With the Champions League T20 to start barely a few hours to go {6 hours and 40 minutes to be exact, as my computer time shows 1.20 IST}, crickick.com brings to its viewers an exclusive supplement on “Facts and Figures of Twenty20 games ahead of the Champions League Twenty20. Please read on …….

Twenty20 Games has witnessed only two instances of a team winning the game by a margin of 150 plus runs. The record for winning the game by large margin of runs is 172 runs. It was achieved by Sri Lanka when it trounced Kenya at Johannesburg on 14.09.07. This game was one of the T20 International World Cup game. The second instance of a victory margin of 150 plus runs was achieved by Northerners when it trounced Southerners by 158 runs at Harare on 19.03.08. There are 28 instances of a team winning the game by 100 plus runs in the history of T20 Games

T20 games have witnessed 16 instances of a team winning the game without losing a wicket, that is, winning the game by ten wickets

There are two instances of a team winning the game with 85 plus balls remaining. In the first edition of IPL, Mumbai won by eight wickets with 87 balls left against Kolkata at Mumbai on 16.05.08, which is a record win with most balls remaining, The other victory with 85 plus balls remaining was achieved when Jamaica won the game by nine wickets with 85 balls left against Bermuda at Coolidge on 21.07.06

As many as 26 matches have been won with one run margin in Twenty20 Games. T20 Internationals has witnessed two games won by two runs, South Africa victory over Australia at Johannesburg by two wickets on 24.02.06 and Sri Lanka’s victory over England at Southampton on 15.06.06 are the two instances. There have been no instances of one run victory in Twenty20 Internationals.

One wicket victory has been achieved in twelve Twenty20 matches. As many as 40 Twenty20 games have been won on the last ball of the match. Two Twenty20 Internationals were won on the last ball of the match – New Zealand beat India five wickets at Wellington on 27.02.09 and Netherlands beat England by four wickets at Lord’s on 05.06.09. Lord’s game was one of the ICCT20 games of 2009

Twenty20 games have witnessed as many as 14 games ended in a tie in which “bowl out” was used. These 14 games include three games of Twenty20 Internationals, viz., New Zealand vs West Indies at Auckland on 16.02.06, India vs Pakistan at Durban on 14.09.07, and Canada vs Zimbabwe at King City on 11.10.08.

Abandoned matches in T20 games are a long list comprising of 73 matches. This list contains the two abandoned T20 International game – England vs South Africa at Chester-le-Street on 20.08.08 and England vs Australia at Manchester on 01.09.09

250 plus runs in a T20 game has been registered on two occasions. Sri Lanka’s 260 for 6 against Kenya at Johannesburg on 14.09.07 remains the highest team total registered not only in T20 games but also in T20 Internationals. The other occasion of 250 plus was registered by Somerset when it posted a total of 250 for 3 against Gloucestershire on 27.06.06.

There are only three instances of team all out after posting 200 plus runs in T20 games, The three instances are – 210 all out by Sialkot Stallions against Lahore Eagles at Lahore on 07.07.2004, 205 by Faisalabad Wolves against Lahore Eagles at Karachi on 28.02.06 and 200 all out by Somerset against Gloucestershire at Bristol on 07.07.06

There is only one instance of rival teams registering 200 plus runs in T20 Internationals and the game between South Africa vs West Indies at Johannesburg on 11.09.07 witnessed this instance. West Indies batting first scored 205 for 6 in 20.0 overs and South Africa in reply made 209 for 2 in 17.4 overs.

Apart from these two occasions, there are ten more instances of a team posting 200 plus runs in Twenty20 Internationals

Only two teams have registered 220 plus totals while batting second. 222 for 3 by Northants against Worcestershire at Kidminster on 29.06.07 and 220 for 4 by Central Districts against Otago on 27.01.06 are the two instances. The former total of 222 for 3 was in a losing cause.

Match aggregates of 425 runs have been witnessed on eight occasions in T20 Games. 449 runs in the match between Worcestershire and Northamptonshire at Kidderminster on 29.06.07. The next best of 447 was witnessed in Indian Premier League first edition. 447 runs were scored in the game between Punjab and Chennai at Mohali on 19.04.08

Sialkot Stallions of Pakistan have a stupendous record of registering twenty consecutive wins. Next best team is Surrey with 13 consecutive wins. Most consecutive games with out a win is 14 games and is credited to Quetta bears of Pakistan

Lowest completed innings in a T20 game is 47 registered by Titans vs Eagles at Centurion on 28.04.04. This remains the only occasion of a team all out for less than 50 runs in T20 games.

Most hundreds in a series is six and was witnessed in Indian Permier League 2007-08 edition. There have been four occasions of five hundreds – Twenty20 Cup {England} – 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008.

Rival batsmen – GA Hick {110} for Worcestershire and Lance Klusener {111} for Northamptonshire at Kidderminster on 29.06.08 provide the lone instance of rival batsmen registering hundreds in T20 games.

Incidentally, GA Hick and L Klusener were opening the innings for their respective teams, providing the only instance of rival openers registering hundreds in T20 games

There is only one instance of nine batsmen reaching double figures in an innings of a T20 game. It occurred during the Central District’s innings of 180 for 8 against Auckland at New Plymouth on 30.01.08.

There is only instance of all the eleven batsmen made single digits in an innings of a T20 game. It occurred during the Titan’s innings of 47 against Eagles at Centurion on 28.04.04

Kenya in its innings of 73 had six of its batmen dismissed for zeroes against New Zealand at Durban on 12.09.07, which stands as a record for most zeroes in an innings of a T20 game. This is also a record for a T20 International and also for the T20 World Cup game.

As many as five matches have witnessed six batsmen dismissed for zeroes. Kenya’s six zeroes against New Zealand at Durban on 12.09.07 is a T20 International and also for the T20 World Cup game.

17 boundary sixes were scored by Essex batsmen against Sussex at Chelmsford on 24.06.08 is the record for most boundary sixes scored in by a team in a T20 game.

31 boundary fours scored by Somerset batsmen against Glamorgan at Cardiff on 18.06.03 is the record for most boundary fours scored by a team in a T20 game

26 boundary sixes scored in the match between Central Districts against Auckland at New Plymouth on 30.01.08 is the record for most boundary sixes in a match {by both teams} in a T20 game

55 boundary fours scored in the match between Glamorgan and Somerset at Cardiff on 18.06.03 is the record for most boundary fours in a match {by both teams} in a T20 game

190 runs {22 fours and 17 sixes} registered by Essex against Sussex at Chelmsford on 24.06.08 is the record for most runs in an innings through boundary fours and sixes registered by a team in T20 games.

312 runs {42 fours and 24 sixes} registered in the match between Worcestershire and Northamptonshire at Kidderminster on 29.06.07 is the record for most runs in a match {by both teams} through boundary four and sixes in T20 games

There are only nine instances of rival team’s batsmen posting a three figure partnerships in T20 games.

There are six instances of “Extras” being the highest scorer in a completed innings in T20 games. The record for highest number of Extras is 29 in West Indies innings of 131 for seven in 20 overs against South Africa at Johannesburg on 18.01.08. This is also a record in a T20 International game.

The record for most extras conceded in an innings is 40 in a T20 game – conceded by Sialkot Stallions against Lahore Eagles at Lahore on 26.04.05

Eight batsmen have an aggregate of 1500 runs in T20 games. They are BJ Hodge {2288}, DJ Hussey {2053}, HD Ackerman {1463}, GC Smith {1723}, BB McCullum {1695}, IJL Trott {1617}, M van Jaarseveld {1573} and ST Jayasuriya {1547}. BJ Hadge and DJ Hussey are the only two batsmen to have an aggregate of 2000 plus runs in T20 games. BJ Hodge’s 2288 runs is the record aggregate in T20 games.

