The Ranji Trophy s 2012-2013 season begins on November 2, as per the new schedule announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
The 2012-13 Indian domestic season was inaugurated by the customary Irani Trophy. Abhishek Mukherjee looks at the findings from the match that turned out to be rather one-sided in Rest of India’s favour.
Rest of India captain Cheteshwar Pujara praised the spin duo of Pragyan Ojha and youngster Harmeet Singh, who shared six wickets between them in the second innings of Rajasthan.
Rest of India notched up a comprehensive innings and 79 runs victory over Ranji Trophy champion Rajasthan on the fourth day of the Irani Cup match on Monday.
Having lost to Rest of India in the Irani Cup match, Rajasthan skipper Hrishikesh Kanitkar said that his batsmen failed to spend time in the middle and that proved to be costly for the team.
Opener Murali Vijay struck a magnificent double century as Rest of India stretched their lead to a mammoth 354 runs against a hapless Rajasthan on the third day of the Irani Cup match.
Opener Murali Vijay's unbeaten knock of 151 ensured a crucial 75-run first-innings lead for Rest of India on Day 2 of their Irani Trophy match against Rajasthan on Saturday.
Robin Bist's unbeaten century failed to prevent Rest of India from grabbing the initiative as Umesh Yadav's five-for saw Rajasthan getting bundled out for 253 on Day 1 of the Irani Trophy match.
They might be leading different teams, but Rest of India skipper Cheteshwar Pujara and his Rajasthan counterpart Hrishikesh Kanitkar have similar strategy for the Irani Cup tie -- unleash their respective pace batteries on the opposition in the match starting on Friday.
With the cricketing attention firmly on the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka, a truncated Rajasthan, the reigning Ranji Trophy champions, take on Rest of India in the five-day Irani Trophy game, the traditional domestic season opener from Friday.