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A race between Jacob Martin & Vijay Bhardwaj (8 March 1999)
8 March 1999
A race between Jacob Martin & Vijay Bhardwaj
Mohandas Menon
Baroda's Jacob Martin became the sixth batsman in Ranji trophy history
to reach 1000 runs in a season during his second innings score of 19
against Punjab (Ranji Trophy Super League, 1998-99) at Baroda on Saturday
(06-03-99). He has now scored 1018 runs and now needs just 17 runs to
surpass the record of late Raman Lamba of 1034 runs in 1996-97 season.
Baroda has still one more match to play against Hyderabad (from 13th March).
However, Karnataka's R Vijay Bhardwaj who crossed the mark a day earlier now
has 1022 runs to his credit during this season. Since Karnataka has reached
the knock-out round, Bhardwaj too has an excellent opportunity to
surpass Lamba. So its a race between Martin and Bhardwaj.
Vijay Bhardwaj's scores during this Ranji Trophy season (1998-99)
for Karnataka
v Andhra 53 & 75
v Tamil Nadu 171
v Goa 31
v Kerala 200*
v Madhya Pradesh 45 & 10
v Haryana 175
v Saurashtra 87* & 51
v Bihar 124
Jacob Martin's scores during this Ranji Trophy season (1998-99)
for Baroda
v Saurashtra 108
v Maharashtra 103*
v Mumbai 43 & 82
v Gujarat 27 & 177*
v Bengal 242
v Rajasthan 29 & 100*
v Punjab 88 & 19
The complete list of players scoring 1000 runs in a Ranji Trophy season
Season Teams M Ins No Runs HS Avg 100 50
Raman Lamba 1996-97 Delhi 10 14 - 1034 250 73.86 3 4
AK Sharma 1996-97 Delhi 8 10 1 1033 220* 114.78 5 3
R Vijay Bhardwaj 1998-99 Karnataka 8 11 9 1022 200* 113.55 4 4
WV Raman 1988-89 Tamil Nadu 7 9 2 1018 313 145.42 3 1
JJ Martin 1998-99 Baroda 7 11 3 1018 242 127.25 5 2
RS Modi 1944-45 Bimbay 5 7 1 1008 245* 168.00 5 1
Source :: Cricinfo, Chennai
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