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SR Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan and Manoj Tiwary will not take part in the NKP Salve Challenger Series scheduled to start from tomorrow, the 8^th October 2009 at Nagpur

SR Tendulkar has pulled out of the tournament seeking rest, while Yuvraj Singh and Irfan Pathan have not been considered due injuries. Manoj Tiwary will represent Delhi Daredevils in the Champions League Twenty20 which also starts on 08.10.09

SR Tendulkar is replaced by Abhinav Mukund who scored a hundred in the just concluded Irani Trophy for Rest of India at Nagpur

S Badrinath, who was a member of India Green, will lead India Red in Yuvraj’s absence. Yuvraj is replaced by Maharashtra’s Ameya Shrikhande. Irfan’s replacement in the India Green side is Vikramjeet Malik from Himachal Pradesh. Manoj Tiwary, of India Red, who is representing Delhi Daredevils in the Champions League Twenty20, is replaced by Saurabh Tiwary of India Red

Additions
SR Tendulkar	Ind Blue	Abhinav Mukund	Addition
Yuvraj Singh	Ind Red	Ameya Shrikhande	Addition
Irfan Pathan	Ind Green	Vikramjeet Malik	Addition
Replacements
Manoj Tiwary	Ind Red	Saurabh Tiwary	Ind Red
Yuvraj Singh	Ind Red	S Badrinath	Ind Green

Munaf Patel captured five for 70 for Rest of India against Mumbai at Nagpur in the recently concluded Irani Trophy game. His five wicket haul provides the 63^rd occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in the Irani Trophy. The following list shows all the 63 performances

No	W	R	Inns	Bowler	Team	Opp	Venue	Season
1	5	098	FI	Jasu Patel	ROI	Mum	Delhi	1959	60
2	6	044	FI	Amroliwala	Mum	ROI	Delhi	1959	60
3	7	041	SI	Chandrasekhar	ROI	Mum	Ananthpur	1963	64
4	5	011	FI	Nadakarni	Mum	ROI	Ananthpur	1963	64
5	8	048	SI	Gupte	Mum	ROI	Ananthpur	1963	64
6	5	077	FI	Joshi	ROI	Mum	Mum-BS	1968	69
7	5	072	SI	Solkar	Mum	ROI	Mum-BS	1968	69
8	5	055	SI	Venkataraghavan	ROI	Mum	Mum-BS	1968	69
9	7	043	FI	Venkataraghavan	ROI	Mum	Pune	1969	70
10	5	121	FI	Solkar	Mum	ROI	Kolkata	1970	71
11	6	034	FI	Shivalkar	Mum	ROI	Pune	1972	73
12	5	130	FI	Shivalkar	Mum	ROI	Bangalore	1973	74
13	5	111	FI	Bedi	ROI	Kar	Ahmedabad	1974	75
14	5	078	FI	Prasanna	Kar	ROI	Ahmedabad	1974	75
15	6	074	FI	Shivalkar	Mum	ROI	Nagpur	1975	76
16	6	110	FI	Prasanna	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	1975	76
17	5	063	SI	Ghavri	Mum	ROI	Nagpur	1975	76
18	6	088	SI	Shivalkar	Mum	ROI	Delhi	1976	77
19	5	083	SI	Parsana	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	1977	78
20	5	127	SI	Parsana	ROI	Mum	Bangalore	1978	79
21	9	101	FI	Shastri	Mum	ROI	Indore	1981	82
22	5	110	FI	Sandhu	Mum	ROI	Delhi	1982	83
23	6	066	FI	ManinderSingh	ROI	Mum	Delhi	1982	83
24	5	065	FI	R Bhat	Kar	ROI	Rajkot	1983	84
25	5	063	FI	Vijayakrishna	Kar	ROI	Rajkot	1983	84
26	6	130	FI	Ghai	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	1985	86
27	5	185	FI	ManinderSingh	Delhi	ROI	Jodhpur	1986	87
28	6	029	SI	Azim Khan	ROI	Delhi	Jodhpur	1986	87
29	5	117	FI	Ghai	ROI	Hyd	Hyd	1987	88
30	6	105	FI	Arshad Ayub	Hyd	ROI	Hyd	1987	88
31	5	116	FI	Vasudevan	T N	ROI	Chennai	1988	89
32	6	069	FI	Gopal Sharma	ROI	T N	Chennai	1988	89
33	6	133	SI	Gopal Sharma	ROI	T N	Chennai	1988	89
34	5	130	FI	Srinath	ROI	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
35	5	079	SI	Maninder Singh	ROI	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
36	7	064	FI	Kumble	ROI	Del	Delhi	1992	93
37	6	074	SI	Kumble	ROI	Del	Delhi	1992	93
38	6	103	FI	BhupinderSinghSr	Pun	ROI	Ludhiana	1993	94
39	5	029	SI	R Chauhan	ROI	Punb	Ludhiana	1993	94
40	7	063	FI	Bahutule	Mum	ROI	Mum-WS	1994	95
41	5	020	FI	Mhambre	Mum	ROI	Mum-WS	1995	96
42	6	084	FI	Ganesh	Kar	ROI	Bangalore	1996	97
43	6	129	FI	Hirwani	ROI	Kar	Bangalore	1996	97
44	5	089	SI	Ganesh	Kar	ROI	Bangalore	1996	97
45	5	097	FI	Bahutule	Mum	ROI	Mum-WS	1997	98
46	7	033	SI	Kumble	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	1997	98
47	8	071	SI	Bahutule	Mum	ROI	Mum-WS	1997	98
48	5	057	FI	Joshi	Kar	ROI	Bangalore	1997	98
49	6	074	FI	Srinath	Kar	ROI	Bangalore	1999	00
50	6	139	SI	Kumaran	ROI	Kar	Bangalore	1999	00
51	9	070	SI	Kartik	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	2000	01
52	5	078	FI	SarandeepSingh	ROI	Bar	Nagpur	2001	02
53	5	094	FI	Buch	Bar	ROI	Nagpur	2001	02
54	5	090	FI	Parida	Rail	ROI	Delhi	2002	03
55	6	039	SI	Yadav	Rail	ROI	Delhi-KSS	2002	03
56	5	077	FI	ZaheerKhan	ROI	Mum	Chennai	2003	04
57	6	069	FI	Morris	Mum	ROI	Mohali	2004	05
58	7	116	SI	Powar	Mum	Rail	Delhi-KSS	2005	06
59	5	074	FI	Srivastava	U P	ROI	Nagpur	2006	07
60	5	097	FI	Verma	Mum	ROI	Rajkot	2007	08
61	5	025	SI	Patel	ROI	Mum	Rajkot	2007	08
62	5	048	SI	Nanda	Del	ROI	Baroda	2007	08
63	5	070	FI	Muna Patel	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	2008	09

Munaf Patel’s five for 70 represents the 28^th occasion of a Rest of India bowler capturing five or more wickets in Irani Trophy. The following table lists out all the 28 occaions.

