![]() | « Back to article | Print this article |
Sachin Tendulkar signed off his Ranji Trophy career with a match-winning half-century against Haryana, in Lahli, near Rohtak, on Wednesday.
Tendulkar played a cautious innings of 79 to steer Mumbai to a four-wicket victory in his final match for Mumbai.
The veteran batsman has announced he will retire from cricket, after the two-Test series against the West Indies, next month.
Rajneesh Gupta presents a detailed statistical analysis of Tendulkar’s career in Ranji Trophy:
Performance in each match
Start Date | Opponents | Venue | Batting | Bowling | Fielding |
10-12-1988 | Gujarat | Mumbai WS | 100* |
|
|
17-12-1988 | Saurashtra | Rajkot | 58 & 89 |
|
|
31-12-1988 | Baroda | Thana | 17 | 0-11 |
|
14-01-1989 | Maharashtra | Aurangabad | 81 & 4* |
|
|
03-02-1989 | Hyderabad | Secunderabad | 59 & 15 |
|
|
17-02-1989 | Uttar Pradesh | Mumbai WS | 7 & 75 |
|
|
03-03-1989 | Delhi | Mumbai WS | 78 | 0-12 & 0-20 | 1 ct |
02-02-1991 | Madhya Pradesh | Indore | 69 | dnb & 0-7 | 1 ct |
16-04-1991 | Delhi | Delhi | 82 & 125 | 0-4 & 0-36 |
|
24-04-1991 | Hyderabad | Mumbai WS | 70 & 88 | 0-65 & 0-9 | 1 ct |
03-05-1991 | Haryana | Mumbai WS | 47 & 96 | 0-23 | 1 ct |
01-12-1993 | Baroda | Vadodara GSF | 50 |
| 1 ct |
08-12-1993 | Maharashtra | Thana | 138 | 0-13 | 1 ct |
24-12-1993 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad | 13 | dnb & 0-18 | 2 cts |
31-12-1993 | Saurashtra | Mumbai WS | 12 & 80* | 0-12 | 3 cts |
15-01-1995 | Baroda | Mumbai RCF | 175 & 97 | 0-8 & 0-0 |
|
21-01-1995 | Gujarat | Mumbai WS | 30 |
| 2 cts |
26-02-1995 | Tamil Nadu | Mumbai WS | 166 |
| 2 cts |
12-03-1995 | Uttar Pradesh | Mumbai WS | 109 | 0-3 | 2 cts |
27-03-1995 | Punjab | Mumbai WS | 140 & 139 | 0-7 & 0-22 |
|
13-12-1995 | Gujarat | Valsad | 31 | 0-14 | 6 cts |
21-12-1995 | Baroda | Vadodara GSF | 18 & 19* | 0-6 & 1-8 | 1 ct |
10-01-1996 | Maharashtra | Thana | 81 & 151 | 0-20 |
|
06-11-1997 | Gujarat | Valsad | 177 |
|
|
05-02-1998 | Railways | Mumbai WS | 95 | 0-2 |
|
14-02-1998 | Orissa | Mumbai WS | 135 | 0-4 |
|
23-11-1998 | Gujarat | Mumbai WS | 35 | dnb & 0-15 | 3 cts |
11-04-2000 | Tamil Nadu | Mumbai WS | 233* & 13* | 0-46 |
|
19-04-2000 | Hyderabad | Mumbai WS | 53 & 128 | 0-0 & 0-38 | 5 cts |
23-12-2000 | Baroda | Mumbai MI | 108 & 5 | dnb & 1-13 | 1 ct |
02-02-2007 | Bengal | Mumbai WS | 105 & 43 | dnb & 0-10 |
|
04-01-2009 | Saurashtra | Chennai | 122* |
|
|
12-01-2009 | Uttar Pradesh | Hyderabad RG | 0 & 4 | dnb & 0-3 | 1 ct |
02-11-2012 | Railways | Mumbai WS | 137 |
| 2 cts |
06-01-2013 | Baroda | Mumbai WS | 108 & 9 |
| 1 ct |
16-01-2013 | Services | Delhi Palam | 56 |
|
|
26-01-2013 | Saurashtra | Mumbai WS | 22 |
|
|
27-10-2013 | Haryana | Lahli | 5 & 79* |
|
|
Tendulkar, who has scored 18 centuries in 38 matches, has a best score of 233 not out which came against Tamil Nadu in Mumbai, in the semi-finals of the 1999-2000 season.
