2012–13 Ranji Trophy

The 2012–13 Ranji Trophy was the 79th season of the Ranji Trophy. It was contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B proceeded to the quarterfinals along with the top two teams from Group C. Mumbai won this year's trophy for the 40th time by beating Saurashtra in the final at the Wankhede.^[1]

2012–13 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin then knockout
Champions	Mumbai (40th title)
Participants	27
Most runs	Jiwanjot Singh (Punjab) (995)
Most wickets	Ishwar Pandey (Madhya Pradesh) (48)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The season had a different grouping system compared to that of the previous seasons, which had Elite and Plate divisions. The new system also increased the number of matches of the tournament. The points awarded to outright wins were increased from five to six in order to encourage results. The knock-out matches will be played across five days instead of four. All these changes were recommended by the BCCI's Technical Committee in June 2012.

Points system

27 teams were divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B proceed to the quarterfinals along with the top two teams from Group C. The winner of this knock-out tournament wins the Ranji Trophy. These knock-out matches are decided on the first innings result if the final result is a draw.

Points in the group stage of the tournament are awarded as follows:

Scenario	Points
Outright win	6
Bonus point (for innings and 10 wicket wins)	1
1st innings lead (in case of draw)	3
1st innings deficit (in case of draw)	1
No result	1
Outright defeat	0

Groups

Group A Bengal Gujarat Hyderabad Madhya Pradesh Mumbai Punjab Railways Rajasthan Saurashtra

Group B Baroda Delhi Haryana Karnataka Maharashtra Odisha Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh Vidarbha

Group C Andhra Assam Goa Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Kerala Services Tripura

League table

Group A

Teams	Matches	Won	Lost	Draw/NR	Points	Quotient
Punjab	8	4	2	2	32	1.276
Saurashtra	8	2	1	5	23	1.198
Mumbai	8	1	0	7	23	1.423
Gujarat	8	2	0	6	22	0.922
Railways	8	2	0	6	21	0.962
Madhya Pradesh	8	2	2	4	20	1.035
Bengal	8	1	4	3	13	0.805
Rajasthan	8	0	3	5	11	0.741
Hyderabad	8	0	2	6	10	0.800

Group B

Teams	Matches	Won	Lost	Draw/NR	Points	Quotient
Uttar Pradesh	8	4	0	4	33	1.365
Baroda	8	2	1	5	22	1.019
Karnataka	8	2	1	5	21	1.081
Delhi	8	2	4	2	20	1.251
Vidarbha	8	2	0	6	20	0.840
Orissa	8	2	4	2	16	0.825
Tamil Nadu	8	1	1	6	14	0.947
Haryana	8	1	3	4	14	0.790
Maharashtra	8	0	3	5	11	0.930

Group C

Teams	Matches	Won	Lost	Draw/NR	Points	Quotient
Services	8	2	1	5	26	1.198
Jharkhand	8	3	2	3	24	1.068
Andhra	8	1	0	7	24	1.089
Assam	8	2	2	4	21	0.893
Kerala	8	2	1	5	19	1.082
Goa	8	0	0	8	16	1.119
Jammu and Kashmir	8	2	3	3	15	0.772
Himachal Pradesh	8	0	1	7	15	1.284
Tripura	8	1	3	4	10	0.691

Knockouts

Knockout tree

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6–10 Jan 2013 – Jamshedpur
	Punjab	FIL
					16–20 Jan 2013 – Rajkot
	Jharkhand
					Punjab
	6–10 Jan 2013 – Rajkot
					Saurashtra	WIN
	Saurashtra	FIL
									26–30 Jan 2013 – Mumbai
	Karnataka
									Mumbai	WIN
	6–10 Jan 2013 – Mumbai
									Saurashtra
	Baroda
					16–20 Jan 2013 – Delhi
	Mumbai	FIL
					Mumbai	FIL
	6–8 Jan 2013 – Indore
					Services
	Uttar Pradesh
	Services	WIN

Quarterfinals

6–10 Jan 2013 Scorecard

Jharkhand (H)	v	Punjab
401 (149 overs) Ishank Jaggi 132 (251) Siddarth Kaul 4/78 (37 overs)		699/3d (229 overs) Taruwar Kohli 300* (609) Shahbaz Nadeem 2/193 (83 overs)
33/0 (13 overs) Manish Vardhan 19* (39)

Match drawn Punjab advance on first innings lead Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Umpires: Sanjay Hazare and C. K. Nandan

• Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat
• Punjab advance to the semi-finals

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6–10 Jan 2013 Scorecard

Saurashtra (H)	v	Karnataka
469 (165.3 overs) Arpit Vasavada 152* (357) Abhimanyu Mithun 3/79 (25 overs)		396 (102.2 overs) Manish Pandey 177 (228) Kamlesh Makvana 3/91 (23 overs)
718/9 (167 overs) Cheteshwar Pujara 352 (427) Krishnappa Gowtham 4/206 (48 overs)