No	W	R	Inns	Bowler	Team	Opp	Venue	Season
1	5	098	FI	Jasu Patel	ROI	Mum	Delhi	1959	60
2	7	041	SI	Chandrasekhar	ROI	Mum	Ananthpur	1963	64
3	5	077	FI	Joshi	ROI	Mum	Mum-BS	1968	69
4	5	055	SI	Venkataraghavan	ROI	Mum	Mum-BS	1968	69
5	7	043	FI	Venkataraghavan	ROI	Mum	Pune	1969	70
6	5	111	FI	Bedi	ROI	Kar	Ahmedabad	1974	75
7	6	110	FI	Prasanna	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	1975	76
8	5	083	SI	Parsana	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	1977	78
9	5	127	SI	Parsana	ROI	Mum	Bangalore	1978	79
10	6	066	FI	ManinderSingh	ROI	Mum	Delhi	1982	83
11	6	130	FI	Ghai	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	1985	86
12	6	029	SI	Azim Khan	ROI	Delhi	Jodhpur	1986	87
13	5	117	FI	Ghai	ROI	Hyd	Hyd	1987	88
14	6	069	FI	Gopal Sharma	ROI	T N	Chennai	1988	89
15	6	133	SI	Gopal Sharma	ROI	T N	Chennai	1988	89
16	5	130	FI	Srinath	ROI	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
17	5	079	SI	Maninder Singh	ROI	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
18	7	064	FI	Kumble	ROI	Del	Delhi	1992	93
19	6	074	SI	Kumble	ROI	Del	Delhi	1992	93
20	5	029	SI	R Chauhan	ROI	Punb	Ludhiana	1993	94
21	6	129	FI	Hirwani	ROI	Kar	Bangalore	1996	97
22	7	033	SI	Kumble	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	1997	98
23	6	139	SI	Kumaran	ROI	Kar	Bangalore	1999	00
24	9	070	SI	Kartik	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	2000	01
25	5	078	FI	SarandeepSingh	ROI	Bar	Nagpur	2001	02
26	5	077	FI	ZaheerKhan	ROI	Mum	Chennai	2003	04
27	5	025	SI	Patel	ROI	Mum	Rajkot	2007	08
28	5	070	FI	Muna Patel	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	2008	09

Munaf Patel’s five wicket haul provides the fifteenth occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets against Bombay/Mumbai in Irani Trophy. The fifteen occasions are lifted below

No	W	R	Inns	Bowler	Team	Opp	Venue	Season
1	5	098	FI	Jasu Patel	ROI	Mum	Delhi	1959	60
2	7	041	SI	Chandrasekhar	ROI	Mum	Ananthpur	1963	64
3	5	077	FI	Joshi	ROI	Mum	Mum-BS	1968	69
4	5	055	SI	Venkataraghavan	ROI	Mum	Mum-BS	1968	69
5	7	043	FI	Venkataraghavan	ROI	Mum	Pune	1969	70
6	6	110	FI	Prasanna	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	1975	76
7	5	083	SI	Parsana	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	1977	78
8	5	127	SI	Parsana	ROI	Mum	Bangalore	1978	79
9	6	066	FI	ManinderSingh	ROI	Mum	Delhi	1982	83
10	6	130	FI	Ghai	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	1985	86
11	7	033	SI	Kumble	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	1997	98
12	9	070	SI	Kartik	ROI	Mum	Mum-WS	2000	01
13	5	077	FI	ZaheerKhan	ROI	Mum	Chennai	2003	04
14	5	025	SI	Patel	ROI	Mum	Rajkot	2007	08
15	5	070	FI	Munaf Patel	ROI	Mum	Nagpur	2008	09

Rest of India won the Irani Tropy for the 20^th time when they beat Mumbai on the first innings lead at Nagpur in the rain affected game. The following table shows the matches won by Rest of India.

No	Season	Winners	Opponents	Venue
1	1966-67	Rest of India	Mumbai	Kolkata
2	1968-69	Rest of India	Mumbai	Mumbai
3	1971-72	Rest of India	Mumbai	Mumbai
4	1973-74	Rest of India	Mumbai	Bangalore
5	1977-78	Rest of India	Mumbai	Mumbai
6	1978-79	Rest of India	Karnataka	Bangalore
7	1982-83	Rest of India	Delhi	Delhi
8	1984-85	Rest of India	Mumbai	Delhi
9	1986-87	Rest of India	Delhi	Jodhpur
10	1990-91	Rest of India	Bengal	Bangalore
11	1992-93	Rest of India	Delhi	Delhi
12	1993-94	Rest of India	Punjab	Ludhiana
13	1990-00	Rest of India	Karnataka	Bangalore
14	2000-01	Rest of India	Mumbai	Mumbai
15	2001-02	Rest of India	Baroda	Nagpur
16	2003-04	Rest of India	Mumbai	Chennai
17	2004-05	Rest of India	Punjab	Mohali
18	2006-07	Rest of India	Uttar Pradesh	Nagpur
19	2007-08	Rest of India	Delhi	Baroda
20	2009-09	Rest of India	Mumbai	Nagpur

Out of these 20 occasions, Bombay/Mumbai has been the opponents on nine occasions as furnished in the following list.

No	Season	Winners	Opponents	Venue
1	1966-67	Rest of India	Mumbai	Kolkata
2	1968-69	Rest of India	Mumbai	Mumbai
3	1971-72	Rest of India	Mumbai	Mumbai
4	1973-74	Rest of India	Mumbai	Bangalore
5	1977-78	Rest of India	Mumbai	Mumbai
6	1984-85	Rest of India	Mumbai	Delhi
7	2000-01	Rest of India	Mumbai	Mumbai
8	2003-04	Rest of India	Mumbai	Chennai
9	2009-09	Rest of India	Mumbai	Nagpur

Rest of India has won the trophy for the third consecutive time. They had won the trophy in 2006-07 beating Uttar Pradesh at Nagpur, in 2007-08 beating Delhi at Baroda and this season they won the trophy beating Mumbai at Nagpur. This is the second occasion that Rest of India had won the trophy on three consective seasons, the first being in 1999-00, 2000-01 and 2001-01

No	Season	Winners	Opponents	Venue
1	1999-00	Rest of India	Karnataka	Bangalore
2	2000-01	Rest of India	Mumbai	Mumbai-WS
3	2001-02	Rest of India	Baroda	Nagpur
1	2006-07	Rest of India	Uttar Pradesh	Nagpur
2	2007-08	Rest of India	Delhi	Baroda
3	2008-09	Rest of India	Mumbai	Nagpur

Finals : Australia vs New Zealand at Centuion on 05.10.09 : Australia won by six wickets and retain the ICC Championship Trophy

BB McCullum led New Zealand in place of their regular captain DL Vettori who could not lead the side due to hamstring injury.

BB McCullum became the first wicket keeper captain to score a zero in the tournament finals. He was caught by TD Paine of PM Siddle for zero in this game. He also became the first wicket keeper batsman to score a zero in the tournament finals.

BB McCullum is the third captain to register zero in the tournament finals. Others are ST Jayasuriya {vs India at Col-RPS on 30.09.02} and RT Ponting {vs West Indies at Mumbai-BS on 05.11.06}

BB McCullum is the second New Zealand captain after SP Fleming {vs Sri Lanka at Mumbai-BS on 20.10.06} to register zero in the tournament. His zero in this game provides the 14^th occasion of a captain registering zero in the tournament. His zero in this game also provides the 14^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring zero in the tournament.

BB McCullum failed to open his account after facing 14 deliveries in this game, which is a record for most number of faced by a batsman scoring zero in the tournament. The previous record was 13 balls and was credited to three batsmen – KD Otieno of Kenya {vs West Indies at Col-SSC on 17.09.02}, Aftab Ahmed of Bangladesh {vs South Africa at Birmingham on 12.09.04} and EC Rainford {vs West Indies at Ahmedabad on 08.10.06}.

BB McCullum with his zero in this game became the sixth captain-cum-opening batsman to register zero in the tournament. He is the second New Zealand captain-cum-opening batsman after SP Fleming to score zero in the tournament. The following list shows all the six captain openers who have scored zero in the tournament,

No	CaptainOpeners	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	ST Jayasuriya	0	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	30.09.02
2	SC Ganguly	0	Ind	Pak	Birmingham	19.09.04
3	SP Fleming	0	NZl	Srl	Mum-BS	20.10.06
4	GC Smith	0	RSA	Pak	Mohali	27.10.06
5	AJ Strauss	0	Eng	NZl	Jo’burg	29.09.09
6	BB McCullum	0	Nzl	Aus	Centurion	05.10.09

AJ Redmond’s stumping dismissal in this game for 26 provides the 31^st occasion of a batsman stumped in the tournament. It also provides the seventh occasion of a New Zealand batsman dismissed stumped in the tournament.

