FIrst-Class Matches India 2005/06 and 2006/07

The second-string Plate competition resulted in places in the final for Himachal Pradesh and Orissa, who were both thus promoted to the Ranji Elite for 2007/08 in place of Haryana and Gujarat, who had finished bottom of their respective Elite groups. With both sides automatically promoted, the Plate final lacked significance and was perhaps memorable more for stoppages caused by swarming bees than for Himachal Pradesh’s nine-wicket win. Karnataka’s Robin Uthappa, with 1084 at 57.05, was the only batsman to aggregate over a thousand runs in 2006/07; while the 58 wickets claimed at an impressive 15.22 by Ranadeb Bose of Bengal made him the only bowler with more than fifty victims. Duleep Trophy 2006/07: Final tables Group A P W L DWF DLF BP Pts Quot 4 0 2 0 1 North Zone 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 1.438 2 East Zone 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.933 3 Central Zone 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.703 Group B P W L DWF DLF BP Pts Quot 4 0 2 0 1 1 Sri Lanka A 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 1.192 2 South Zone 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 1.339 3 West Zone 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.600 FINAL: North Zone beat Sri Lanka A by eight wickets 112 India in 2006/07