Match drawn Saurashtra advance on first innings lead Saurashtra University Ground, Rajkot Umpires: K. Hariharan and Subroto Das

• Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat
• Saurashtra advance to the semi-finals

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6–10 Jan 2013 Scorecard

Mumbai (H)	v	Baroda
645/9d (180 overs) Wasim Jaffer 150 (279) Murtuja Vahora 4/119 (48 overs)		271 (102.4 overs) Ambati Rayudu 89* (152) Vishal Dabholkar 3/88 (34.5 overs)
295/6d (87 overs) Kaustubh Pawar 115 (234) Bhargav Bhatt 3/106 (37 overs)		137/3 (42 overs) Aditya Waghmode 60 (81) Ankeet Chavan 2/42 (15 overs)

Match drawn Mumbai advance on first innings lead Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (RSA) and Krishnaraj Srinath

• Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat
• First class debut: Vishal Dabholkar
  Mumbai advance to the semi-finals

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6–10 Jan 2013 Scorecard

Uttar Pradesh	v	Services (H)
134 (38.4 overs) Imtiyaz Ahmed 53* (35) Shadab Nazar 5/51 (13 overs)		263 (68 overs) Rajat Paliwal 112 (133) Ankit Rajpoot 5/61 (15 overs)
241 (78 overs) Tanmay Srivastava 54 (157) Suraj Yadav 7/71 (32 overs)		116/5 (27.3 overs) Soumik Chatterjee 34* (46) Ankit Rajpoot 5/36 (11 overs)

Services won by 5 wickets Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Amiesh Saheba

• Services won the toss and elected to field
• Services advance to the semi-finals

Semifinals

16–20 Jan 2013 Scorecard

Saurashtra (H)	v	Punjab
477 (155 overs) Sheldon Jackson 107 (172) Sarabjit Ladda 3/109 (41 overs)		299 (110.1 overs) Ravi Inder Singh 74 (131) Vishal Joshi 4/59 (18 overs)
170 (63 overs) Shitanshu Kotak 53 (123) Harbhajan Singh 4/60 (26 overs)		119 (40 overs) Mandeep Singh 33 (57) Vishal Joshi 5/43 (11 overs)

Saurashtra won by 229 runs Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Chettithody Shamshuddin Player of the match: Vishal Joshi (Sau)

• Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat
• Saurashtra advance to the finals

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16–20 Jan 2013 Scorecard

Mumbai	v	Services (H)
454/8d (152 overs) Ajit Agarkar 145 (259) Shadab Nazar 3/142 (44 overs)		240 (91.4 overs) Soumya Swain 74 (156) Dhawal Kulkarni 5/33 (21.4 overs)

Match drawn Mumbai advance on first innings lead Palam A Ground, Delhi Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (RSA) and Subroto Das

• Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat
• No play possible on Day 3 and Day 4 due to rain
• Mumbai advance to the finals

Final

26–30 Jan 2013 Scorecard

Saurashtra	v	Mumbai (H)
148 (75.3 overs) Aarpit Vasavada 55 (146) Dhawal Kulkarni 4/24 (21.3 overs)		355 (119 overs) Wasim Jaffer 132 (246) Kamlesh Makvana 3/49 (16 overs)
82 (36.3 overs) Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 22 (35) Dhawal Kulkarni 5/32 (14.3 overs)

Mumbai win by an innings and 125 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Krishna Hariharan and C. K. Nandan Player of the match: Wasim Jaffer (Mumbai)

• Mumbai won the toss and elected to field

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Matches	Inns	Runs	Ave	HS	100s	50s
Jiwanjot Singh	Punjab	10	17	995	66.33	213	5	2
Muralidharen Gautam	Karnataka	9	14	943	117.87	264*	3	2
Abhishek Nayar	Mumbai	10	16	940	104.44	132	3	8
Parthiv Patel	Gujarat	8	13	895	68.84	162	3	6
VA Jagadeesh	Kerala	8	14	871	72.58	199*	4	1

Most wickets

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Wickets	Ave.	BBI	BBM	5/i	10/m
Ishwar Pandey	Madhya Pradesh	8	15	48	21.06	6/54	10/145	5	1
Siddarth Kaul	Punjab	9	17	44	23.79	6/63	8/81	2	0
Suraj Yadav	Services	10	15	43	21.90	7/71	9/106	2	0
Shahbaz Nadeem	Jharkhand	9	15	42	24.26	6/54	9/104	2	0
Sandeep Sharma	Punjab	9	16	41	19.41	7/25	10/82	3	1

See also

• 2013 Irani Cup