand one day series.

RS Mahanama was officiating his 150^th match as as one day referee in this match. He became the first referee in the history of one day games to officiate 150 matches

Yuvraj Singh pouched his 75^th catch playing for India when he caught MJ Guptill of A Nehra for 30. Other Indian fielders to pouch 75 plus catches are – MA Azharuddin {156} : SR Tendulkar {134} : R Dravid {125} : SC Ganguly (99} : A Kumble {85} and V Sehwag {81}

SB Styris was playing his 150^th one day innings. He became the ninth New Zealand batsman to play 150 plus innings. Others are – SP Fleming {268}: NJ Astle {217}: CZ Harris {213}: CL Cairns {192}: CD McMillan {183}: DL Vettori {162}: AC Parore {161} and BB McCullum {151}

JEC Franklyn scored 98 not out in this game providing the 78^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a half century and 91^st occasion of a fifty against India.

JEC Franklin’s 98 not out in this game represents his second one day half century after his 72 not out at Baroda on 04.12.10, the third one day game of the ongoing series. His knock represents his highest individual score in one day games

JEC Franklin’s 98 not out in this game represent the 38^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a ninety in one day games. His knock represents the seventh occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a ninety against India. The other six occasions are – 99* by BA Edgar at Auckland on 14.02.81 : 90 by SP Fleming at Napier on 25.03.94 : 96 by AC Parore at Vadodara on 28.10.94 : 92 by NJ Astle at Bangalore on 14.05.97 : 97 by NJ Astle at Gwalior on 11.11.99 and 95 by LRPL Taylor at Dambulla on 10.08.10

JEC Franklin’s 98 not out in this game represent the second occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a ninety in one day games against India at Bangalore. NJ Astle had scored 92 at Bangalore on 14.05.97

A Nehra returned with figures of 2 for 70 in this game providing the ninth occasion of his conceding 70 plus runs in one day games which is a record for most occasions of a bowler conceding 70 plus runs. JM Anderson of England, Naved-ul-Hassan of Pakistan and Waqar Younis of Pakistan are the other bowlers who have conceded 70 plus runs on seven occasions.

A Nehra’s feat of conceding 70 plus runs on nine occasions read thus – 2 for 74 vs Pakistan at Centurion on 01.03.03 : none for 80 vs Australia at Bangalore on 12.11.03 : 4 for 72 vs Pakistan at Vizag on 05.04.05 : none for 75 vs Pakistan at Ahmedabad on 12.04.05 : 3 for 72 vs Pakistan at Delhi on 17.04.05 : 1 for 79 vs Australia at Hyd-RGS on 05.11.09 : 1 for 81 vs Sri Lanka at Rajkot on 15.12.09 and 1 for 74 vs Sri Lanka at Nagpur on 18.12.09

A Nehra returned with figures of 2 for 70 in this game providing the 65th occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 70 plus runs in one day games

A Nehra with 2 for 70 became the seventh Indian bowler to concede 70 plus runs against New Zealand in one day games. Others are – none for 79 by MM Patel at Christchurch on 08.03.09 : 1 for 78 by A Kumble at Christchurch on 19.01.99 : 3 for 75 by BKV Prasad at Rajkot on 08.11.99 : none for 74 by SK Sharma at Vadodara on 17.12.88 : none for 72 by N Chopra at Rajkot on 08.11.99 and 2 for 71 by Yuvraj Singh at Christchurch on 08.03.09

YK Pathan registered his best bowling figures in one day games with his figures of 3 for 49 in this game. His previous best was 3 for 56 vs West Indies at Kingston on 26.06.09

New Zealand posted 315 for seven in this game providing the fifth occasion of New Zealand posting 300 plus runs against India. The other four occasions are – 349 for 9 at Rajkot on 05.11.99: 348 for 8 at Nagpur on 26.11.95: 334 at Christchurch on 08.03.09 and 300 for 8 at Christchurch on 19.01.99

New Zealand posted 315 for seven in this game providing the 366^th occasion of team posting 300 plus runs in the history of one day games. This total provides the 29^th occasion of New Zealand posting 300 plus runs against various oppositions.

