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Date: 6 January 2012

C.K. NAYUDU TROPHY, 2011-12

Punjab beat Delhi in the final of the under-22 C.K. Nayudu Trophy, played at Delhi.

Brief scores:

PCA: first innings - 424 all out in 125.5 overs

DDCA: first innings - 319 all out in 104.3 overs

PCA: second innings- 151-4 in 34 overs

Match drawn. Punjab won on first-innings lead.

WOMEN’S INTER-STATE T20 COMPETITION (SENIOR)

Railways beat Delhi in the final of the tournament, played at Cuttack.

Brief scores:

Delhi W Sr : 104 All Out in 20 overs

RSPB W Sr : 105-3 in 18.4 overs

Railways won by seven wickets.

RANJI TROPHY, 2011-12

Mumbai and Haryana will host Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan respectively in the semi-finalists in the 2011-12 edition of the Ranji Trophy.

All four teams have impressive records in the tournament.

Mumbai have won the title a staggering 39 times, including fifteen in a row, from 1958-59 to 1972-73. They won the title under the captaincy of Wasim Jaffer, the incumbent, in 2008-09 and 2009-10, and lost to eventual winners Rajasthan in the 2010-11 quarter-finals.

Tamil Nadu, formerly known as Madras, enjoy the distinction of winning the inaugural Ranji Trophy match, way back in 1934-35, when they beat Mysore (as Karnataka was previously known), at their home ground in Chepauk, in a day.

They won the title twice, in 1954-55 and 1987-88, and have been runners-up on eight occasions.

Haryana won the Ranji Trophy for the first time in 1990-91, beating Mumbai in Mumbai by two runs, in what is regarded by many as the best Ranji final ever. Haryana batted first and scored 522. Mumbai replied with 410, and Haryana increased their overall lead to 354 in the second innings. Mumbai went for the target on the final afternoon, and were dismissed for 352.

Haryana’s first foray into a Ranji final was in 1985-86, when they finished runners-up against Delhi.

Rajasthan’s maiden Ranji title in 2010-11 would have gladdened the hearts of its supporters, administrators and veterans, who had battled hard in the decades gone by. From 1960-61 to 1973-74, Rajasthan reached the final as many as eight times, only to finish on the losing end. The 2010-11 season saw the team complete a run that was as dramatic as it was extraordinary. Rajasthan began the season in the Plate Group, and was one of the two Plate sides to qualify for the Elite Group Knockout stage. The team went on to beat Mumbai, Tamil Nadu and Baroda, in the quarter-final, semi-final and final respectively.

Sanjay Jagdale

Hony. Secretary

BCCI