Thanks for all the emails, the vada pavs and the Mysore masala dosas, it was a treat and a great Final, it was not possible to paste all the comments, we have enjoyed reading through all your comments and it was a pleasure bringing you the live ball by ball commentary, we hope you have enjoyed it, thanks for being with us. On behalf of Venkat Raghav and Gopi Rangarajan, this is Binoy George signing off, until next time, bye.
Here is the list of Ranji winners.
Jaffer: "I am proud with the boys, the coach and supporting staff, Karnataka played well and I would like to congratulate them. The pitch was good and chasing on the fourth day is difficult."
Uthappa: "We were confident in the morning with Pandey and Satish at the crease, we thought we could make it, but we lost wickets and could not get across the line."
Vikatadrishti: "An Excellent game of Cricket....will be remembered for the efforts of Mithun, Dhawal, Manish and Ajith. Congratulation for the winners.Well played Karnataka."
Madhu Kapoor: "What high class drama this has turned out to be.. never ever I have thoroughly enjoyed a domestic match before... hats off to Mumbai and their fighting spirit.... reminds me of Australia for a never dyin spirit and attitude.... Great match , great result... though feeling sorry for Pandey. "
Mumbai win by 6 runs and they lift the title for the 39th time, what an exciting finish we have had. Celebrations from the Mumbai team, the players jump, hug and dance. Karnataka team are devastated, the crowd are stunned and it has been a great match. They clap the champions into the pavilion, well done. A great pitch and a wonderful match. Some wonderful performances from Agarkar, Salvi, Kulkarni, Mithun and Vinay Kumar with the ball and an outstanding performance with the bat by Manish Pandey and not to forget Satish and Samant and Nayar. A Final to remember for a long time.
S Aravind c & b Agarkar 10 (31m 14b 1x4 0x6) SR: 71.42
Slip and a gully in place.
END OF OVER:88 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | KNTKA: 331/9
- Sreenath Aravind10 (10b)
- Abhimanyu Mithun1 (1b)
- Dhawal Kulkarni21-3-80-3
The crowd are up on their feet, the cameras are clicking, stay tuned. The fielders are placed very fine on the boundary behind the wicket.
Round the wicket to Aravind.
Two slips and a gully in place.
Kulkarni from round the wicket.
Mithun is the last man in.
R Vinay Kumar b Kulkarni 15 (33m 22b 2x4 0x6) SR: 68.18
16 runs required and it will be Kulkarni to continue after the drinks break.
END OF OVER:87 | 10 Runs | KNTKA: 322/8
- Vinay Kumar15 (21b)
- Sreenath Aravind3 (5b)
- Ajit Agarkar22-6-81-4
Drinks on the field. A good break to settle the nerves for everyone who is glued to the match, exciting finish to the wire.
Vishnu Prasad: "Mumbai has this great and unique fighting spirit which no other team in the country has in domestic circuit. We have seen such tremendous unbelievable fightback only from Mumbai sides. We have witnessed such incidents dozens of times in the past 4-5 decades. Even now they have proved they have that spirit. A wonderful wonderful match. Does not matter which side is winning/has won at the end of the day. It is cricket that is the winner!"
Bhargav: "This reminds of the Lagaan Movie chase and also the Pakistan Vs India chase,chennai....Will it be the chasers or defenders who are going to have the last laugh ?"
18 runs required. Jaffer takes time out and has a chat with Agarkar, slowing things down. Agarkar from over the wicket to Aravind. The ground is full, lot of people outside and on the trees.