New Zealand posted 315 for seven in this game providing the 309th occasion of team posting 300 plus runs while batting first in the history of one day games. This total provides the 21st occasion of New Zealand posting 300 plus runs iwhile batting first against various oppositions.

New Zealand’s 315 for seven in this game provide the fifth occasion of a team posting a total of 300 plus runs at Bangalore. The other four occasions are – 347 for 2 by Australia vs India on 12.11.03 : 317 for 9 by Asia Eleven vs Africa Eleven on 06.06.07 : 315 by India vs Australia on 25.03.01 and 307 for 7 by Australia vs India on 29.09.07

G Gambhir was playing his 100^th one day innings in this game. He became the 21^st Indian batsmen to play 100 plus innings in one day games.

V Kohli scored zero in this game providing the 63^rd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck against New Zealand. It was third duck in one day games. The other two occasions are – vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 28.05.10 and vs Sri Lanka at Dambulla on 16.08.10

PA Patel scored 53 in this game which was his maiden half century in one day games. His knock represents the 82nd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a half century against New Zealand. It also represents the 31^st occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a half century against New Zealand.

YK Pathan sco
red in this game which is his third fifty in one day games. The other two occasions are – 59* vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 03.02.09 and 50 not out vs England at Indore on 17.11.08. This knock represents his highest score in one day games

YK Pathan scored 123 not out in this game which represents the 24th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against New Zealand. This knock represents his maiden hundred in one day games.

YK Pathan’s 123 not out in this game represent the 181^st occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. His knock represents the 170^th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred on Indian soil. His knock represents the 81^st occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a hundred on Indian soil.

Indian batsmen have scored 200 plus sixes against four teams – vs Sri Lanka {273} : vs Pakistan {272} : vs Australia {205} and vs New Zealand {203}. India scored 200^th six against New Zealand when YK Pathan hit KY Mills for his fifth six of the innings.

YK Pathan and SK Tiwary added 133 runs in an unfinished stand for the sixth wicket in this game to provide the 301^st three figure partnership posted by India. This partnership represent the 28th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against New Zealand. This partnership provides the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the sixth wicket against New Zealand. The other two occasions are – 127 runs between M Azharuddin and AK Sharma at Vadodara on 17.12.88 and 119* runs between SC Ganguly and RR Singh at Gwalior on 11.11.99. Thus this stand represents the highest partnership for the sixth wicket against New Zealand and also the series record for the sixth wicket.

YK Pathan’s 123 not out in this game provide the 18^th occasion of a batsman scoring 123 or 123 not out in the history of one day games.

India’s total of 321 for 5 in this game provide the 367^th occasion of a team scoring 300 plus runs in one day games. This total represents the 60^th occasion of India posting a total of 300 plus runs in one day games

New Zealand posted 315 for 7 in this game and lost the game providing the 32^nd occasion of a team losing the game after posting 300 plus runs batting first

New Zealand scored 315 for 7 and India replied with 321 for 5 in ths game providing the 53^rd occasion of both the teams scoring 300 plus runs in the history of one day games

Australia vs England – Second Test at Adelaide in Dec 2010 : England won by an innings and 71 runs

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first providing the 131st occasion of Australia doing so against England. It also provides the 74^th occasion of Australia doing so on home soil.

SM Katich was run out for zero in the first innings of this test providing the 195^th occasion of an Australian batsman run out against England. It also provides the 27^th occasion of an Australian batsman run out without scoring against England.

SM Katich was run out for zero in the first innings of this test providing the 45^th occasion of an Australian opening batsman run out against England. SM Katich became the first Australian opening batsman run out without scoring against England.

SM Katich became the second Australian batsman to be run out for zero without facing a ball against England. RM Hogg is the other batsman dismissed in such a manner at Birmingham in Jul 1981.

SM Katich became the first Australian opening batsman run out for a duck without facing ball against England.

