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Ranji Trophy 1993-4 : Leading Run-getters (min. 500 runs)

* denotes not out

                 Team   M   In   NO  Rns   HS    Avg   100  50
M V Sridhar      Hyd    7   11   1   757   366   75.70   2   1
J Arun Lal       Beng   8   14   1   729   177   56.07   2   2
S S Sugwekar     Maha   5   8    2   728   225  121.33   4   1
Saurav Ganguly   Beng   8   11   2   722   200*  80.22   3   1
Vikram Rathore   Pnjb   6   10   -   717   250   71.70   2   3
S S Bhave        Maha   7   10   -   658   180   65.80   4   1
A C Bedade       Baroda 7   11   -   657   159   59.72   3   2
R S Dravid       Kntka  7   11   3   644   151*  80.50   2   4
R J Shastri      Bom    8   10   1   612   151   68.00   3   1
K S Chavan       Baroda 7   12   -   568   190   47.33   2   2
J Arun Kumar     Kntka  6   9    -   566   141   62.88   2   4
H A Kinikar      Maha   7   10   -   557   184   55.70   1   3
Rizwan Shamshad  UP     4   5    1   526   169  131.50   2   2
S J Kalyani      Beng   8   12   2   525   208   52.50   2   1
S V Jedhe        Maha   7   9    2   502   150*  71.71   2   2

Ranji Trophy 1993-4 : Leading Wicket-takers (min. 25 wickets)

                 Team   M  Overs Mdn  Rns  W   Avg    10 5  BB
Pradeep Jain     Hryna  6  328.4  99  814  46  17.69  6  2  8-67
Chetan Sharma    Beng   8  242.5  43  705  43  16.39  2  -  6-30
Bharati Vij      Pnjb   6  203.1  54  534  39  13.69  5  2  7-58
S V Bahutule     Bom    8  273.1  44  821  35  23.46  -  -  4-42
Utpal Chatterjee Beng   7  264.1  88  531  34  15.61  3  1  7-71
N D Hirwani      MP     5  246.1  58  617  34  18.14  3  1  8-52
K An'padmanabhan Kerala 5  249.5  78  485  32  15.15  3  1  8-57
R B Biswal       Orissa 6  254    55  647  31  20.87  3  1  7-45
P S Vaidya       Beng   8  232.4  50  693  31  22.55  1  -  5-68
P Mhambrey       Bom    8  265.5  62  713  30  23.77  2  -  6-47
B K V Prasad     Kntka  7  200.1  56  473  29  16.31  2  1  7-37
Iqbal Siddiqui   Maha   7  282.3  48  813  29  28.03  2  -  7-139
Pankaj Thakur    Hryna  6  309    79  810  28  28.92  3  -  7-254
T B Arothe       Baroda 7  280.1  60  788  27  29.18  2  -  6-76
P Sushil Kumar   Orissa 6  372.1  77  953  27  35.29  1  -  5-60
M Venkataramana  TN     6  193.1  58  447  25  17.88  1  -  5-29

(Thanks : TOI 6 May 94, compiled by Mohandas Menon)

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Murari Venkataraman

Curious! 4 batsmen from Maharashtra manage to get more than 500 runs!
On the other hand only 1 bowler manages to get more than 25 wickets and still
Maharashtra manages to reach semis...

Whereas only 1 batsman and 2 bowlers from Bombay team get 500+ runs and 25+
wickets and they win Ranaji..

Are stats always reliable??

List of top wicket takers.

 I don't see Bhupinder Singh's name anywhere in this list of top
wicket takers, while Chetan Sharma seems to have more than done his
bit.  Why on earth was this guy flown to Sharjah ? Have the selctors
quite made up their minds to bury Indian Cricket ?

ravi (who thinks that the ways of selctors are too mysterious for
mortals to understand)

: Curious! 4 batsmen from Maharashtra manage to get more than 500 runs!
: On the other hand only 1 bowler manages to get more than 25 wickets and still
: Maharashtra manages to reach semis...

: Whereas only 1 batsman and 2 bowlers from Bombay team get 500+ runs and 25+
: wickets and they win Ranaji..

: Are stats always reliable??

Depends on what you want to rely for . . .

On your point regarding Maharastra's batting strength, it makes sense that
they went far, because a lot of the matches get decided by first-innings leads,
and hence, a strong batting side stands to "win" more of those.  Also, Bombay's
figures are a bit deceiving because they have many national-level players who
played some of the matches.

Pankaj