AJ Redmond’s stumping dismissal in this game for 26 provides the fifth occasion of a batsman stumped in the tournament finals. The five occasions are listed below.

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Wallace	103	Win	RSA	Dhaka	01.11.98
2	Boucher	4	RSA	Win	Dhaka	01.11.98
3	Twose	31	NZl	Ind	Nairobi	15.10.00
4	Gough	0	Eng	Win	The Oval	25.09.04
5	Redmond	26	NZL	Aus	Centurion	05.10.09

NT Broom {37} and KD Mills {12} were dismissed run out in this game provides the eleventh occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in a tournament finals.

NT Broom {37} and KD Mills {12} were dismissed run out in this game provides the fourth occasion of two or more batsmen dismissed run out in a tournament finals. The four occasions are listed below.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Cullinan	21	RSA	Win	Dhaka	01.11.98
2	Rindel	49	RSA	Win	Dhaka	01.11.98
1	Tendulkar	69	Ind	NZl	Nairobi	15.10.00
2	Dravid	22	Ind	NZl	Nairobi	15.10.00
1	Trescothick	104	Eng	Win	The Oval	25.09.04
2	Strauss	18	Eng	Win	The Oval	25.09.04
3	Harmison	2	Eng	Win	The Oval	25.09.04
1	Broom	37	NZl	Aus	Centurion	05.10.09
2	Mills	12	NZl	Aus	Centurion	05.10.09

NT Broom {37} and KD Mills {12} were dismissed run out in this game provides the 110^th and 111^th occasion of a batsman run out in the tournament. Their run outs in this game also provides the tenth and eleventh occasion of a New Zealand batsman run out in the tournament.

MJ Guptill’s 40 in this game represent the second best score by a batsman batting at number three in the tournament finals. The best is 54 by KC Sangakkara against India at Col-RPS on 29.09.02.

SR Watson’s 105 in this game provide the 1019^th hundred by a batsman in the history of one day games. It also represents the 149^th hundred by an Australian batsman in one day games.

SR Watson’s 105 in this game represents the 37^th hundred by a batsman in ICC Trophy games and third hundred by an Australian batsmen in the tournament. The other two are SR Watson’s 136 not out against England at Centurion on 02.10.09 and RT Ponting’s 111 not out against England at Centurion on 02.10.09.

SR Watson with his 105 not out became the first batsman to score a hundred in the tournament final of the ICC Championship Trophy. The second best was 62 by CL White in this very game. Prior to this final, SR Watson himself had made 57 not out against West Indies at Mumbai-BS on 05.11.06 in the finals of the previous edition.

SR Watson registered hundreds in consecutive games. He had made 136 not out against England at Centurion on 02.10.09 and in this game he scored 105 not out.

SR Watson’s consecutive hundreds provide the 57^th occasion of a batsman registering two or more consecutive hundreds in the history of one day games. His feat provides the seventh occasion of an Australian batsman registering two consecutive hundreds in one day games. Other six occasions are by – AR Border, DM Jones, GR Marsh, ME Waugh and RT Ponting {twice}.

SR Watson became the fifth batsman to register consecutive hundreds in the tournament. The others are Saeed Anwar of Pakistan, SC Ganguly of India, WU Tharanga of Sri Lanka and CH Gayle of West Indies. The performances of these five batsmen are furnished in the list below.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	SAnwar	105*	Pak	Srl	Nairobi	08.10.00
1	SAnwar	104	Pak	NZl	Nairobi	11.10.00
2	Ganguly	141*	Ind	RSA	Nairobi	13.10.00
2	Ganguly	117	Ind	NZL	Nairobi	15.10.00
3	Tharanga	105	Srl	Ban	Mohali	07.10.06
3	Tharanga	110	Srl	Zim	Ahmedabad	10.10.06
4	Gayle	101	Win	Eng	Ahmedabad	28.10.06
4	Gayle	133*	Win	RSA	Jaipur	02.11.06
5	Watson	136*	Aus	Eng	Centurion	02.10.09
5	Watson	105*	Aus	NZl	Centurion	05.10.09

SR Watson and CL White added 128 runs for the third wicket providing the 55^th occasion of a three figure stand in the tournament. This stand also provides the 10^th occasion of a three figure stand for the third wicket in the tournament.

SR Watson and CL White added 128 runs for the third wicket providing the seventh occasion of a three figure stand by Australian batsmen in the tournament. The seven partnerships are listed below

No	Partner1	Partner2	Wkt	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Ponting	Watson	2	252*	Eng	Centurion	02.10.09
2	Watson	White	3	128	NZl	Centurion	05.10.09
3	MHussey	Martyn	4	118	Eng	Jaipur	21.10.06
4	Gilchrist	Hayden	1	113	Ban	Col-RPS	19.09.02
5	Clarke	Gilchrist	5	101	Win	Mum-BS	18.10.06
6	Martyn	Watson	3	103*	Win	Mum-BS	05.11.06
7	Martyn	Symonds	4	100*	NZl	Oval	16.09.04

This stand also provides the second occasion of a three figure stand for the third wicket by Australian batsmen in the tournament. The other occasion was the 103 runs unfinished stand between DR Martyn and SR Watson against West Indies at Mumbai-BS on 05.11.06.

No	Partner1	Partner2	Wkt	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Watson	White	3	128	NZl	Centurion	05.10.09
2	Martyn	Watson	3	103*	Win	Mum-BS	05.11.06

Thus the 128 runs partnership between SR Watson and CL White represents the record stand for the third wicket.

The 128 runs partnership for the third wicker between SR Watson and CL White in this game is the second best stand by Australian batsmen in the tournament for various wickets, the best being the 252 runs unfinished stand between SR Watson and RT Ponting for the second wicket against England at Centurion on 02.10.09

No	Partner1	Partner2	Wkt	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Ponting	Watson	2	252*	Eng	Centurion	02.10.09
2	Watson	White	3	128	NZl	Centurion	05.10.09

The 128 runs partnership for the third wicket between SR Watson and CL White in this game represents the fifth three figure partnership in the finals of the tournament. The five three figure stands are listed below.

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	First	141	Ganguly	Tendulkar
	Ind	NZl	Nairobi	15.10.00
2	Third	128	Watson	White
	Aus	NZl	Centurion	05.10.09
3	Sixth	122	Cairns	Harris
	NZl	Ind	Nairobi	15.10.00
4	Fifth	118	Arnold	MJayawardene
	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	30.09.02
5	Third	103*	Martyn	Watson
	Aus	Win	Mum-BS	05.11.06

The 128 runs partnership for the third wicket between SR Watson and CL White in this game represents the second best stand in the finals of the tournament, the best being the 141 runs stand between SC Ganguly and SR Tendulkar for the first wicket in the match between India and New Zealand at Nairobi on 15.10.00

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner1	Partner2
	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	First	141	Ganguly	Tendulkar
	Ind	NZl	Nairobi	15.10.00
2	Third	128	Watson	White
	Aus	NZl	Centurion	05.10.09

The 128 runs partnership for the third wicket between SR Watson and CL White in this game represents the 1769^th three figure partnership in the history of one day games. It also represents the 285^th thee figure partnership posted by Australian batsmen in one day games.