He has four more scores above the 150-run mark.
Check out his top scores:
Score | Against | Venue | Season |
233* | Tamil Nadu | Mumbai WS | 1999-00 |
177 | Gujarat | Valsad | 1997-98 |
175 | Baroda | Mumbai RCF | 1994-95 |
166 | Tamil Nadu | Bombay WS | 1994-95 |
151 | Maharashtra | Thana | 1995-96 |
140 | Punjab | Bombay WS | 1994-95 |
139 | Punjab | Bombay WS | 1994-95 |
138 | Maharashtra | Thana | 1993-94 |
137 | Railways | Mumbai WS | 2012-13 |
135 | Orissa | Mumbai WS | 1997-98 |
128 | Hyderabad | Mumbai WS | 1999-00 |
125 | Delhi | Delhi | 1990-91 |
122* | Saurashtra | Chennai | 2008-09 |
109 | Uttar Pradesh | Bombay WS | 1994-95 |
108 | Baroda | Mumbai WS | 2012-13 |
108 | Baroda | Mumbai MIG | 2000-01 |
105 | Bengal | Mumbai WS | 2006-07 |
100* | Gujarat | Bombay WS | 1988-89 |
A lot of teams have suffered at the hands of Tendulkar in Ranji Trophy, especially Baroda against whom he has amassed 606 runs in six games.
Tamil Nadu were lucky to have played only two games against him in which he posted a tally of 412 runs while being dismissed only once.
Performance against each opponent:
Against | Mts | Runs | Hs | Avg | 100s | 50s | 0s |
Baroda | 6 | 606 | 175 | 67.33 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Bengal | 1 | 148 | 105 | 74.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Delhi | 2 | 285 | 125 | 95.00 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Gujarat | 6 | 386 | 177 | 77.20 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Haryana | 2 | 227 | 96 | 75.66 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Hyderabad | 3 | 413 | 128 | 68.83 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 69 | 69 | 69.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Maharashtra | 3 | 455 | 151 | 113.75 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Odisha | 1 | 135 | 135 | 135.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Punjab | 1 | 279 | 140 | 139.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Railways | 2 | 232 | 137 | 116.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Saurashtra | 4 | 383 | 122* | 95.75 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Services | 1 | 56 | 56 | 56.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Tamil Nadu | 2 | 412 | 233* | 412.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Uttar Pradesh | 3 | 195 | 109 | 39.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
TOTAL | 38 | 4281 | 233* | 87.36 | 18 | 19 | 1 |
Home | 25 | 3113 | 233* | 94.33 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
Away | 13 | 1168 | 177 | 73.00 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Tendulkar started his Ranji career on a bang with a century on debut against Gujarat at the Wankhede stadium in 1988-89.
In his debut season he scored 583 runs in seven games at an average of 64 and has continued his good showing in the country’s premier domestic tournament right through his career.
Performance in each season:
Season | Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | 100s | 50s | 0s |
1988-89 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 583 | 100* | 64.77 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
1990-91 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 577 | 125 | 82.42 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
1993-94 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 293 | 138 | 73.25 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
1994-95 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 856 | 175 | 122.28 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
1995-96 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 300 | 151 | 75.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
1997-98 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 407 | 177 | 135.66 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
1998-99 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 35.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999-00 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 427 | 233* | 213.50 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
2000-01 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 113 | 108 | 56.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2006-07 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 148 | 105 | 74.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2008-09 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 126 | 122* | 63.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2012-13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 332 | 137 | 66.40 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
2013-14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 84 | 79* | 84.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Such has been Tendulkar’s domination with the bat in Ranji that his batting average has never dipped below the 63-run mark. He deservedly finished with an amazing career average of 87 from 38 matches.
