| 
Ranji Trophy, 1977/78, 1st Pre-Quarter FinalMaharashtra v Rajasthan
 Chatrapati Shivaji Stadium, Karad
 11,12,13,14 February 1978 (4-day match)
 
Result: Rajasthan won by 4 wickets 
Toss: MaharashtraUmpires:NS Rishi and MG Subramaniam
 
Close of Play:
Day 1:
 Day 2:
 Day 3: 
Maharashtra 1st innings                                         R
SF Saldhana           c Sharma           b Durani              47
VM Deshmukh           c Benjamin         b Gattani              3
*Yajurvindra Singh    lbw                b Suresh Shastri     109
AM Ghatpande          c Gattani          b Suresh Shastri       0
RB Bhalekar                              b Durani               1
PM Sidhaye            c K Mathur         b Sharma              31
+VB Shetty            c Najmal Hussain   b Durani               8
HS Talwalkar          c Gattani          b Durani               6
PM Salgaonkar         c Durani           b Sharma               8
N Khaniwale           c Najmal Hussain   b Suresh Shastri       8
P Ingle               not out                                   0
Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                   16
Total                 (all out, 85.5 overs)                   237
FoW: 1-10, 2-72, 3-72, 4-75, 5-128,
     6-137, 7-153, 8-173, 9-237, 10-237.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gattani                      8      0     13      1
V Mathur                     4      0     16      0
Durani                      26      4     66      4
Sharma                      22      2     55      2
Suresh Shastri              25.5    7     71      3
Rajasthan 1st innings                                           R
K Mathur              lbw                b Khaniwale           16
D Mathur                                 b Talwalkar            5
Najmal Hussain                       c & b Ghatpande           53
P Sharma              c Saldhana         b Khaniwale           16
Hanumant Singh        c Talwalkar        b Ingle               14
SA Durani             c Saldhana         b Ingle                0
+S Benjamin                              b Ghatpande           78
T Chatterjee          lbw                b Khaniwale            2
V Mathur              c Shetty           b Ghatpande           21
*KR Gattani           not out                                   3
Suresh Shastri        c Salgaonkar       b Ghatpande            0
Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                   12
Total                 (all out, 77.5 overs)                   220
FoW: 1-7, 2-31, 3-53, 4-88, 5-88,
     6-141, 7-147, 8-212, 9-219, 10-220.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Salgaonkar                   8      0     29      0
Talwalkar                    6      1     12      1
Khaniwale                   29      6     72      3
Sidhaye                      7      0     29      0
Ingle                       13      1     34      2
Ghatpande                    9.5    1     20      4
Yajurvindra Singh            5      1     12      0
Maharashtra 2nd innings                                         R
SF Saldhana           run out                                  23
VM Deshmukh                              b Gattani             37
*Yajurvindra Singh                   c & b Suresh Shastri      53
AM Ghatpande          c Sharma           b Suresh Shastri       3
RB Bhalekar           not out                                  94
PM Sidhaye                               b Durani              13
+VB Shetty            st Benjamin        b Durani               2
HS Talwalkar                             b Suresh Shastri       8
PM Salgaonkar         c Durani           b Suresh Shastri      11
N Khaniwale           lbw                b Suresh Shastri       6
P Ingle               c K Mathur         b Suresh Shastri       1
Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                    7
Total                 (all out, 118 overs)                    258
FoW: 1-61, 2-74, 3-85, 4-134, 5-159,
     6-169, 7-180, 8-215, 9-244, 10-258.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gattani                     24      7     43      1
V Mathur                     2      1      2      0
Durani                      22      5     64      2
Sharma                      17      3     40      0
Suresh Shastri              46     10     83      6
D Mathur                     7      1     19      0
Rajasthan 2nd innings (target: 276 runs)                        R
K Mathur              lbw                b Khaniwale           18
D Mathur              lbw                b Yajurvindra Singh   36
Najmal Hussain        c Yajurvindra Singh b Khaniwale          39
P Sharma              run out                                  35
Hanumant Singh        not out                                  61
SA Durani             c Bhalekar         b Khaniwale           23
+S Benjamin           run out                                  41
V Mathur              not out                                  14
Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                   17
Target Achieved At    (6 wickets, ? overs)                    276
Total                 (6 wickets, 98.5 overs)                 284
DNB: T Chatterjee, *KR Gattani, Suresh Shastri.
FoW: 1-34, 2-89, 3-141, 4-143, 5-181,
     6-254.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Salgaonkar                   8      2     12      0
Talwalkar                   11      2     37      0
Khaniwale                   36      7     77      3
Sidhaye                      8      0     37      0
Ingle                       18.5    3     44      0
Ghatpande                    1      0      5      0
Yajurvindra Singh           16      1     55      1
 |