Australia lead the table with 285 three figure partnerships, closely followed by India which has posted 281 three figure partnerships. Pakistan is the other team to have posted exact 200 three figure partnerships as on date.

The 128 runs partnership for the third wicket between SR Watson and CL White in this game represents the 398th three figure partnership for the third wicket in the history of one day games. It also represents the 55^th three figure partnership for the third wicket posted by Australian batsmen in one day games.

SR Watson’s 105 not out in this game represent his fourth one day hundred. The other three hundreds are – 126 vs West Indies at St George’s 29.06.08, 116 not out against Pakistan at Abu Dhabhi on 03.05.09 and 136 not out against England at Centurion on 02.10.09

crickick.com brings to its viewers a special interesting snippets of NKP Salve Challenger Trophy matches of the previous fourteen editions. Read on ……..

The first ever Challenger series was played in 1994-95 season. The participating teams were India, India A and India B. The games were played at Calcutta and India won the final by 73 runs. The finalists were India and India A. The final was played on 31.03.05

The ensuing edition of 2009-10 which is scheduled to be played at Nagpur is the 15^th edition of the Challenger Series.

The following table lists out the finalists of the previous fourteen editions of Challenger series.

No	Season	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Date
1	94-95	Ind	Vs	IndA	Calcutta	31.03.95
		Ind	Won	By	073	Runs
2	95-96	Ind	Vs	IndA	Hyderabad	31.12.95
		Ind	Won	By	033	Runs
3	96-97	Ind B	Vs	Ind	Mohali	01.10.96
		Ind	Won	By	007	wkts
4	97-98	Ind	Vs	IndB	Mumbai	13.10.97
		Ind	Won	By	031	Runs
5	98-99	Ind A	Vs	IndB	Ahmedabad	18.10.98
		NR	Match	Abd
6	99-00	Ind	Vs	IndA	Ahmedabad	13.03.00
		Ind	Won	By	084	Runs
7	00-01	Ind A	Vs	Ind	Chennai	15.02.01
		Ind	Won	By	004	Wkts
8	01-02	Ind	Vs	IndA	Bangalore	13.01.02
		Ind A	Won	By	008	Wkts
9	2003	Ind A	Vs	IndB	Bangalore	14.09.03
		Ind A	Won	By	099	Runs
10	04-05	Ind	Vs	IndB	Mumbai	10.02.05
		Ind A	Won	By	006	Wkts
11	05-06	Ind B	Vs	Ind	Mohali	13.10.05
		Ind	Won	By	003	Wkts
12	06-07	Blue	Vs	Red	Chennai	04.10.06
		NR	Match	Abd
13	07-08	Blue	Vs	Red	Ahmedabad	28.10.07
		Blue	Won	By	006	Wkts
14	08-09	Blue	Vs	Red	Cuttack	26.10.08
		Blue	Won	By	008	Wkts

Two finals were abandoned {1998-99 and 2006-07}, India has won on seven occasions, India A on three occasions and India Blue on two occasions.

The teams India, India A and India B were renamed as India Blue, India Red and India Green from the 2006-07 season.

The tournament has witnessed 25 centuries so far, with SC Ganguly’s 142 {Ind vs Ind B at Chennai on 13.02.01} as the highest individual score. The credit of registering the the first hundred fell on SV Manjrekar who scored 117 in the match between Ind A vs Ind B at Calcutta on 20.03.95. He was leading Ind A in this game.

The final of the tournament has witnessed five hundreds which are tabulated below. VVS Laxman and SS Das as opening batsmen registered hundreds in the finals of 1999-00 season at Ahmedabad on 13.03.00, which is a unique feat in the tournament finals. Dinesh Karthik’s 116 not out remains the highest individual score by batsman in the tournament finals.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Tendulakr	113	Ind	Ind B	Mohali	01.10.96
2	Das	114	Ind	Ind A	Ahmedabad	13.03.00
3	Laxman	105	Ind	Ind A	Ahmedabad	13.03.00
4	Badani	104*	Ind	Ind A	Chennai	15.02.01
5	Kartnik	116*	Blue	Red	Ahmedabad	28.10.07

The tournament has witnessed five occasions of captains registering hundreds which are listed below. R Dravid remains the only captain to register two hundreds in the tournament – scored 107 while leading Ind B vs Ind at Bangalore on 11.09.03 and made 115 while leading Ind A vs Ind B at Mumbai on 09.02.05

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Manjrekar	117	Ind A	Ind B	Calcutta	20.03.95
2	Ganguly	142	Ind	Ind B	Chennai	13.02.01
3	Dravid	107	Ind B	Ind	Bangalore	11.09.03
4	Dravid	115	Ind A	Ind B	Mumbai	09.02.05
5	Laxman	110	Ind A	Ind B	Mohali	12.10.05

As many as thirteen hundreds have been registered by opening batsmen in the tournament. S Ganguly’s 142 remain the highest individual score by an opening batsman {for Ind vs Ind B at Chennai on 13.02.01}.

SR Tendulkar has the distinction of registering most hundreds as opening batsman in the tournament. He has scored three hundreds which are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Tendulakr	113	Ind	Ind B	Mohali	01.10.96
2	Tendulkar	139	Blue	Green	Chennai	02.10.06
3	Tendulkar	104*	Ind	Ind B	Mohali	29.09.96

Dinesh Mongia and SR Tendulkar have registered three hundreds in the tournament and share the record for most hundreds. Their feats are tabulated below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Mongia	131	Ind B	Ind	Bangalore	11.01.02
2	Mongia	102	Ind B	Ind	Chennai	13.02.01
3	Moniga	121	Ind B	Ind A	Bangalore	13.09.03
1	Tendulakr	113	Ind	Ind B	Mohali	01.10.96
2	Tendulkar	139	Blue	Green	Chennai	02.10.06
3	Tendulkar	104*	Ind	Ind B	Mohali	29.09.96

MS Dhoni {102 not out for India vs India B at Mumbai on 08.02.05} and KRD Karthik {116 not out for India Blue vs India Red at Ahmedabad on 28.10.07} remain the two wicket keeper batsmen to register hundreds in the tournament. The latter’s 116 not out remains the highest individual score by a wicket keeper batsman in the tournament

As many as 14 individual nineties have been witnessed in the tournament so far. Yuvraj Singh is the only batsman to register “Ninety Nine Not out” in the tournament {for Ind vs Ind B at Mohali on 11.10.05.

Mohd Kaif, RV Uthappa, SK Raina, V Sehwag are the four batsman in the tournament to register nineties on two occasions.

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Kaif	93	Ind B	Ind A	Ahmedabad	12.02.00
2	Kaif	90	Ind B	Ind	Ahmedabad	11.02.00
1	Uthappa	92	Red	Green	Chennai	03.10.06
2	Uthappa	94	Blue	Red	Cuttack	23.10.08
1	Raina	97	Ind A	Ind B	Mohali	12.10.05
2	Raina	92	Blue	Red	Ahmedabad	25.10.07
1	Sehwag	94	Ind	Ind A	Chennai	15.02.01
2	Sehwag	90	Blue	Red	Chennai	03.10.06

WV Raman with his 96 for Ind B vs Ind at Mohali on 01.10.96 remains the only captain to register a ninety in the tournament. NV Ojha with his 96 for India Green vs India Red at Cuttack on 24.10.08 remains the only wicket keeper batsman to register a ninety in the tournament.

As many as 162 fifties have been registered in the tournament. India and India Red batsmen have registered 65 fifties, India A and India Blue batsmen have registered 60 fifties and India B and India Green batsmen have registered 38 fifties.