RT Ponting was playing his 150^th test match in this test. He failed to celebrate the occasions as he failed with the bat by scoring a first ball duck in the first innings and nine of 19 deliveries in the second innings

RT Ponting zero and nine in this test provides the sixth occasion of his scoring single digit runs in both innings of a test. The other five occasions are – 9 and 4 vs West Indies at Sydney in Nov 96 : 0 and 0 vs Pakistan at Hobart in Nov 99 : 6 and 0 vs Kolkata in Mar 01 : 4 and 3 vs India at Melbourne in Dec 07 and 5 and 2 vs India at Mohali in Oct 2008

RT Ponting became the fourth batsman in the annals of test cricket to play 150 plus tests. Others are – SR Tendulkar {174} : SR Waugh {168} and AR Border {156}

RT Ponting was dismissed for a duck in the first innings of this test providing the 84^th occasion of an Australian captain dismissed for a duck in a test innings against various oppositions. His duck provides the 46^th occasion of an Australian captain dismissed without scoring in a test innings against England.

RT Ponting was dismissed for a duck in the first innings of this test providing the seventh occasion of his dismissal without scoring in a test innings against England. He now shares he record for most ducks by an Australian captain against England with AR Border and GS Chappell.

RT Ponting collected the first ball duck in the first innings of this test providing the 96^th occasion of a captain dismissed for a duck after facing one ball in the annals of test cricket, RT Ponting’s first ball duck in this test provides the 19^th occasion of an Australian captain collecting the first ball duck against England.

RT Ponting’s first ball duck in this test represent the fourth occasion of his collecting the first ball duck as captain. Other captains who have collected the first ball ducks on four or more occasions are – GS Chappell {05} : ST Jayasuriya {04} and Khaled Mashud {04} :

RT Ponting collected the first ball duck on fifth occasion as batsman. Other Australian batsmen to collect five or more first ball ducks are – DC Boon {05} : GS Chappell {06} : IA Healey {06} : SCG MacGill {07} : GD McGrath {05} : SK Warne {05} : ME Waugh {07} and SR Waugh {06} :

MEK Hussey scored 93 in the first innings to provide the 62^nd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety against in a test innings. His knock provides the 38^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety against against England in a test innings on home soil

MEK Hussey scored his second ninety on home soil against England, the first was also at Adelaide in Dec 06 when he made 91. MEK Hussey became the fifth ustralian batsman to score nineties on two or more occasions against England at home. Others are – C Hill {05} : SR Waugh {03} : AC Bannerman {02} and DC Boon {02}

MEK Hussey with his two nineties became the tenth batsman to score nineties on two occasions against England. Others are – C Hill {05} : DC Boon {04} : SR Waugh {04} : TJE Andrews {02} : AC Bannerman {02} : MJ Clarke {02} : WM Lawry {02} : RW Marsh {02} and GHS Trott {02}

MEK Hussey scored his 22^nd test half century and 34^th fifty when he made 93 in the first innngs of this test. BJ Haddin scored 56 in the first innings which represents his sixth test half century and ninth fifty.

BJ Haddin’s 56 in the first innings of this test represent the 50^th occasion of an Australian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings against England.

England’s innings contained four three figure partnerships – 173 for the second wicket between AN Cook and IJL Trott : 174 runs for the third wicket between AN Cook and KP Pietersen : 101 runs between KP Pietersen and PD Collingwood and 116 runs for the fifth wicket between KP Pietersen and IR Bell.

England batsmen’s feat provides the eighth occasion of a team posting four three figure partnerships in an innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the second occasion of England’s batsmen performing such a feat against Australia, the first such occasion was at The Oval in 1938 in England’s first innings.

England posted 620 for 5 declared in this test providing the sixth occasion of England posting a total of 600 plus against Australia. The other five occasions are – 636 at Sydney in Dec 1928 : 627 for 9 declared at Manchester in Jul 1934 : 658 for 8 declared at Nottingham in Jun 1938 : 903 for 7 declared at The Oval in Aug 1938 and 611 at Mancheter in J
ul 1964

England posted 620 for 5 declared in this test providing the second occasion of England posting a total of 600 plus against Australia in Australia. The other occasion is its 636 at Sydney in Dec 1928

England’s innings contained four three figure partnerships – 173 for the second wicket between AN Cook and IJL Trott : 174 runs for the third wicket between AN Cook and KP Pietersen : 101 runs between KP Pietersen and PD Collingwood and 116 runs for the fifth wicket between KP Pietersen and IR Bell. At the end of this test England batsmen have posted 298 three figure partnerships against Australia.

