Jharkhand created history in the Ranji Trophy on Wednesday, March 17, 2022. They became the first team in first-class cricket to take a lead of 1000 or more runs. Earlier, the record of taking the lead of most runs in Ranji Trophy was in the name of Mumbai. Mumbai took a 958-run lead in the second innings against Maharashtra in the 1948–49 Ranji Trophy. Tamil Nadu has now slipped to number three in this matter. He took an 881-run lead in the second innings against Uttar Pradesh in the 1987–88 Ranji Trophy.
Jharkhand ensured their place in the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy 2021-22 pre-quarterfinals by taking their overall lead against Nagaland to 1008 runs. Jharkhand’s batsmen scored three centuries and a double century in this pre-quarterfinal match played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata.
Both the teams decided to draw the match after Kumar Kushagra, who scored a double century in the first innings, was dismissed for 89 runs in 104 balls with the help of nine fours and three sixes. It was the 91st over of Jharkhand’s second innings. The team took a total of 1008 runs in the second innings at 417 for six. This is the best in the history of first-class cricket.
Kumar Kushagra scored a total of 355 runs in both the innings. He was adjudged player of the match. Anukul Rai, who scored 59 in the first innings, made 159 runs in 164 balls with 17 fours and seven sixes. Nagaland, topping the plate group, spent most of the five days fielding.
Nagaland bowled over 294 overs in the match. Before Jharkhand, the top 7 teams in the elite group, Bengal, Mumbai, Karnataka, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have already made it to the quarter-finals. Ranji Trophy The quarter-final matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) are to be played after 2022.
Jharkhand, which gave the country a legendary captain like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, did not break any rules of cricket, but definitely made fun of the cricket spirit by ‘humiliating’ the attack of Nagaland’s weak team. Eventually the umpires decided to draw the match.
The match is also an indication of how the Supreme Court-appointed Justice RM Lodha Committee and the Committee of Administrators headed by former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai failed to understand the difference between a proper first-class team and a team from such a region, Where cricket is not the primary sport.
headed by Saurabh Tiwari Jharkhand The team scored a total of 1297 runs in the match. The Jharkhand team, who batted first in the match, secured a place in the quarter-finals on the basis of a huge lead of 591 runs in the first innings.
Jharkhand did not give a follow-on despite being bundled out for 289 in the first innings by Nagaland. On the fifth and final day, Jharkhand’s team came out to play 132 runs for two wickets. However, the umpires decided to draw the match in the middle of the second session.
Jharkhand coach SS Rao defended his team’s decision. He told PTI, “It was not our intention to make a record. Had this been the case, Virat Singh, Saurabh Tiwary would have batted. Three points were enough for a place in the quarter-finals. The pitch was flat, so we gave chances to the lower order batsmen.