Ranji Trophy 17-18: Jharkhand vs Gujarat

Match Summary: Gujarat (411 & 16/0) beat Jharkhand (242 & 183(f/o)) by 10 wickets
Points: Gujarat 7, Jharkhand 0

And the terrible season ends with another big defeat, at the hands of the defending champions Gujarat. Jharkhand were never in the running in this game and were outplayed completely. Nothing really to write about except Kumar Deobrat's twin fifties.

Overall a very disappointing season especially after last year's run to the semi-finals. Too much chopping and changing went on. We suffered from the absence of Shahbaz Nadeem due to India A duty, during the initial games, then Saurabh Tiwary had a bad run of form. Ishank Jaggi got 3 consecutive centuries but not much beyond that. Overall, the team did not click as a unit except for one game. On the bright side, Nazim Siddiqui's debut season was solid. Should get a decent run.

Highlights

• Playing XI:Changes - too many of them!
• In:  Virat Singh, Ashish Kumar, Ajay Yadav
• Out: Saurabh Tiwary, Sunny Gupta, Sonu Singh
• Shahbaz Nadeem led the side in Tiwary's absence
• 350 FC wickets for Nadeem
• Kumar Deobrat recorded his highest FC score of 80.

Season Stats

• Top Scorers: 
• Ishan Kishan - 484 @44.00
• Nazim Siddiqui - 474 @43.09
• Ishank Jaggi - 448 @44.80
• Top Wicket-taker: 
• Shahbaz Nadeem - 18 @32.83
• Sunny Gupta - 17 @25.47
• Varun Aaron - 15 @29.93
• Player Count: 20
• Captain Count: 3

Points Tally - 8 after 6 games. Finishing 6th in the group

Coming Up Next
Vijay Hazare Trophy in mid-February. Let's see if any of the players make an appearance in the Rest of India squad for the Irani Trophy.