Nagaland vs Uttarakhand: In the Ranji match against Uttarakhand, Nagaland has registered an embarrassing record in its name by being all out for just 25 runs. This is the sixth lowest score in the history of Ranji Trophy. At the same time, this is also the second lowest score in the last 41 years.
Earlier in the Ranji Trophy 2010-11, the Hyderabad team was all out for just 21 runs against Rajasthan. In the 1934-35 season, the South Punjab team was reduced to only 22 runs against North India. Similarly, the Jammu and Kashmir team was all out for just 23 runs against Delhi in 1960-61 and Haryana in 1977-78. Before independence, the Sindh team was also all out on the same score (23) against South Punjab.
Nagaland lost even after leading by 100+ runs
Nagaland took a huge lead of 107 runs on the basis of the first innings in this match, but due to being all out for just 25 runs in the second innings, they lost the match by 174 runs. Swapnil Singh of Uttarakhand was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ for his all-round performance.
Uttarakhand scored 282 runs batting first here. In response, the Nagaland team scored 389 runs in the first innings. After this, Uttarakhand declared its second innings scoring 306 runs losing 7 wickets. Here Nagaland was given a target of 200 runs but Nagaland was reduced to 25 runs in just 18 overs. 6 batsmen of Nagaland returned to the pavilion on zero. Mayank Mishra took 5 wickets and Swapnil Singh took 4 wickets for Uttarakhand.
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