The tournament has witnessed as many as 30 fifties by captains. S Ganguly’s 142 remain the highest individual score by a captain {for Ind vs Ind B at Chennai on 13.02.01}. R Dravid has registered most fifties as captain. He has registered eight fifties which are tabulated below

No	Captain	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	R Dravid	115	Ind A	Ind B	Mumbai	09.02.05
2	R Dravid	107	Ind B	Ind	Bangalore	11.09.03
3	R Dravid	88	Ind A	Ind	Chennai	15.02.01
4	R Dravid	82	Ind A	Ind B	Chennai	14.02.01
5	R Dravid	72	Ind A	Ind	Mumbai	10.02.05
6	R Dravid	62	Ind	Ind A	Ahmedabad	10.02.00
7	R Dravid	62	Blue	Green	Chennai	02.10.06
8	R Dravid	53	Ind	Ind B	Ahmedabad	11.02.00

The tournament has witnessed eleven fifties by wicket keeper batsmen which are tabulated below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Karthik	116*	Blue	Red	Ahmedbad	28.10.07
2	Dhoni	102*	Ind	Ind B	Mumbai	08.02.05
3	Ojha	96	Green	Red	Cuttack	24.10.08
4	Karthik	85	Red	Green	Chennai	03.10.06
5	Dhoni	79	Blue	Green	Chennai	02.10.06
6	Patel	69	Green	Red	Chennai	03.10.06
7	Karthik	65	Blue	Green	Ahmedbad	27.10.08
8	Prasad	59	Ind B	Ind	Mumbai	10.10.97
9	Patel	53	Ind B	Ind	Mohali	11.10.05
10	Patel	53	Blue	Green	Ahmedbad	27.10.08
11	Dighe	50	Ind B	Ind	Hyderabad	29.12.95

Dinesh Karthik and Parthiv Patel are the two wicket keeper batsmen to register fifties on three occasions and share the record for most fifties by a wicket keeper batsman in the tournament. Their feats are tabulated below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Karthik	116*	Blue	Red	Ahmedbad	28.10.07
2	Karthik	85	Red	Green	Chennai	03.10.06
3	Karthik	65	Blue	Green	Ahmedbad	27.10.08
1	Patel	69	Green	Red	Chennai	03.10.06
2	Patel	53	Ind B	Ind	Mohali	11.10.05
3	Patel	53	Blue	Green	Ahmedbad	27.10.08

Ahmedabad edition {1999-00} and Chennai edition {2000-01} have witnessed most fifties – 18 fifties – by batsmen in the tournament

2004-05 {Mumbai} and 2005-06 {Mohali} editions are played in the same calendar year 2005. Mumbai edition was played during the period 07.02.05 and 10.02.05 while the Mohali edition was played during the period 10.10.05 and 13.10.05

The tournament has witnessed as many as fifty fifties by opening batsmen. SR Tendulkar has registered most fifties as an opening batsman. His ten fifties are listed below

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Tendulkar	139	Blue	Green	Chennai	02.10.06
2	Tendulkar	113	Ind	Ind B	Mohali	01.10.96
3	Tendulkar	104*	Ind	Ind B	Mohali	29.09.96
4	Tendulkar	88	Ind A	Ind B	Bangalore	14.09.03
5	Tendulkar	84	Ind	Ind B	Calcutta	19.03.95
6	Tendulkar	77	Ind B	Ind	Chennai	13.02.01
7	Tendulkar	68	Ind	Ind	Calcutta	18.03.95
8	Tendulkar	61	Blue	Red	Chennai	01.10.06
9	Tendulkar	54	Ind	Ind A	Calcutta	21.03.95
10	Tendulkar	52	Ind A	Ind	Hyderabad	28.12.95

R Dravid has scored most fifties in the tournament. His twelve fifties are tabulated below.

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Dravid	50	Ind A	Ind	Calcutta	18.03.95
2	Dravid	78*	Ind A	Ind B	Hyderabad	30.12.95
3	Dravid	56	Ind A	Ind	Hyderabad	31.12.95
4	Dravid	69	Ind	Ind B	Mohali	01.10.96
5	Dravid	62	Ind	Ind A	Ahmedabad	10.02.00
6	Dravid	53	Ind	Ind B	Ahmedabad	11.02.00
7	Dravid	82	Ind A	Ind B	Chennai	14.02.01
8	Dravid	88	Ind A	Ind	Chennai	15.02.01
9	Dravid	107	Ind B	Ind	Bangalore	11.09.03
10	Dravid	115	Ind A	Ind B	Mumbai	09.02.05
11	Dravid	72	Ind A	Ind	Mumbai	10.02.05
12	Dravid	62	Blue	Green	Chennai	02.10.06

Both the openers have registered hundreds in the tournament on two occasions which are listed below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Das	114	Ind	Ind A	Ahmedabad	13.02.00
1	Laxman	105	Ind	Ind A	Ahmedabad	13.02.00
2	Dhawan	126	Ind	Ind B	Mumbai	08.02.05
2	Dhoni	102*	Ind	Ind B	Mumbai	08.02.05

Four fifties in an innings has been witnessed in the tournament on two occasions and on both the occasions it was the India Blue batsmen.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Tendulkar	139	Blue	Green	Chennai	02.10.06
2	IK Pathan	54	Blue	Green	Chennai	02.10.06
3	Dravid	62	Blue	Green	Chennai	02.10.06
4	Dhoni	79	Blue	Green	Chennai	02.10.06
1	Sehwag	75	Blue	Green	Ahmedabad	27.10.07
2	A Yadav	65	Blue	Green	Ahmedabad	27.10.07
3	Raina	64	Blue	Green	Ahmedabad	27.10.07
4	Karthik	65	Blue	Green	Ahmedabad	27.10.07

As many as 18 occasions of bowlers capturing four or more wickets have been witnessed in the tournament. Venkatapathy Raju’s 6 for 39 for India A vs India at Hyderabad on 28.12.95 remains the best bowling figures in the tournament. Venktapathy Raju is the only bowler in the tournament to capture six wickets.

Dinesh Mongia, Laxmipathy Balaji and Praveen Kumar are the three bowlers who have captured four or more wickets on two occasions in the tournament. The performances of these three bowlers are listed below

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Mongia	4	31	Ind B	Ind A	Bangalore	13.09.03
2	Mongia	4	48	Ind A	Ind	Mumbai	07.02.05
1	Balaji	4	50	Ind	Ind A	Bangalore	10.09.03
2	Balaji	4	66	Ind	Ind B	Mumbai	08.02.05
1	PKumar	4	42	Blue	Red	Ahmedabad	25.10.07
2	PKumar	5	45	Blue	Green	Ahmedabad	26.10.07

BK Venkatesh Prasad and Zaheer Khan are the two bowlers who have gone wicket less conceding seventy plus runs in the tournament

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	BKV Prasad	0	78	Ind A	Ind	Chennai	15.02.01
2	Z Khan	0	70	Ind	Ind A	Bangalore	10.09.03

There are nine occasions of a bowler conceding seventy plus runs in the tournament. SC Ganguly and Munaf Patel share the record for conceding most runs -81 runs – in the tournament.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Ganguly	2	81	Ind	Ind B	Chennai	13.02.01
2	M Patel	1	81	Green	Red	Ahmedabad	26.10.07
3	BKVPrasad	0	78	Ind A	Ind	Chennai	15.02.01
4	P Kumar	1	77	Green	Blue	Chennai	02.10.06
5	Balaji	2	76	Ind	Ind B	Bangalore	11.09.03
6	Balaji	2	76	Ind A	Ind	Mohali	10.10.05
7	Nehra	2	75	Ind	Ind B	Chennai	13.02.01
8	Kumble	2	73	Ind A	Ind B	Bangalore	13.09.03
9	Z Khan	0	70	Ind	Ind A	Bangalore	10.09.03

Laxmipathy Balaji remains the only bowler in the tournament to conceded seventy plus runs on two occasions.

