Cheteshwar Pujara and Wriddhiman Saha broke a host of records during the course of their successful chase of 379 against Gujarat in the Irani Cup
Bharath Seervi24-Jan-20172 Number of successful Irani Cup chases higher than Rest of India’s 379 on Tuesday. The two highest chases have also been by Rest of India: 482 for 6 against Mumbai in the previous season and 424 for 5 against Delhi in 1982-83.15-4 Rest of India’s win-loss record in the last 19 editions. The only Ranji champions to beat Rest of India in this period have been Railways (2002-03 and 2005-06) and Karnataka (2013-14 and 2014-15). Overall, this was Rest of India’s 27th win. It equalled the total of all Ranji champions. Click here for all the Irani Cup results since 1959-60.316* Partnership between Cheteshwar Pujara and Wriddhiman Saha – the second-highest for any wicket in the tournament. Ravi Shastri and Pravin Amre’s 327-run stand against Bengal in 1990-91 is the highest.1522 Runs aggregated by Pujara in the ongoing first-class season. This is the second season in which he has made in excess of 1500 runs; he had previously crossed the mark in 2012-13, when his state side Saurashtra qualified for the Ranji Trophy final. Seven other players overall have achieved this mark in India in the past, with the highest being Chandu Borde, who made 1604 runs in 1964-65. Pujara potentially has five Tests (one against Bangladesh and four against Australia) to break the record.
Name Matches Inns Runs HS Ave 100 SeasonCG Borde 21 28 1604 168 64.16 6 1964-65CA Pujara 13 23 1585 352 93.23 5 2012-13FMM Worrell 20 30 1560 127 57.77 4 1950-51Hanumant Singh 13 25 1556 213* 74.09 6 1966-67W Jaffer 14 24 1549 301 67.34 4 2008-09A Sandham 24 27 1540 150 61.60 6 1926-27GR Viswanath 17 31 1538 200* 53.03 4 1974-75CA Pujara 1220 1522 256* 89.52 6 2016-17SM Gavaskar 20 32 1518 166 50.60 4 1979-800 Number of batsmen to have made a double-ton in the fourth innings of the Irani Cup prior to Wriddhiman Saha’s 203 not out. The previous highest was Ajinkya Rahane’s 191 in 2010-11. This was also Saha’s highest first-class score.51 Wickets for Pankaj Singh this season. He is the fifth player after Shahbaz Nadeem (60 wickets), R Ashwin (55), Kuldeep Yadav (52) and Ravindra Jadeja (50) to take 50 or more wickets. Pankaj’s bowling average of 23.31 is the highest among the five.
