Challenger Series, 2005-06
India A v India B
Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh (day/night)
12 October 2005 (50-over match)

Result: India B won by 7 wickets
Points: India B 5, India A 1

Toss: India B
Umpires: TK Handu and MR Singh
TV Umpire: I Shivram
Match Referee: S Chaturvedi
Man of the Match: AR Uthappa

India A innings (50 overs maximum)                              R   B   4  6
DS Jadhav             lbw                b Bhandari             2   2   0  0
G Gambhir             c Patel            b Sreesanth           10  11   2  0
*VVS Laxman           c Ravikant Shukla  b Sreesanth          110 121  12  0
SK Raina              c Patel            b Piyush Chawla       97 124  11  0
+KD Karthik           c Ravikant Shukla  b Bhandari            11  13   1  0
VRV Singh             lbw                b Piyush Chawla        0   3   0  0
NK Patel              not out                                  14  10   1  0
M Tiwary              c Piyush Chawla    b Bose                 9  13   0  0
L Balaji              c Uthappa          b Bose                 4   3   1  0
S Nadeem              not out                                   0   0   0  0
Extras                (w 3)                                     3
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs)                   260

DNB: RP Singh.

FoW: 1-2 (Jadhav, 0.2 ov), 2-30 (Gambhir, 5.2 ov),
     3-217 (Laxman, 41.5 ov), 4-233 (Karthik, 44.6 ov),
     5-233 (Raina, 45.1 ov), 6-233 (VRV Singh, 45.4 ov),
     7-255 (Tiwary, 49.1 ov), 8-260 (Balaji, 49.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bhandari                     8      1     51      2
Sreesanth                   10      1     44      2 (2w)
Bose                         7      0     47      2
Pathan                      10      0     42      0 (1w)
Piyush Chawla                7      0     37      2
Mongia                       6      0     24      0
Sriram                       2      0     15      0

India B innings (target: 261 runs from 50 overs)                R   B   4  6
AR Uthappa            c Jadhav           b VRV Singh          116  93  19  2
S Dhawan              run out (Tiwary)                         40  47   5  0
S Sriram              not out                                  45  41   7  0
*D Mongia             lbw                b Nadeem              44  51   6  0
+PA Patel             not out                                   4   6   1  0
Extras                (lb 1, w 9, nb 5)                        15
Total                 (3 wickets, 38.5 overs)                 264

DNB: YK Pathan, S Sreesanth, A Bhandari, RR Bose, Piyush Chawla,
     Ravikant Shukla.

FoW: 1-148 (Dhawan, 20.1 ov), 2-235 (Mongia, 33.3 ov),
     3-254 (Uthappa, 36.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
VRV Singh                   10      1     51      1 (4nb, 5w)
RP Singh                     7.5    0     67      0 (3w)
Balaji                       9      1     48      0 (1nb, 1w)
Nadeem                       9      0     58      1
Raina                        2      0     29      0
Tiwary                       1      0     10      0

India A full substitute: HK Badani (unused).

India B full substitute: Sunny Singh (unused).

• AR Uthappa 100 in 78 balls, 17x4, 1x6
• AR Uthappa retired hurt on 107* from 158/1 to 235/2

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Team Pages: India A, India B.

Ground Page: Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

India A Player Pages: DS Jadhav, G Gambhir, VVS Laxman, SK Raina, KD Karthik, VRV Singh, NK Patel, M Tiwary, L Balaji, S Nadeem, RP Singh.

India B Player Pages: AR Uthappa, S Dhawan, S Sriram, D Mongia, PA Patel, YK Pathan, S Sreesanth, A Bhandari, RR Bose, Piyush Chawla, Ravikant Shukla.

Match Officials' Pages: TK Handu, MR Singh, I Shivram, S Chaturvedi.