173 for the second wicket between AN Cook and IJL Trott in this test provides the 60^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket against Australia

174 runs for the third wicket between AN Cook and KP Pietersen in this test provides the 50^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket against Australia

101 runs for the fourth wicket between KP Pietersen and PD Collingwood in this test provides the 42nd occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against Australia

116 runs for the fifth wicket between KP Pietersen and IR Bell in this test provides the 31st occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket against Australia

AN Cook and KP Pietersen scored 148 and 227 respectively in this test providing the 226^th and 227^th occasion of England batsmen scoring a hundred against Australia

It is just a coincidence that KP Pietersen scored 227 in this test which represents the 227^th hundred by an England batsman against Australia

AN Cook scored his 15^th hundred when he made 148 in this test, while KP Pietersen’s 227 represents his 17^th test hundred.

AN Cook with his 15 hundreds became the 17^th England batsman to score 15 or more hundreds. Others are – G Boycott {22} : MC Cowdrey {22} : WR Hammond {22} : KF Barrington {20} : GA Gooch {20} : L Hutton {19} : AJ Strauss {19} : DI Gower {18} : MP Vaughan {18} : DCS Compton {18} : KP Pietersen {17} : MA Atherton {17} : H Sutcliffe {16} : GP Thorpe {16} : JB Hobbs {15} and AJ Stewart {15}

KP Pietersen’s 227 in this test represent the 301^st double hundred in the annals of test cricket. It also represents the 13^th double hundred by an England batsman against Australia.

KP Pietersen with his 227 became the fifth batsman to score a double hundred against Australia in Australia and his 227 provide the seventh occasion of an England batsman scoring a double hundred against Australia. The other six occasions are – 287 by RE Foster at Sydney in Dec 1903 : 251 by WR Hammond at Sydney in Dec 1928 : 200 by WR Hammond at Melbourne in Dec 1928 : 231* by WR Hammond at Sydney in Dec 1936 : 206 by PD Collingwood at Adelaide in Dec 2006 and 235* by AN Cook at Brisbane in Nov 2010

KP Pietersen’s 227 in this test represent the second double hundred by an England batsman against Australia at Adelaide. PD Collingwood had scored 206 at Adelaide in Dec 2006. KP Pietersen’s 227 represent the highest score by an England batsman against Australia at Adelaide.

KP Pietersen’s 227 represent his highest test score an improvement upon his previous best of 226 against West Indies at The Oval in May 2007

DE Bollinger {130}, PM Siddle {121} and XJ Doherty {158} conceded 100 plus runs in this innings which takes the number of occasions of Australian bowlers conceding 100 plus runs against England to 248

XJ Doherty {158} conceded 150 plus runs in this innings providing the 25th occasion of an Australian bowler conceding 150 plus runs in an innings against England

PM Siddle returned with figures of none for 121 in this innings providing the 20^th occasion of an Australian bowler conceding 100 plus runs without capturing a wicket against England.

SR Watson scored 57 in the second innings of this test which represents his 13^th test half century and 15^th fifty. MJ Clarke scored 80 in this test which represents his 20^th test half century and 34^th fifty. MEK Hussey scored 52 in the second innings of this test which represents his 23^rd test half century and 35^th fifty

SR Watson scored 51 and 57 in this test providing the 77^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring fifty plus in both innings of a test against Australia

MEK Hussey scored 93 and 52 in this test providing the 78^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring fifty plus runs in both innings of a test against Australia.

SR Watson scored 51 and 57 in this test providing the 44^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test against Australia

MEK Hussey scored 93 and 52 in this test providing the 45^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test against Australia.

MJ Clarke and MEK Hussey added 104 runs for the fourth wicket in the second innings of this test providing the 305^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against England. This stand also represents the 56^th occasion of Australian batsman posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against Australia

GP Swann captured 5 for 91 in England’s second innings of this test providing the 239^th occasion of an England bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against Au
stralia.

GP Swann captured 5 for 91 in England’s second innings of this test providing the 122^nd occasion of an England bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against Australia in Australia.