Cumulative career average:
Start Date | Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | 100s | 50s | 0s |
10-12-1988 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 100* | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
17-12-1988 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 247 | 100* | 123.50 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
31-12-1988 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 264 | 100* | 88.00 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
14-01-1989 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 349 | 100* | 87.25 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
03-02-1989 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 423 | 100* | 70.50 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
17-02-1989 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 505 | 100* | 63.12 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
03-03-1989 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 583 | 100* | 64.77 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
02-02-1991 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 652 | 100* | 65.20 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
16-04-1991 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 859 | 125 | 71.58 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
24-04-1991 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1017 | 125 | 72.64 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
03-05-1991 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 1160 | 125 | 72.50 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
01-12-1993 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1210 | 125 | 71.17 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
08-12-1993 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 1348 | 138 | 74.88 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
24-12-1993 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 1361 | 138 | 71.63 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
31-12-1993 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 1453 | 138 | 72.65 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
15-01-1995 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 1725 | 175 | 78.40 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
21-01-1995 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 1755 | 175 | 76.30 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
26-02-1995 | 18 | 27 | 3 | 1921 | 175 | 80.04 | 5 | 14 | 0 |
12-03-1995 | 19 | 28 | 3 | 2030 | 175 | 81.20 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
27-03-1995 | 20 | 30 | 3 | 2309 | 175 | 85.51 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
13-12-1995 | 21 | 31 | 3 | 2340 | 175 | 83.57 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
21-12-1995 | 22 | 33 | 4 | 2377 | 175 | 81.96 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
10-01-1996 | 23 | 35 | 4 | 2609 | 175 | 84.16 | 9 | 15 | 0 |
06-11-1997 | 24 | 36 | 4 | 2786 | 177 | 87.06 | 10 | 15 | 0 |
05-02-1998 | 25 | 37 | 4 | 2881 | 177 | 87.30 | 10 | 16 | 0 |
14-02-1998 | 26 | 38 | 4 | 3016 | 177 | 88.70 | 11 | 16 | 0 |
23-11-1998 | 27 | 39 | 4 | 3051 | 177 | 87.17 | 11 | 16 | 0 |
11-04-2000 | 28 | 41 | 6 | 3297 | 233* | 94.20 | 12 | 16 | 0 |
19-04-2000 | 29 | 43 | 6 | 3478 | 233* | 94.00 | 13 | 17 | 0 |
23-12-2000 | 30 | 45 | 6 | 3591 | 233* | 92.07 | 14 | 17 | 0 |
02-02-2007 | 31 | 47 | 6 | 3739 | 233* | 91.19 | 15 | 17 | 0 |
04-01-2009 | 32 | 48 | 7 | 3861 | 233* | 94.17 | 16 | 17 | 0 |
12-01-2009 | 33 | 50 | 7 | 3865 | 233* | 89.88 | 16 | 17 | 1 |
02-11-2012 | 34 | 51 | 7 | 4002 | 233* | 90.95 | 17 | 17 | 1 |
06-01-2013 | 35 | 53 | 7 | 4119 | 233* | 89.54 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
16-01-2013 | 36 | 54 | 7 | 4175 | 233* | 88.82 | 18 | 18 | 1 |
26-01-2013 | 37 | 55 | 7 | 4197 | 233* | 87.43 | 18 | 18 | 1 |
27-10-2013 | 38 | 57 | 8 | 4281 | 233* | 87.36 | 18 | 19 | 1 |
There is not much to read about when it comes to Tendulkar’s mode of dismissals in Ranji Trophy. He has been caught on the outfield 32 times out of his 49 dismissals, while being bowled eight times and leg before wicket five times.
Mode of dismissals:
How Out | Times |
Bowled | 3 |
Caught behind | 8 |
Caught in the field | 32 |
LBW | 5 |
Run-out | 1 |
Total Dismissals | 49 |
Not-outs | 8 |
Total Innings | 57 |
Note: The not-outs tally includes one instance of retired not out.
Score ranges:
Scores | Inns | Outs |
0 | 1 | 1 |
1-9 | 6 | 5 |
10-19 | 7 | 5 |
20-29 | 1 | 1 |
30-39 | 3 | 3 |
40-49 | 2 | 2 |
50-59 | 5 | 5 |
60-69 | 1 | 1 |
70-79 | 4 | 3 |
80-89 | 6 | 5 |
90-99 | 3 | 3 |
100+ | 18 | 15 |
| (57) | (49) |
India’s former left-arm spinner Venkatapathy Raju can claim the credit for the bowler who dismissed Tendulkar the most number of times in Ranji. He has got Tendulkar’s wicket three times, a feat which no other Indian bowler has achieved, with quiet a few claiming his scalp twice.
Bowlers who have dismissed Tendulkar the most times:
Bowler | Times |
SLV Raju | 3 |
SS Lahiri | 2 |
AS Wassan | 2 |
G Sharma | 2 |
Sukhbir Singh | 2 |
BN Mehta | 2 |
TB Arothe | 2 |