Archive & Stats

f22872	Delhi v Railways
	Ranji Trophy 1959/60 (North Zone)
Venue	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on 18th, 19th, 20th February 1960 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Railways won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Delhi 5; Railways 3
Close of play day 1	Delhi (1) 106/6 (R Mehra 15, Gyaneshwar Prasad 4)
Close of play day 2	Railways (2) 230/5 (Desai 55, M Mehra 23)

Railways first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*NJ Contractor	b Rajinder Pal	2
+BK Kunderam	lbw b Sitaram	0
VL Mehra	c Om Kishore b Rajinder Pal	35
YM Chowdhury	c Bhandari b Rajinder Pal	2
BB Nimbalkar	c Akash Lal b Rajinder Pal	26
AH Desai	b Sitaram	5
M Mehra	c R Mehra b Rajinder Pal	7
V Sridhar	lbw b Rajinder Pal	0
W Ghosh	not out	5
BP Gupte	c Khanna b Rajinder Pal	0
KS Ramachandran	b Rajinder Pal	9
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 53.2 overs)	99
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-2, 3-10, 4-52, 5-67, 6-77, 7-84, 8-89, 9-99, 10-99 (53.2 ov)

Delhi bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rajinder Pal	23.2	8	54	8	-	-
Sitaram	26	14	26	2	-	-
Gyaneshwar Prasad	2	0	4	0	-	-
Bhandari	2	0	7	0	-	-

Delhi first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Om Kishore	lbw b Ghosh	9
Akash Lal	lbw b Gupte	45
CB Mathur	b Gupte	10
V Balaji Rao	c Contractor b Ghosh	12
P Bhandari	c Kunderam b Ghosh	0
GR Mehra	b Ghosh	7
*R Mehra	c Kunderam b Gupte	21
T Gyaneshwar Prasad	c Sridhar b Ghosh	17
Rajinder Pal	run out	4
+A Khanna	c Contractor b Gupte	7
P Sitaram	not out	14
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	153
Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-45, 3-74, 4-80, 5-80, 6-94, 7-120, 8-126, 9-130, 10-153 (65 ov)

Railways bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ghosh	32	10	67	5	-	-
Nimbalkar	4	0	19	0	-	-
Gupte	28	3	60	4	-	-
Ramachandran	1	1	0	0	-	-

Railways second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VL Mehra	c Khanna b Rajinder Pal	5
*NJ Contractor	c Sitaram b Rajinder Pal	100
BB Nimbalkar	b Rajinder Pal	2
YM Chowdhury	c and b Gyaneshwar Prasad	20
+BK Kunderam	c Gyaneshwar Prasad b Rajinder Pal	15
AH Desai	not out	103
M Mehra	handled the ball	52
V Sridhar	lbw b Gyaneshwar Prasad	5
W Ghosh	b Bhandari	6
BP Gupte	b Bhandari	0
KS Ramachandran	lbw b Bhandari	0
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 123.5 overs)	320
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-12, 3-95, 4-129, 5-145, 6-271, 7-277, 8-320, 9-320, 10-320 (123.5 ov)

Delhi bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rajinder Pal	43	4	125	4	-	-
Sitaram	33	16	51	0	-	-
Gyaneshwar Prasad	18	7	44	2	-	-
Bhandari	17.5	6	46	3	-	-
R Mehra	3	0	15	0	-	-
GR Mehra	2	0	10	0	-	-
Mathur	4	2	6	0	-	-
Om Kishore	3	0	11	0	-	-

Delhi second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Akash Lal	lbw b Gupte	21
P Sitaram	st Kunderam b Gupte	28
V Balaji Rao	run out	24
P Bhandari	c Kunderam b Gupte	16
GR Mehra	not out	29
T Gyaneshwar Prasad	c and b M Mehra	1
Om Kishore	lbw b M Mehra	0
CB Mathur	not out	33
*R Mehra	did not bat
Rajinder Pal	did not bat
+A Khanna	did not bat
Extras		10
Total	(6 wickets, 60 overs)	162
Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-76, 3-82, 4-99, 5-104, 6-106

Railways bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ghosh	16	3	53	0	-	-
Gupte	23	6	57	3	-	-
Ramachandran	8	4	20	0	-	-
M Mehra	11	3	21	2	-	-
VL Mehra	1	0	1	0	-	-
Contractor	1	1	0	0	-	-

Notes
--> VL Mehra (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 34
--> NJ Contractor (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 68
--> M Mehra (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 24
--> Rajinder Pal achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class Matches in the Railways first innings (previous best was 5-26)

M Mehra was dismissed handled the ball as non-striker when having completed a second run he picked the ball up before the bowler could collect the return from the fielder.