GP Swann’s 5 for 91 in this test represent his tenth five wickets haul in an innings and his first five wickets haul against Australia.

England won this test by an innings and 71 runs providing the 11^th occasion of England winning a test against Australia by an innings margin. The other ten occasions are – innings and 230 runs at Adelaide in Mar 1892 : innings and 225 runs at Melbourne in Feb 1912 : innings and 124 runs at Sydney in Dec 1901 : innings and 98 runs at Melbourne in Mar 1885 : innings and 93 runs at Sydney in Jan 1966 : innings and 29 runs at Melbourne in Feb 1925 : innings and 27 runs at Melbourne in Jan 1883 : innings and 22 runs at Sydney in Dec 1936 : innings and 14 runs at Melbourne in Dec 1986 and innings and 4 runs at Melbourne in Feb 1975.

The following are the summarised scores of matches played during Dec, 01 to 04 of 2010.

Group A: Delhi v Assam at Delhi – Dec 1-4, 2010

Delhi 472 and 61/3; Assam 239 and 291 (f/o)

Delhi won by 7 wickets

Group A: Gujarat v Mumbai at Valsad – Dec 1-3, 2010

Mumbai 544/3d; Gujarat 162 and 215 (f/o)

Mumbai won by an innings and 167 runs

Group B: Himachal Pradesh v Karnataka at Dharamsala – Dec 1-4, 2010

Karnataka 254 and 230; Himachal Pradesh 199 and 218

Karnataka won by 67 runs

Group B: Orissa v Punjab at Bhubaneswar – Dec 1-4, 2010

Punjab 550/7d; Orissa 264 and 177/3 (f/o)

Match drawn

Group A: Saurashtra v Railways at Rajkot – Dec 1-4, 2010

Railways 415 and 107/6; Saurashtra 338

Match drawn

Group A: Tamil Nadu v Bengal at Chennai – Dec 1-4, 2010

Tamil Nadu 132/4

Match drawn

Group B: Uttar Pradesh v Haryana at Ghaziabad – Dec 1-3, 2010

Uttar Pradesh 167 and 174; Haryana 272 and 72/1

Haryana won by 9 wickets

In the ongoing second test between Australia and England at Adelaide, England posted a tatal of 620 for 5 declared. England’s innings contained four three figure partnerships – 173 for the second wicket between AN Cook and IJL Trott : 174 runs for the third wicket between AN Cook and KP Pietersen : 101 runs between KP Pietersen and PD Collingwood and 116 runs for the fifth wicket between KP Pietersen and IR Bell.

England batsmen’s feat provides the eighth occasion of a team posting four three figure partnerships in an innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the second occasion of England’s batsmen performing such a feat against Australia, the first such occasion was at The Oval in 1938 in England’s first innings.

The following are the other seven occasions in which a team has posted four three figure partnerships

England posted a total of 903 for seven declared against Australia at The Oval in Aug 1938. England’s first innings contained four three figure partnerships – 382 runs for the second wicket between L Hutton and M Leyland : 135 runs for the third wicket between L Hutton and WR Hammond : 215 runs for the sixth wicket between L Hutton and J Hardstaff Jr and 106 runs for the seventh wicket between J Hardstaff Jr and A Wood.

West Indies posted 631 against India at Delhi in Nov 1948 : West Indian first innings contained four three figure partnerships – 267 runs for the fourth wicket between CL Walcott and GE Gomez : 101 for the sixth wicket between ED Weekes and JDC Goddard : 118 for the seventh wicket between ED Weekes and RJ Christiani and 106 for the ninth wicket between RJ Christiani and DS Atkinson

Pakistan posted a total of 657 for eight declared in its second innings against West Indies at Bridgetown in Jan 1958. Pakistan’s second innings contained four three figure partnerships – 152 for the first wicket between Imtiaz Ahmed and Hanif Mohmmad : 112 runs for the second wicket between Hanif Mohammad and Alimuddin : 154 runs for the third wicket between Hanif Mohammad and Saeed Ahmed and 121 runs for the fourth wicket between Hanif Mohammad and Wazir Mohmmad. This is the only occasion when a team has posted three figure partnerships for the first four wickets in the annals of test cricket.

