First-Class Matches India 2003/04 and 2004/05

SAURASHTRA v HIMACHAL PRADESH Played at Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot, December 1, 2, 3, 4, 2003. Ranji Trophy 2003/04 - Plate Group B Saurashtra won by seven wickets. (Points: Saurashtra 4, Himachal Pradesh 0) HIMACHAL PRADESH R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s Nischal Gaur c Vaghela b Merchant 5 37 53 - - c Kamalia b Merchant 13 42 78 1 - S.Sharma lbw b Merchant 27 52 82 5 - b Jobanputra 96 153 206 15 1 †M.Bisla lbw b Vaghela 13 17 34 3 - lbw b Merchant 0 10 11 - - *Sangram Singh st Kamalia b Odedra 20 82 107 3 - c Kamalia b Shah 20 32 98 2 - V.K.Sharma c Kamalia b Kotak 49 85 110 8 - c Bhatt b Doshi 78 110 146 2 - A.Mannu c Odedra b Dhruve 22 77 94 3 - b Odedra 67 122 174 8 1 Amit Sharma lbw b Shah 40 80 89 6 - run out (Vaghela) 37 34 51 4 - V.Bhatia b Dhruve 6 30 29 - - (9) not out 1 1 8 - - K.Mahant lbw b Shah 4 13 13 - - V.Malik not out 17 24 26 2 - (8) c Merchant b Odedra 2 2 1 - - A.K.Thakur b Kotak 2 15 14 - - Extras b 5, lb 3, nb 1 9 b 4, lb 1, nb 5 10 (85.1 ov) 214 (8 wkts dec; 91.5 ov) 324 SAURASHTRA R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s K.M.Vaghela c V.K.Sharma b Thakur 23 91 144 2 - A.A.Merchant lbw b Bhatia 16 46 72 3 - lbw b Thakur 6 18 37 1 - *S.H.Kotak c A.Sharma b Bhatia 69 212 285 8 - not out 73 126 179 4 - J.N.Shah lbw b Thakur 0 2 1 - - (1) c Bisla b Thakur 35 50 72 6 - P.J.Bhatt st Bisla b Mahant 62 79 110 10 - (4) lbw b Thakur 34 38 69 4 - F.U.Bambhaniya c Bisla b Thakur 34 126 147 5 - (5) not out 58 77 81 5 2 R.V.Dhruve c and b Sangram Singh 39 69 111 7 - †A.B.Kamalia not out 18 71 123 1 - N.R.Odedra c Nischal Gaur b Bhatia 11 18 23 2 - N.D.Doshi c Thakur b Bhatia 16 25 24 2 1 S.P.Jobanputra c A.Sharma b Bhatia 4 9 9 - - Extras b 9, lb 3, nb 5 17 b 11, lb 8, w 4, nb 1 24 (123.4 ov) 309 (3 wkts; 51.2 ov) 230 Saurashtra O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb Fall HP Sau HP Sau Jobanputra 14 4 44 0 - - 18 3 70 1 - 5 1 19 (1) 29 (2) 48 (1) 25 (2) Vaghela 10 2 19 1 - - 6 2 14 0 - - 2 47 (2) 57 (1) 48 (3) 63 (1) Merchant 6 2 25 2 - 1 (4) 5 2 15 2 - - 3 47 (3) 57 (4) 124 (4) 127 (4) Dhruve 15 4 35 2 - - (3) 12 4 24 0 - - 4 112 (4) 143 (5) 141 (2) Odedra 15 8 19 1 - - 15 6 46 2 - - 5 117 (5) 209 (3) 262 (5) Doshi 9 2 20 0 - - 18 3 69 1 - - 6 183 (6) 237 (6) 316 (6) Kotak 8.1 2 23 2 - - (8) 6.5 0 37 0 - - 7 183 (7) 258 (7) 318 (8) Shah 8 2 21 2 - - (7) 11 1 44 1 - - 8 191 (9) 273 (9) 324 (7) 9 199 (8) 303 (10) Himachal Pradesh O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb 10 214 (11) 309 (11) Malik 15.4 7 30 0 - 3 4 0 17 0 - - Thakur 39 13 88 3 - - 10 2 42 3 - 1 Sangram Singh 8 2 24 1 - - 1 0 8 0 - - Bhatia 37.4 10 93 5 - - (5) 20.2 3 74 0 2 - Nischal Gaur 11.2 6 26 0 - - (6) 12 2 43 0 2 - S.Sharma 6 2 22 0 - 1 Mahant 6 1 14 1 - 1 3 0 23 0 - - A.Sharma (4) 1 0 4 0 - - Umpires: P.S.Godbole and S.J.Phadkar. Referee: A.Azim. Toss: Himachal Pradesh Close of Play: 1st day: Saurashtra (1) 15-0 (Vaghela 7, Merchant 6); 2nd day: Saurashtra (1) 232-5 (Bambhaniya 34, Dhruve 19); 3rd day: Himachal Pradesh (2) 171-4 (V.K.Sharma 24, Mannu 9). S.Sharma passed 2,000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 16 in the first innings. A.Sharma passed 2,000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 34 in the first innings. S.H.Kotak passed 4,000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 53 in the second innings. 55 India in 2003/04