Ranji Trophy 2023-24 winners Mumbai will face the Rest of India (ROI) in the Irani Cup 2024 match. The one-off match is scheduled to take place at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow from October 1-5. ROI is the most successful team in Irani Cup history. The team, which is made with a combination of Indian players from various domestic sides apart from the Ranji Trophy winners, has won the prestigious tournament on as many as 30 occasions. Mumbai, on the other hand, has 14 Irani Cup titles to its name.
In the Irani Cup 2024, Ajinkya Rahane will lead Mumbai, and Ruturaj Gaikwad has been appointed as ROI captain. Many top India players like Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Prithvi Shaw, Ishan Kishan, Yash Dayal, Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Krishna, Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan, and Rahul Chahar will be seen in action in the Irani Cup this year.
Ahead of the start of the Mumbai-ROI Irani Cup 2024 match, here’s a look at the top performers and record holders in Irani Cup history:
- Most titles: Rest of India (30)
- Most wins: Rest of India (27).
- Most defeats: Rest of India (25).
- Highest total: 800 for 7 (declare) in 226.3 overs by Vidarbha vs ROI in Nagpur (March 2018).
- Lowest total: 79 all out in 34.3 overs by Saurashtra vs ROI in Rajkot (October 2023).
- Biggest win (by runs): ROI beat Rajasthan by 404 runs in Jaipur (October 2011).
- Biggest win (by wickets): Bombay beat ROI by 10 wickets in Delhi (October 1976); ROI beat Mumbai by 10 wickets at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (October 2000).
- Smallest win: Mumbai beat ROI by 54 runs at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (October 1997).
- Most runs: 1294 runs in 12 matches by Wasim Jaffer (Mumbai, ROI, Vidarbha).
- Highest score: 286 from 431 balls by Wasim Jaffer for Vidarbha against the Rest of India in Nagpur (March 2018).
- Highest average (minimum 5 innings): 122.80 by Hanuma Vihari (614 runs in four matches for ROI).
- Most 100s: 4 centuries each by Dilip Vengsarkar (ROI), Gundappa Viswanath (ROI, Karnataka).
- Most 50s: 8 half-centuries by Wasim Jaffer (Mumbai, ROI, Vidarbha).
- Most ducks: 3 zeros each by Sharad Diwadkar, Ajit Pai, Eknath Solkar, and Sunil Gavaskar.
- Most sixes: 11 maximums by Hanuma Vihari (ROI).
- Most runs in a series: 357 runs by Yashasvi Jaiswal for ROI against Madhya Pradesh in Gwalior (March 2023).
- Most wickets: 51 wickets in 10 matches for Padmakar Shivalkar.
- Best bowling figures (innings): 9 for 70 in 24 overs by Murali Karthik for ROI vs Mumbai at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (October 2000).
- Best bowling figures (match): 13 wickets for 138 runs in 56 overs by Anil Kumble for ROI vs Delhi in Delhi (September 1992).
- Most five-wicket hauls: 4 fifers in 10 matches for Padmakar Shivalkar.
- Most 10-wickets in a match: 2 in five matches for Anil Kumble (Karnataka & ROI).
- Most wickets in a series: 13 each by Anil Kumble (ROI), Murali Kartik (ROI), and Sairaj Bahutule (Mumbai).
- Most dismissals: 26 (23 catches & 3 stumpings) in six matches for Nayan Mongia (Baroda and ROI).
- Most catches: 14 catches in 11 matches by Ajit Wadekar.
- Highest partnership: 371 runs for the 2nd wicket between Yashasvi Jaiswal and Abhimanyu Easwaran for ROI vs Madhya Pradesh in Gwalior (March 2023).
- Most matches: 13 by Ashok Mankad.
- Most wins as captain: 4 wins in six matches for Sunil Gavaskar (Mumbai and ROI).
In the last edition of the Irani Cup, Hanuma Vihar-led Rest of India beat Saurashtra by 175 runs in the match played at Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot from October 1-3, 2023. Parth Bhut dismissed 12 (5+7) ROI batters, but he failed to help his side win the match.
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