India posted a total of 644 for seven declared against West Indies at Kanpur in Feb 1979. India’s first innings contained four three figure partnerships – 144 for the third wicket between CPS Chauhan and GR Viswanath : 172 runs for the fourth wicket between GR Viswanath and AD Gaekwad : 109 runs for the fifth wicket between AD Gaekwad and M Amarnath and 102 runs between M Amarnath and N Kapil Dev

Pakistan posted a total of 699 for five against India at Lahore in Dec 1989. Pakistan’s first innings contained four three figure partnerships – 100 runs for the first wicket between Aamer Malik and Ramiz Raja : 123 runs for the second wicket between Ramiz Raja and Saleem Malik : 246 runs for the fourth wicket between Javed Miandad and Shoaib Mohammad and 134 runs for the fifth wicket between Shoaib Mohammad and Imran Khan

Australia posted a total of 605 for 9 declared against West Indies at Bridgetown in May 2003. Australia’s first innings contained four three figure partnerships – 108 runs for the second wicket between JL Langer and RT Ponting : 141 runs for the third wicket between RT Ponting and DS Lehmann : 113 runs for the fifth wicket between AC Gilchrist and SR Waugh an 124 runs for the sixth wicket between SR Waugh and AJ Bichel.

Pakistan posted a total of 765 for 6 wickets declared against Sri Lanka at Karachi in Feb 2009. Paksistan’s first innings contained four three figure partnerships – 149 runs for the third wicket between Younis Khan and Shoaib Malik : 130 runs for the fourth wicket between Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq : 174 runs for the fifth wicket between Younis Khan and Faisal Iqbal and 169 runs unfinished stand for the seventh wicket between Kamran Akmal and Yasir Arafat

Highlights of Karnataka/Himachal Pradesh Ranji Trophy match : 01^st to 04^th December 2010. Karnataka won by 67 runs

This article is penned by Sri C Keshavamurthy

The match expected to be a cake walk for Karnataka turned out to be the most exciting one with fortunes fluctuating from time to time on either side. Himachal Pradesh who had gone down to Karnataka by an innings margin without semblance of a fight in its first ever encounter against Karnataka at Bangalore in 2007/08, impressed in this match by putting the visitors in an embarrassing situation on more than one occasion. Ultimately the match swung in Karnataka’s favour to secure a place in this season’s quarter final of the national championship. The inexperience of HP in coping up with the pressure excercised by the previous season’s finalists led its downfall. Karnataka have now won three of the four matches played and are sitting pretty on top of the table in Group B of the Super League.

Himachal Pradesh recorded the highest total against Karnataka by posting 218 in the second innings, which bettered the previous totals of 179 and 147 made at Bangalore in 2007/08 and 199 in the first innings at Dharmasala. Likewise Karnataka too recorded its lowest total in making 230 against HP. Karnataka had scored 452/9 d at Bangalore in 2007/08 and then 254 in the first innings at Dharmasala.

Dharmasala became the newest venue for Karnataka in Ranji Trophy – 51^st – excluding the venues in Karnataka.

Stuart Binny recorded his first century in Ranji Trophy career in his 21^st match and 35^th innings. He was playing in his first match of this season. His previous highest score was 66 against Baroda at Vadodara in 2009/10.

Amit Verma posted his third fifty plus score in 2010/11 when he made a match saving 76 in the first innings. This was his sixth 50 plus score including three centuries in 15 RT matches.

Manish Pandey, who was responsible in saving Karnataka from the rout in the second innings, scored 112 after a first ball duck in the first innings. This was his 6^th century in 18 matches. Apart from this he has scored seven fifties.

By scoring 0 and 112 against HP, Manish Pandey became the only Karnataka player to accomplish the feat of scoring a duck and a century in the same match on TWO separate occasions. It may be recalled here that Pandey had made 0 and 144 against Mumbai in the Final at Mysore in 2009/10. Incidentally Pandey had fallen for a first ball duck in the first innings against Mumbai also. The only other Karnataka players to have scored a century and a duck in the same match are Carlton Saldanha (0 & 102*) against Goa at Pandjim in 1990/91 and RV Uthappa (131 & 0) against Railways at Bangalore in 2008/09.

