Shikhar recovers from injury, fit for Irani Trophy

Delhi Team For Irani Trophy 2008-09

New Delhi: Delhi top order batsman Shikhar Dhawan has recovered from his thumb injury and will join the Ranji Champions for their Irani Trophy tie against the Rest of India at Vadodara from September 24 to 28.

Dhawan, who had to pull out of the India A squad due to a right thumb injury during a camp in Bangalore last month, will replace Gaurav Chhabra from the 15-member Delhi squad that was selected fro the Mohammad Nissar Trophy.

Delhi Squad : Virendra Sehwag (Captain), Gautam Gambhir (Vice Captain), Akash Chopra, Shikhar Dhaman, Mayank Tehlan, Mithun Manhas, Virat Kohli, Rajat Bhatia, Puneet Bisht (Wicketkeeper), Ishant Sharma, Pradeep Sangwan, Chetanya Nanda, Ashish Nehra, Amit Bhandari, Narendra Singh.

Irani Trophy Stats

• Highest total: ROI 737 for 7 in 197 overs vs West Bangal at Bangalore 1990-91
• Lowest total: ROI 83 all out in 37.1 overs vs Bombay at Anantpur 1963-64
• Biggest wins: ROI beat Delhi by an innings & 232 runs at Jodhpur 1986-87
• Leading run-getter: Gundappa Viswanath (1001 runs in 9 matches average 77)
• Most hundres: 4 - Gundappa Viswanath & Dilip Vengsarkar in 9 matches each
• Highest individual score: 246 by Pravin Amre for ROI vs West Bangal at Bangalore 1990-91
• Best bowling in an inning: 9-70 by Murali Kartik for ROI vs Mumbai in Mumbai 2000-01
• Most wickets in a match: 13-138 by Anil Kumble for ROI vs Delhi at Delhi 1992-93
• Leading bowler: Padmakar Shivalkar (Mumbai) with 51 wickets in 10 matches avg 21.43
• Wins: ROI 19 times, Mumbai 14, Karnataka 4, Delhi & Railways 2 and Hyderabad, Tamilnadu, Haryana 1 each. The trophy was shared once by ROI and Mumbai

ROI: Wasif Jaffer, Rahul Dravid, M Kaif, S Badrinath, VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni, A Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, MM Patel, RP Singh

Delhi: G Gambhir, A Chopra, V Sehwag, M Manhas, V Kohli, R Bhatia, P Bisht, C Nanda, P Sangwan, A Nehra, I Sharma

Match Score

Result: Rest of India won the Match by 187 runs (Day - 4 , 1st session)

Delhi 2nd Innings All out at 190 in (60.5 Overs) Gautam Gambhir c Dhoni b Kumble 91 (176) V Sehwag* lbw b Z Khan 3 (6) V Kohli lbw b Z Khan 16 (26) R Bhatia c Dhoni b Harbhajan 31 (69) A Chopra b Z Khan 0 (1) M Manhas c Dravid b Harbhajan 12 (19) P Bisht c Z Khan b Harbhajan 9 (36) C Nanda lbw b Kumble 1 (11) P Sangwan b Kumble 1 (11) A Nehra not out 5 (11) I Sharma c Badrinath b Harbhajan 0 (4)       ROI 2nd Innings All Out at 302 (92.5 Overs) Wasif Jaffer c Chopra b Sangwan 21 (36) Rahul Dravid c Chopra b Nanda 69 (211) S Badrinath b Sharma 36 (92) M Kaif c Bisht b Sharma 0 (2) VV Laxman c sub (M Tehlan) b Nanda 18 (35) MS Dhoni c Kohli b Sharma 84 (113) A Kumble* lbl Nanda 9 (31) Harbhajan Singh c Manhas b Nanda 0 (2) Z.Khan b Nehra 4 (20) RP Singh lbw b Nanda 24 (22) M Patel not out 1 (4)     Delhi 1st Innings 177 all out (57 Overs) A Chopra c Kaif b Patel 42 (68) G Gambhir c Dravid b Khan 5 (16) V Sehwag c Dravid b Kumble 43 (57) V Kohli c Dhoni b Patel 4 (11) R Bhatia lbw b Khan 17 (44) M Manhas c Dhoni b Patel 4 (6) P Bisht c Badrinath b H Singh 28 (82) C Nanda c Jaffer b H Singh 0 (5) P Sangwan Not Out 23 (40) A Nehra b Patel 0 (1) I Sharma lbw b Kumble 3 (15) ROI 1st Innings 252 all out (81.3 Overs) Wasif Jaffer c Kohli b Nanda 50 (91) Rahul Dravid lbw b i Sharma 46 (95) S Badrinath b I Sharma 16 (62) VVS Laxman c Manhas b Sehwag 21 (52) M Kaif c Gambhir b Nanda 29 (81) MS Dhoni c Chopra b Sangwan 5 (17) A Kumble c Bisht b Sangwan 9 (17) H Singh Not Out 26 Z Khan c Bisht b Sangwan 0 (10) RP Singh c Chopra b Nanda 22 (30) M Patel b Sharma 19 (10)

Toss: Rest of India won the toss and elected to bat first