2013 Irani Cup Explained

2013 Irani Cup
Date:
Cricket Format:First-class cricket
Stadium:Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Team1:Rest of India
Team2:Mumbai
Team1score:526 & 389/5d
Team2score:409 & 160/4
Details:Match drawn; Rest of India won on 1st innings
Previous:2012–13
Next:2013–14
Man Of The Match:Suresh Raina (Rest of India)

The 2013 Irani Cup, also called 2013 Irani Trophy, was the 51st season of the Irani Cup, a first-class cricket competition in India. In 2013, the fixture was moved to a date immediately after the Ranji Trophy final, resulting in there being two Irani Cup matches in the 2012/13 season. The fixture has since remained at the end of the season, and is played shortly after the Ranji Trophy final.[1]

The 2013 Irani Cup was played from 6 February 2013 to 10 February 2013 between the 2012–13 Ranji champions Mumbai and Rest of India. Wankhede Stadium, the home ground of Mumbai, hosted the match. The match was drawn and Rest of India retained the Irani Cup by virtue of their first innings lead.[2]

Squads

Squads
width=15%Mumbai[3] width=15%Rest of India[4]
Ajit Agarkar (c) Virender Sehwag (c)
Shikhar Dhawan
Harbhajan Singh (vc)
Abhimanyu Mithun
Pragyan Ojha
Ishwar Pandey
Abhishek Nayar (vc) Suresh Raina
Ambati Rayudu
Wriddhiman Saha (wk)
Jalaj Saxena
Mohammed Shami
Aditya Tare (wk) Sreesanth
Manoj Tiwary
Murali Vijay

Lead-up

Mumbai captain Ajit Agarkar was ruled out of the Irani Cup due to a groin injury. Allrounder Abhishek Nayar was named the captain of the side.[5]

A stomach bug forced the RoI captain Virender Sehwag to sit out for the match, and Harbhajan Singh lead the team instead.[6]

Scorecard

Innings 1

Fall of wickets: 1–144 (Dhawan, 38.1 ov), 2–222 (Tiwary, 58.6 ov), 3–231 (Vijay, 62.6 ov), 4–309 (Rayudu, 83.2 ov), 5–330 (Saha, 88.5 ov), 6–352 (Harbhajan, 94.4 ov), 7–505 (Mithun, 122.4 ov), 8–506 (Ojha, 123.6 ov), 9–512 (Raina, 124.4 ov), 10–526 (Pandey, 130.1 ov)

Innings 2

Fall of wickets: 1–14 (Tare, 3.3 ov), 2–146 (Jaffer, 39.2 ov), 3–161 (Thakur, 44.1 ov), 4–234 (Rahane, 64.5 ov), 5–254 (Sharma, 70.4 ov), 6–257 (Nayar, 73.4 ov), 7–360 (Chavan, 99.4 ov), 8–399 (Kulkarni, 110.4 ov), 9–409 (Khan, 113.5 ov), 10–409 (Dabholkar, 114.1 ov)

Innings 3

Fall of wickets: 1–0 (Dhawan, 0.6 ov), 2–55 (Sreesanth, 17.6 ov), 3–67 (Vijay, 23.1 ov), 4–207 (Tiwary, 72.2 ov), 5–352 (Raina, 106.5 ov)

Innings 4

Fall of Wickets:1-36 (Tare, 13.3 ov), 2-89 (Rahane, 27.3 ov), 3-104 (Sharma, 30.3 ov), 4-123 (Nayar 41.5 ov)

Result: Match Drawn; Rest of India won on 1st innings

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Menon . Mohandas . Irani Cup: history and perspective . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140301172753/http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-article/irani-cup-history-perspective-2/97893 . 1 March 2014 . 18 February 2014 . Wisden India.
  2. News: Jaffer's ton in vain as Rest win Irani. Wisden India. 10 February 2013. 10 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000929/http://www.wisdenindia.com/match-report/jaffer-ton-vain-rest-win-irani-cup/50210. 4 March 2016. dead.
  3. http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/602776.html Injury forces Zaheer out of Irani Cup
  4. http://www.espncricinfo.com/irani-cup-2012/content/story/602626.html Sehwag to captain Rest of India in Irani Cup
  5. http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/603406.html Injured Agarkar to miss Irani Cup
  6. News: Mumbai field first as Sehwag ruled out. https://archive.today/20130412044157/http://www.wisdenindia.com/match-report/mumbai-field-sehwag-ruled/49467. dead. 12 April 2013. Wisden India. 6 February 2013.