Ranji Season 2008-09

seems to have started well for bombay, two outright wins, the last one by an innings to secure a bonus point. a much better start than the last season and we seem to have a good chance of challenging for the trophy. next match against delhi should be crucial. dhaval kulkarni seems to have had a great start to his ranji career

punjab have beaten rajasthan. other second round matches look headed for draws

http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ranjisuperleague2008/content/story/377978.html

Points Table

why is there an obscure thread about an outpost of cricket on this forum?? surely Pak P will have such threads... now he has retired from being a serial stuck up pest in int. cricket is the Nawab de Sourav returning to play

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The One wrote:seems to have started well for bombay, two outright wins, the last one by an innings to secure a bonus point. a much better start than the last season and we seem to have a good chance of challenging for the trophy. next match against delhi should be crucial. dhaval kulkarni seems to have had a great start to his ranji career
punjab have beaten rajasthan. other second round matches look headed for draws

http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ranjisuperleague2008/content/story/377978.html

Isn't this strange? When I saw him in IPL and then for India A and challengers, he looked very very average. Yet he is smashing the domestic batsmen.

This is quite worrying. Apart from this, I can't see any talented seamers coming through.

Delhi has started badly and must be repenting not choosing the bowler who now plays for Railways and did very well in the first round.

TN has started well to.

Saurashtra won this match. Hmm.. impressive!

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/indiandomestic2008/engine/current/series/361120.html

bombay taking the 1st innings lead against delhi. bizzare match, both innings having just one real partnership. rest of the wickets falling in bangles manner. bombay looking good, but a bit complacent at times

pujara scores another big hundred. cant wait for him to play against the bigger teams in group a

tamil nadu demolishing up. up's fall has been almost as sudden as its rise

The One wrote:http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/indiandomestic2008/engine/current/series/361120.html

bombay taking the 1st innings lead against delhi. bizzare match, both innings having just one real partnership. rest of the wickets falling in bangles manner. bombay looking good, but a bit complacent at times

pujara scores another big hundred. cant wait for him to play against the bigger teams in group a

tamil nadu demolishing up. up's fall has been almost as sudden as its rise

And Dravid finally scores a fifty. Still if Uthappa slammed a ton, you can imagine what the attack would have been!

Chandan,

Didn't K'taka scored only 171 in its first innings?

171 in the second. ap out for 114 giving karnataka its first win

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ranjisuperleague2008/engine/current/series/361120.html?view=pointstable

what about rahane? this boy certainly seems to be impressing with every outing. his FC average so far is over 60 with 5 100s and 8 50s in just 16 matches. scores at a fast clip and has a good list a average and s/r as well. hope he gets a chance for team india at some point

Dravid scores 83 and VVS Legendman scores a double. But then, they've always found it easy in domestics.

bloody pathetic show by bombay. 214 a/o on THAT pitch. hope thats our one customary collapse out of the way. should bat out tomorrow pretty easily to get the solitary point

The One wrote:bloody pathetic show by bombay. 214 a/o on THAT pitch. hope thats our one customary collapse out of the way. should bat out tomorrow pretty easily to get the solitary point

How could they get out for just 200 odd on batting paradise?

Dhawal Kulkarni's fairy tale ended as soon as he came to bowl on a flat track. What has happened to Mumbai's bowling and now its batting too?

Like I said in the Pujara thread- A pitch can only be so flat. If the bowling is good enough, they can get wickets on any surface. At least Bombay being dismissed cheaply gives more weight to Pujara's innings.

The Mumbai coach must be eating his words right now.

meh, we always have at least one spectacular collapse every season. good thing it came in a meaningless match

Saurashtra at the top of the table.

we always have at least one spectacular collapse every season

2 in the same game.

Looking at the stats, Rahane and Pujara are the two standout batsmen in the tournament so far. Even Dhawan has done a decent job. Rahane though seems to be a lot more consistent.

The 18 year old Mukund from Tamil Nadu has been right up there as well.

Yeah great first season for Mukund. Will try to watch a match if one's televised with him playing.

Pujara's season has been a mix of really big knocks or nothing at all. Rahane could well leapfrog him, Badrinath and Vijay, because he is more a no. 3 than the first two.

doremi wrote:Looking at the stats, Rahane and Pujara are the two standout batsmen in the tournament so far. Even Dhawan has done a decent job. Rahane though seems to be a lot more consistent.

The moment Rajkot pitch became a bit difficult, Pujara has been faltering. I'm not very happy with his performance in last 2 matches.

Rahane and Dhawan have been playing a different venues and even then they have performed well. And while Delhi fails to qualify for Quaters, all my dreams of watching Ishant bowl to Tendulkar go down the drains too!

tendulkar and zaheer will not play the quarters as there is only a one day gap between the test and the quarters match. lets hope the team can get us through the semis