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Balaji	2	76	Ind	Ind B	Bangalore	11.09.03
2	Balaji	2	76	Ind A	Ind	Mohali	10.10.05

The tournament has witnessed three occasions of team totals of 350 plus runs which are furnished in the following table. India’s 392 for 6 against India B at Chenai on 13.02.01 remains the highest team total registered by a team in the tournament. It is interesting to note that all the three team totals of 350 plus runs have been registered at Chennai.

No	Score	Overs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	392-06	50.0	Ind	Ind B	Chennai	13.02.01
2	381-06	50.0	Blue	Green	Chennai	02.10.06
3	362-10	46.4	Ind B	Ind	Chennai	13.02.01

On 31 occasions the teams have been all out in the tournament. The lowest completed innings total in the tournament is 110 – registered by India B against India A at Hyderabad on 30.12.95.

There are three occasions when both the teams have been all out in the tournament. The three occasions are listed below

No	Score	Overs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	279	50.0	Ind	Ind A	Ahmedabad	10.02.00
1	227	47.3	Ind A	Ind	Ahmedabad	10.02.00
2	280	50.0	Red	Blue	Chennai	01.10.06
2	259	47.3	Blue	Red	Chennai	01.10.06
3	218	44.2	Blue	Green	Cuttack	25.10.08
3	199	44.0	Red	Blue	Cuttack	25.10.08

The narrowest margin of victory by runs margin in the tournament was achieved by India A against India at Ahmedabad on 15.10.98. India A had won this game by one run. The narrowest margin of victory by wickets margin in the tournament was achieved by India A against India at Mohali on 10.10.05. India A had won this game by one wicket.

The largest margin of victory by runs margin in the tournament was achieved by India Blue against India Green at Chennai on 02.10.06. India Blue had won this game by 266 runs. The largest margin of victory by wickets margin in the tournament – Victory without losing a wicket – was achieved by India against India B at Mohali on 29.10.96. India had won this game by ten wickets.

As many as 37 three figure partnerships have been posted by batsmen of various teams in the tournament. The fourth wicket partnership of 206 runs between Yuvraj Singh and Y Venugopala Rao for India vs India B at Mohali on 11.10.05 remains the highest partnership registered in the tournament. It is in this game Yuvraj Singh {99*} and Y Venugopala Rao {98} registered nineties which remains the only occasion of two batsmen registering nineties in the tournament.

The break up of 37 partnerships wicketwise read thus – First wicket {08}, Second wicket {05}, Third wicket {09}, Fourth wicket {08}, Fifth wicket {05}, Sixth wicket {01} and Seventh wicket {01}.

The break up of 37 partnerships teamwise read thus – India and India Blue batsmen {14}, India A and India Red batsmen {11} and India B and India Green {12}.

The highest partnership for each team read thus :

India and India Blue batsmen – 209 runs unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket between Yuvraj Singh and Y Venuopala Rao against India B and India Green at Mohali on 11.10.05

Ind A and India Red batsmen – 187 runs partnership for the third wicket between VVS Laxman and SK Raina against India B and India Greeen at Mohali on 12.10.05 :

India B and India Green batsmen – 187 runs partnership for the first wicket between SS Dhawan and MS Dhoni against India A and India Red at Mumbai on 09.02.05

Dinesh Mogia’s 121 and four for 31 for India B against India A at Bangalore on 13.09.03 remains the only all round performance of a hundred coupled with four wickets in the entire tournament.

The following is the team composition of India Red, India Blue and India Green for the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2009-10 slated at Nagpur which begins on 08.10.09

No	India Red
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar
2	Ameya Shrikhande
3	Ravichandran Ashwin
4	Shikhar Dhawan
5	Ravindra Jadeja
6	Ishank Jaggi
7	Harshad Khadiwale
8	Munaf Patel
9	Wriddhiman Saha (wk)
10	Ishant Sharma
11	Sunny Sohal
12	Saurabh Tiwary
13	Sudeep Tyagi
14	Murali Vijay
15	Yuvraj Singh (C)
No	India Blue
1	MS Dhoni (C)
2	Ashok Dinda
3	Dhiraj Goswami
4	Harbhajan Singh
5	Kedar Jadhav
6	Wasim Jaffer
7	Suresh Kumar
8	Abhishek Nayar
9	Naman Ojha (wk)
10	Yusuf Pathan
11	Jalaj Saxena
12	Sreesanth
13	Sachin Tendulkar
14	Siddharth Trivedi
No	India Green
1	Suresh Raina (c)
2	Subramaniam Badrinath
3	Lakshmipathy Balaji
4	Ravi Inder Singh
5	Shadab Jakati
6	Uday Kaul
7	Dhawal Kulkarni
8	Chetanya Nanda
9	Pankaj Singh
10	Parthiv Patel (wk)
11	Irfan Pathan
12	Ajinkya Rahane
13	Tanmay Srivastava
14	Manoj Tiwary

The Challenger Trophy 2009-10 will be played at Nagpur from 08.10.09. The fixtures of the tournament is furnished below

Challenger Trophy 2009-10 fixtures
All matches are played at Nagpur
League stage
Team	V	Team	Date	Time
Ind Blue	v	Ind Red	08.10.09	14:30 IST
Ind Green	v	Ind Red	09.10.09	14:30 IST
Ind Blue	v	Ind Green	10.10.09	14:30 IST
Final
TBA	v	TBA	11.10.09	14:30 IST

Abhinav Mukund’s 126 in the second innings of Irani Trophy game at Nagpur represents the 41st hundred by Rest of India bataman in the championship. The following table lists out all the 41 hundreds arranged in the descending order of runs scored. Abhinav Mukund’s hundred is highlighted in the list

Hundreds by Rest of India batsmen in Irani Trophy
No	Score	Batsmen	Vs	Opp	Venue	season
1	246	Amre	Vs	Ben	B’lore	1990	91
2	217	Shastri	Vs	Ben	B’lore	1990	91
3	200	Sharma	Vs	Mum	Mum-WS	1977	78
4	184	Raman	Vs	Del	Delhi	1992	93
5	179	Patel	Vs	Mum	Rajkot	2007	08
6	177	VSundaram	Vs	Del	Mum-WS	1977	78
7	170	Gopal Bose	Vs	Mum	B’lore	1973	74
8	167	Laxman	Vs	Mum	Mum	2000	01
9	165	Kalyani	Vs	Del	Jodhpur	1986	87
10	161*	Viswanath	Vs	Mum	Pune	1972	73
11	156*	Gavaskar	Vs	Karn	Ahmedabad	1974	75
12	151	Vengsarkar	Vs	Karn	B’lore	1978	79
12	149	Raman	Vs	Hary	Faridabad	1991	92
14	148	Laxman	Vs	Bar	Nagpur	2001	02
15	132	Pankaj Roy	Vs	Mum	Mum-BS	1962	63
16	132	Dravid	Vs	Mum	Mum-WS	1994	95
17	130	Tiwary	Vs	Mum	Rajkot	2007	08
18	126	Mukund	Vs	Mum	Nagpur	2009	10
19	125	Mongia	Vs	Bar	Nagpur	2001	02
20	121	Dravid	Vs	Mum	Chennai	2003	03
21	120	Amre	Vs	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
22	118	Kotak	Vs	Kar	B’lore	1999	00
23	116*	Malhotra	Vs	Del	Delhi	1982	83
24	116	Kambli	Vs	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
25	116	Jaffer	Vs	Rail	Delhi-KSS	2002	03
26	115	Rathour	Vs	Mum	Mum-WS	1994	95
27	113	Venugopala Rao	Vs	Mum	Mohali	2004	05
28	112	Vengsarkar	Vs	Del	Delhi	1980	81
29	112	Vengsarkar	Vs	Del	Jodhpur	1986	87
30	111	Yadav	Vs	Mum	Mum-WS	1994	95
31	110	Srikkanth	Vs	Del	Delhi	1982	83
32	109	Viswanath	Vs	Mum	Mum-BS	1971	72
33	105	Contractor	Vs	Mumi	Delhi	1961	62
34	105	Jaisimha	Vs	Mumi	Delhi	1961	62
35	105	Durrani	Vs	Mumi	Kolkata	1970	71
36	103*	Bhaskar	Vs	Mum	Nagpur	1985	86
37	103	Tendulkar	Vs	Del	Mum-WS	1989	90
38	101	Srinivasan	Vs	Del	Delhi	1980	81
39	100	Gopal Bose	Vs	Kar	Ahmedabad	1974	75
40	100*	Azharuddin	Vs	Mum	Nagpur	1985	86
41	100*	Mongia	Vs	Punj	Ludhiana	1993	94

