Ranji Trophy, 2012

In this section, we feature the surprise finalists of the 2012-13 season, Saurashtra. Led by Jaydev Shah, they beat powerhouses Bengal, Karnataka and Punjab before succumbing to Mumbai.

Ishwar Pandey, the highest wicket-taker in the just concluded Ranji, feels he has the potential to perform on the big stage.

The Ranji trophy 2012/13 was eventually won by the Indian domestic giants - Mumbai - for the 40th time in the tournament's history, but it was a season to remember for two other teams - Services and Saurashtra.

Siddharth Prabhakar looks at the 5 most promising youngsters from this season's Ranji Trophy.

The recently-concluded Ranji Trophy sprung a few surprises with teams like Saurashtra, Punjab and Services impressing most. MS Ramakrishnan provides a round-up of this season's Ranji Trophy.

Dhawal Kulkarni picked up 9 wickets in the match and was well supported by skipper Ajit Agarkar who chipped in with 5 as Mumbai annihilated Saurashtra by an innings and 125 runs on Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy Final at the Wankhede in Mumbai to lift their 40th Ranji Trophy title.

Wasim Jaffer etched his name on the record books today by becoming the player with the most number of hundreds in the Ranji Trophy. He overtook Ajay Sharma to notch up his 32nd ton. He also went past the 16000 run mark in First Class cricket and went past Amol Mazumdar as the leading run-getter in FC cricket.

Dhawal Kulkarni starred with figures of 4/24 to break the back of the Saurashtra batting line-up and bowl them out for a paltry 148. Aarpit Vasavada was the only Saurashtra batsman to show some sort of fight.

Mumbai's hopes of summoning Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma, who are part of the Indian ODI squad playing against England, for the game have been dashed and they had to stick to the same side that played the semi-final against Services.

An unbeaten 92 run partnership between stand in skipper Soumyaranjan Swain and former skipper Yashpal Singh kept Mumbai at bay as the visitors aimed for their 44th appearance in a Ranji Trophy Final.