Ranji Trophy 2019-20 – Statistical round-up: Plate Group players dominate

The current Ranji Trophy structure consists of four groups- Elite Group A, B, C, and Plate Group. Most of the new states come under Plate Group. In this season most of the records have been registered by the players from those relatively newer teams from Plate Group.

Rahul Dalal from Arunachal Pradesh scored the most runs in this year’s Ranji Trophy. He is also the only batsman to have more than 1000 runs to his name.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	100s
Rahul Dalal	Arunachal Pradesh	1340	95.71	4
Taruwar Kohli	Mizoram	998	71.28	3
Puneet Bisht	Meghalaya	976	69.71	2
Parash Dogra	Puducherry	967	80.58	4
Sarfaraz Khan	Mumbai	928	154.66	3

Sarfaraz Khan scored 928 runs at an average of 154.66. He hit one triple hundred, one double hundred, and a massive century in the tournament.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	100s
Sarfaraz Khan	Mumbai	928	154.66	3
Aditya Shrivastava	Madhya Pradesh	336	112	2
Bipul Sharma	Chandigarh	498	99.6	2
Uday Kaul	Chandigarh	483	96.6	2
Rahul Dalal	Arunachal Pradesh	1340	95.71	4

Seven batsmen hit four hundred each and Arpit Vasavada from the winning team, Saurashtra is one of them. Two of Vasavada’s centuries came in the semi-final and the final.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	100s
Rahul Dalal	Arunachal Pradesh	1340	95.71	4
Harpreet Singh	Chhattisgarh	838	83.8	4
Parash Dogra	Puducherry	967	80.58	4
Amit Verma	Goa	848	65.23	4
Mohammad Rahamatullah	Bihar	695	63.18	4
Arpit Vasavada	Saurashtra	763	54.5	4
KB Pawan	Mizoram	706	50.42	4

Tanuwar Kohli registered the highest individual score this season. Manoj Tiwary and Sarfaraz Khan are the other two batsmen to score 300+ scores this time. Interestingly, Sarfaraz’s triple century came against Uttar Pradesh, the team he was representing in last season.

Players	Scores	Teams	Against	Date
Taruwar Kohli	307*	Mizoram	Arunachal Pradesh	17-Dec
Manoj Tiwary	303*	Bengal	Hyderabad	19-Jan
Sarfaraz Khan	301*	Mumbai	Uttar Pradesh	19-Jan
Rahul Dalal	267*	Arunachal Pradesh	Nagaland	11-Jan
Sanjay Yadav	254*	Meghalaya	Mizoram	12-Jan

Jaydev Unadkat, the captain of Saurashtra led the team from the front by picking up the highest number of wickets in this tournament. Sanjay Yadav, Harshal Patel, and Diwesh Pathania are the other bowlers to have taken at least 50 wickets each.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	5 Wkts
Jaydev Unadkat	Saurashtra	67	13.23	7
Sanjay Yadav	Meghalaya	55	12.65	5
Harshal Patel	Haryana	52	14.48	4
Diwesh Pathania	Services	50	15.82	4
Manishankar Murasingh	Tripura	49	17.02	3

Vinay Kumar and Shresth Nirmohi finished the season with bowling average below 12 runs per wicket.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	5 Wkts
Vinay Kumar	Puducherry	45	11.31	4
Shresth Nirmohi	Chandigarh	32	11.96	4
Sagar Udeshi	Puducherry	45	12.11	3
Sanjay Yadav	Meghalaya	55	12.65	5
Jaydev Unadkat	Saurashtra	67	13.23	7

Unadkat took five wickets in an innings seven times which included his outstanding spell in the semi-final against Gujarat.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	5 Wkts
Jaydev Unadkat	Saurashtra	67	13.23	7
Ishwar Chaudhary	Sikkim	49	22.3	6
Sanjay Yadav	Meghalaya	55	12.65	5
Saurabh Kumar	Uttar Pradesh	44	21.09	5
Ashutosh Aman	Bihar	49	18.1	5

Sanjay Yadav recorded the best bowling spell this year when he took nine wickets for 52 runs against Nagaland. He is also occupying the third position in the following table. The talented youngster from Manipur is in the second position for his fabulous 8/22.

Players	Spells	Teams	Against	Date
Sanjay Yadav	9/52	Meghalaya	Nagaland	09-Dec
Rex Singh	8/22	Manipur	Mizoram	09-Dec
Sanjay Yadav	8/31	Meghalaya	Puducherry	03-Jan
G Lalbiakvela	8/56	Mizoram	Sikkim	19-Jan
Krishnappa Gowtham	8/60	Karnataka	Tamil Nadu	09-Dec