f24096 rt613	Railways v Northern Punjab
	Ranji Trophy 1961/62 (North Zone)
Venue	Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi on 25th, 26th, 27th December 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Punjab won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Railways won by an innings and 57 runs
Points	Railways 9 (Batting 1); Northern Punjab 0
Umpires	SK Bhattacharya, KB Saxena
Close of play day 1	Railways (1) 179/1 (Desai 91*, Chowdhury 51*)
Close of play day 2	Northern Punjab (2) 120/6 (Vig 14*)

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Northern Punjab first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Chopra	b Deshmukh	5
S Talwar	b Deshmukh	9
Rajinder Singh	b Deshmukh	2
Gurpal Singh	not out	45
*H Ghosh	b Ghosh	17
P Vig	b Ghosh	0
V Sehgal	c M Mehra b Ghosh	0
+VK Mehta	b Deshmukh	0
A Som Prakash	c Sidhaye b Ghosh	0
ML Khanna	b Deshmukh	0
R Chadha	st Kunderam b Ghosh	0
Extras		11
Total	(all out, 35.2 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-8, 3-21, 4-63, 5-63, 6-63, 7-68, 8-69, 9-76, 10-89 (35.2 ov)

Railways bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Deshmukh	12	5	20	5	-	-
Chowdhury	6	3	10	0	-	-
Sidhaye	1	0	8	0	-	-
Ghosh	10.2	5	27	5	-	-
M Mehra	6	2	13	0	-	-

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Railways first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VL Mehra	c Mehta b Gurpal Singh	21
AH Desai	not out	147
YM Chowdhury	not out	103
Habib Ahmed	did not bat
YP Sidhaye	did not bat
*BB Nimbalkar	did not bat
M Mehra	did not bat
+BK Kunderam	did not bat
SP Gupte	did not bat
SS Deshmukh	did not bat
W Ghosh	did not bat
Extras		22
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 82.2 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-60 (VL Mehra)

Northern Punjab bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Khanna	17.2	5	49	0	-	-
Chadha	13	0	39	0	-	-
Som Prakash	21	1	73	0	-	-
Gurpal Singh	22	5	56	1	-	-
Ghosh	7	1	37	0	-	-
Talwar	2	0	17	0	-	-

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Northern Punjab second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Chopra	b M Mehra	9
S Talwar	c and b M Mehra	11
Rajinder Singh	c Kunderam b Deshmukh	2
Gurpal Singh	c Kunderam b Deshmukh	34
*H Ghosh	c sub b M Mehra	31
P Vig	run out	27
V Sehgal	lbw b M Mehra	8
+VK Mehta	lbw b M Mehra	0
A Som Prakash	not out	11
R Chadha	b Desai	0
ML Khanna	absent hurt
Extras		14
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-22, 3-33, 4-88, 5-102, 6-120, 7-122, 8-146, 9-147 (68 ov)

Railways bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Deshmukh	14	3	33	2	-	-
Ghosh	12	5	24	0	-	-
M Mehra	25	8	46	5	-	-
Habib Ahmed	4	1	4	0	-	-
Nimbalkar	2	0	7	0	-	-
Gupte	5	2	4	0	-	-
Desai	6	1	15	1	-	-

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Notes
--> VK Mehta made his debut in Ranji Trophy matches
--> VK Mehta made his debut in First-Class matches
--> R Chadha made his debut in Ranji Trophy matches
--> R Chadha made his debut in First-Class matches
--> VK Mehta made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> VK Mehta made his last appearance in Ranji Trophy matches
--> AH Desai (1) passed his previous highest score of 131 in Ranji Trophy matches
--> AH Desai (1) passed his previous highest score of 131 in First-Class matches
--> Gurpal Singh (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> P Vig (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> P Vig (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Ranji Trophy matches
--> A Chopra made his debut for Northern Punjab in First-Class matches
--> A Chopra made his debut for Northern Punjab in Ranji Trophy matches
--> P Vig made his debut for Northern Punjab in First-Class matches
--> P Vig made his debut for Northern Punjab in Ranji Trophy matches
--> W Ghosh reached 100 wickets in Ranji Trophy matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northern Punjab first innings

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