Abhinav Mukund’s 126 for Rest of India in the second innings of the ongoing Irani Trophy match repersents the 79th hundred in the history of the Irani Trophy. The following list tabulates all the 79 hundreds.

No	Score	Batsmen	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	season
1	102	Umrigar	Mum	Vs	ROI	Delhi	1959	60
2	105	Contractor	ROI	Vs	Mum	Delhi	1959	60
3	105	Jaisimha	ROI	Vs	Mum	Delhi	1959	60
4	132	Pankaj Roy	ROI	Vs	Mum	Mum-BS	1962	63
5	124*	Umrigar	Mum	Vs	ROI	Mum-BS	1962	63
6	173	Adhikari	Mum	Vs	ROI	Mum-BS	1962	63
7	113	Mankad	Mum	Vs	ROI	Kolkata	1970	71
8	164	Wadekar	Mum	Vs	ROI	Kolkata	1970	71
9	105	Durrani	ROI	Vs	Mum	Kolkata	1970	71
10	109	Viswanath	ROI	Vs	Mum	Mum-BS	1971	72
11	195	Parkar	Mum	Vs	ROI	Pune	1972	73
12	121	Sardesai	Mum	Vs	ROI	Pune	1972	73
13	161*	Viswanath	ROI	Vs	Mum	Pune	1972	73
14	170	Gopal Bose	ROI	Vs	Mum	B’lore	1973	74
15	108	Gavaskar	Mum	Vs	ROI	B’lore	1973	74
16	115	Sudhakar Rao	Kar	Vs	ROI	Ahmeadbad	1974	75
17	156*	Gavaskar	ROI	Vs	Kar	Ahmeadbad	1974	75
18	200*	Viswanath	Kar	Vs	ROI	Ahmeadbad	1974	75
19	100	Gopal Bose	ROI	Vs	Kar	Ahmeadbad	1974	75
20	110	Vengsarkar	Mum	Vs	ROI	Nagpur	1975	76
21	177	VSundaram	ROI	Vs	Delhi	Mum-WS	1977	78
22	206	Sharma	ROI	Vs	Mum	Mum-WS	1977	78
23	151	Vengsarkar	ROI	Vs	Kar	B’lore	1978	79
24	110	Viswanath	Kar	Vs	ROI	B’lore	1978	79
25	100	Sudhakar Rao	Kar	Vs	ROI	B’lore	1978	79
26	112	Vengsarkar	ROI	Vs	Delhi	Delhi	1980	81
27	235*	Amaranath	Delhi	Vs	ROI	Delhi	1980	81
28	110	Madanlal	Delhi	Vs	ROI	Delhi	1980	81
29	101	Srinivasan	ROI	Vs	Delhi	Delhi	1980	81
30	125	Patil	Mum	Vs	ROI	Indore	1981	82
31	102*	Gavaskar	Mum	Vs	ROI	Indore	1981	82
32	127	Amaranath	Delhi	Vs	ROI	Delhi	1982	83
33	110	Srikkanth	ROI	Vs	Delhi	Delhi	1982	83
34	116*	Malhotra	ROI	Vs	Delhi	Delhi	1982	83
35	117	MRS Prasad	Kar	Vs	ROI	Rajkot	1983	84
36	158	Binny	Kar	Vs	ROI	Rajkot	1983	84
37	112	Shastri	Mum	Vs	ROI	Nagpur	1985	86
38	123	Pandit	Mum	Vs	ROI	Nagpur	1985	86
39	100*	Azharuddin	ROI	Vs	Mum	Nagpur	1985	86
40	103*	Bhaskar	ROI	Vs	Mum	Nagpur	1985	86
41	112	Vengsarkar	ROI	Vs	Delhi	Jodhpur	1986	87
42	165	Kalyani	ROI	Vs	Delhi	Jodhpur	1986	87
43	106	Qayyum	Hyd	Vs	ROI	Hyd	1987	88
44	119	Chandrasekhar	Tam	Vs	ROI	Chennai	1988	89
45	113	Bantoo Singh	Delhi	Vs	Rest	Mum-WS	1989	90
46	111	Azad	Delhi	Vs	Rest	Mum-WS	1989	90
47	103	Tendulkar	ROI	Vs	Delhi	Mum-WS	1989	90
48	217	Shastri	ROI	Vs	Bengal	B’lore	1990	91
49	246	Amre	ROI	Vs	Bengal	B’lore	1990	91
50	164	Arun Lal	Benl	Vs	ROI	B’lore	1990	91
51	149	Raman	ROI	Vs	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
52	120	Amre	ROI	Vs	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
53	116	Kambli	ROI	Vs	Har	Faridabad	1991	92
54	131	Jadeja	Har	Vs	ROI	Faridabad	1991	92
55	135	Kapil Dev	Har	Vs	ROI	Faridabad	1991	92
56	184	Raman	ROI	Vs	Deli	Delhi	1992	93
57	100*	Mongia	ROI	Vs	Pun	Ludhiana	1993	94
58	164*	Bharucha	Mum	Vs	ROI	Mum-WS	1994	95
59	117	Manjrekar	Mum	Vs	ROI	Mum-WS	1994	95
60	115	Rathour	ROI	Vs	Mum	Mum-WS	1994	95
61	132	Dravid	ROI	Vs	Mum	Mum-WS	1994	95
62	111	Yadav	ROI	Vs	Mum	Mum-WS	1994	95
63	112	Kambli	Mum	Vs	ROI	Mum-WS	1995	96
64	113	Paranjpe	Mum	Vs	ROI	Mum-WS	1997	98
65	143	Somasundar	Kar	Vs	ROI	B’lore	1998	99
66	118	Kotak	ROI	Vs	Kar	B’lore	1999	00
67	167	Laxman	ROI	Vs	Mum	Mum	2000	01
68	143	Williams	Bar	Vs	ROI	Nagpur	2001	02
69	125	Mongia	ROI	Vs	Bar	Nagpur	2001	02
70	148	Laxman	ROI	Vs	Bar	Nagpur	2001	02
71	104	Yadav	Rail	Vs	Dei	Delhi-KSS	2002	03
72	116	Jaffer	ROI	Vs	Rail	Delhi-KSS	2002	03
73	121	Dravid	ROI	Vs	Mum	Chennai	2003	04
74	113	YVG Rao	ROI	Vs	Mum	Mohali	2004	05
75	110	Kukreja	Mum	Vs	ROI	Rajkot	2007	08
76	118	Nayar	Mum	Vs	ROI	Rajkot	2007	08
77	179	Patel	ROI	Vs	Mum	Rajkot	2007	08
78	130	Tiwary	ROI	Vs	Mum	Rajkot	2007	08
79	126	Mukund	ROI	Vs	Mum	Nagpur	2008	09