Stuart Binny and Manish Pandey became the third and fourth Karnataka players to record a century against HP. Earlier Rahul Dravid (121) and VS Thilak Naidu (105) had scored hundreds at Bangalore in 2007/08.

Sunil Joshi, recorded his 12^th duck of his career when he was dismissed for a duck in the first innings. Joshi’s 12 ducks is next only to the joint record held by R Ananth and BS Chandrasekhar – who have both scored 14 ducks in their playing career.

Ganish Satish, the Karnataka skipper, who had never been dismissed for a duck in his previous 13 Ranji Trophy matches, finally achieved this dubious distinction when he was dismissed for a duck in his 14^th match.

A Mithun took his first five wicket haul (5 for 82) in 2010/11. This was his fourth five wicket haul in 13 matches apart from one ten wicket haul in the match. His best bowling performance remains at 6 for 71 against Mumbai at Mysore in the Final in 2009/10.

5-82 by Mithun also wiped out the hitherto best bowling performance against HP which was 3-26 recorded by R Vinaykumar at Bangalore in 2007/08.

Mohinderraj Sharma became the second Himachal Pradesh player to take five wickets in an innings (5 for 29) against Karnataka after V Bhatia who had taken 6-129 at Bangalore in 2007/08. This was his fourth five wicket haul in 11 RT matches.

5-29 by Mohinderraj Sharma was also his best bowling performance of his career surpassing the previous best of 5-31 against Gujarat at Surat in 2009/10

9-81 by Mohinderraj Sharma was also his career best bowling performance in a match overtaking the previous best of 7-170 against Orissa at Dharmasala in 2009/10.

Mohinderraj Sharma who took 9-81 in the match, broke the match bowling performance for HP against Karnataka which stood in the name of V Bhatia (6-129) at Bangalore in 2007/08.

MS Bisla, who was hitherto the highest individual scorer for HP (before H Dogra made 45 in the first innings at Dharmasala) continued his record of being the highest individual scorer against Karnataka by making 58. This was his first fifty against Karnataka and his 12th fifty plus score including four centuries in 35 RT matches.

55 by Paras Dogra, skipper of HP, was also his first fifty against Karnataka and his 15th fifty plus score including four centuries in 42 RT matches.

S Aravind, who took 7-93 in the match, bettered the best match bowling performance by a Karnataka player against HP which was 6-58 by R Vinaykumar at Bangalore in 2007/08.

The 155 runs partnership for sixth wicket between Amit Verma and Stuart Binny, who both performed the rescue act after Karnataka was reeling at 5 for 46, is a new record for any wicket against HP by Karnataka. The previous best was 131 for the second wicket between KB Pawan and RS Dravid at Bangalore in 2007/08.

The 107 runs partnership between P Dogra and MS Bisla for sixth wicket in the second innings, which at one time had threatened to take the match away from Karnataka, also happened to be the first century stand for HP against Karnataka.

MS Bisla effected four dismissals in Karnataka’s first innings to become the 28^th opposition wicket keeper to effect four or more dismissals in an innings. Earlier, in the match against Haryana in 2010 for 11, NS Saini had become the 23^rd wicket keeper to do so. Saini had effected seven dismissals in the match (4/1 plus 2)

RV Uthappa who donned the role of a regular wicket keeper for Karnataka in the absence of the injured CM Gautam, became the 28^th wicket keeper for Karnataka. He took 3 catches in the match. Apart from this he has held 48 catches as a fielder in 46 RT matches.

In the last three successive innings, Karnataka’s top order has failed to click a modest score. However, inspite of reeling at 5 for 54 against Orissa at Bangalore, 5 for 46 and 5 for 74 against HP at Dharmasala, Karnataka have won both the matches.

Playing Record after the match against HP at Dharmasala.

Karnataka: Played-361, Won-164, Lost-56, Drawn-141 (incl 8 NR); in 2010/11; Played-4, Won-3, Drawn-1

Himachal Pradesh: Played-138, Won-20, Lost-75, Drawn-43 (incl 3 NR); in 2010/11; Played-4, Lost-1, Drawn-3