# 2013 Irani Cup

The 2013 Irani Cup, also called 2013 Irani Trophy, was the 51st season of the Irani Cup, a first-class cricket competition in India. In 2013, the fixture was moved to a date immediately after the Ranji Trophy final, resulting in there being two Irani Cup matches in the 2012/13 season. The fixture has since remained at the end of the season, and is played shortly after the Ranji Trophy final.
The 2013 Irani Cup was played from 6 February 2013 to 10 February 2013 between the 2012–13 Ranji champions Mumbai and Rest of India. Wankhede Stadium, the home ground of Mumbai, hosted the match. The match was drawn and Rest of India retained the Irani Cup by virtue of their first innings lead.

## Squads

Squads :
| Mumbai | Rest of India |
| Ajit Agarkar (c) | Virender Sehwag (c) |
| Ankeet Chavan | Shikhar Dhawan |
| Vishal Dabholkar | Harbhajan Singh (vc) |
| Wasim Jaffer | Abhimanyu Mithun |
| Javed Khan | Pragyan Ojha |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | Ishwar Pandey |
| Abhishek Nayar (vc) | Suresh Raina |
| Kaustubh Pawar | Ambati Rayudu |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Wriddhiman Saha (wk) |
| Hiken Shah | Jalaj Saxena |
| Rohit Sharma | Mohammed Shami |
| Aditya Tare (wk) | Sreesanth |
| Sachin Tendulkar | Manoj Tiwary |
| Shardul Thakur | Murali Vijay |
| Suryakumar Yadav | |

## Lead-up

Mumbai captain Ajit Agarkar was ruled out of the Irani Cup due to a groin injury. Allrounder Abhishek Nayar was named the captain of the side.
A stomach bug forced the RoI captain Virender Sehwag to sit out for the match, and Harbhajan Singh lead the team instead.

## Scorecard
### Innings 1

Rest of India 1st innings :
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate |
| Shikhar Dhawan | b Thakur | 63 | 101 | 11 | 0 | 62.37 |
| Murali Vijay | b Nayar | 116 | 206 | 17 | 1 | 56.31 |
| Manoj Tiwary | lbw b Nayar | 37 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 55.22 |
| Ambati Rayudu | c Jaffer b Sharma | 51 | 83 | 9 | 0 | 61.44 |
| Suresh Raina | c Thakur b Chavan | 134 | 169 | 14 | 5 | 79.28 |
| Wriddhiman Saha | lbw b Kulkarni | 17 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 89.47 |
| Harbhajan Singh | c Nayar b Kulkarni | 16 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 106.66 |
| Abhimanyu Mithun | lbw b Chavan | 51 | 90 | 9 | 1 | 56.66 |
| Pragyan Ojha | c Kulkarni b Dabholkar | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sreesanth | not out | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5.26 |
| Ishwar Pandey | c Rahane b Chavan | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 92.85 |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 1, nb 5) | 10 | | | | |
| Total | (all out; 130.1 overs) | 526 | | | | |
Fall of wickets: 1–144 (Dhawan, 38.1 ov), 2–222 (Tiwary, 58.6 ov), 3–231 (Vijay, 62.6 ov), 4–309 (Rayudu, 83.2 ov), 5–330 (Saha, 88.5 ov), 6–352 (Harbhajan, 94.4 ov), 7–505 (Mithun, 122.4 ov), 8–506 (Ojha, 123.6 ov), 9–512 (Raina, 124.4 ov), 10–526 (Pandey, 130.1 ov)
Mumbai bowling :
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Javed Khan | 18 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 2.50 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | 27 | 5 | 107 | 2 | 3.96 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Shardul Thakur | 18 | 1 | 82 | 1 | 4.55 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Vishal Dabholkar | 26 | 3 | 119 | 1 | 4.57 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Abhishek Nayar | 25 | 10 | 70 | 2 | 2.80 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Ankeet Chavan | 10.1 | 1 | 56 | 3 | 5.50 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Rohit Sharma | 6 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 5.50 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |

### Innings 2

Mumbai 1st innings :
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate |
| Wasim Jaffer | c Rayudu b Sreesanth | 80 | 126 | 11 | 1 | 63.49 |
| Aditya Tare | c Tiwary b Pandey | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | lbw b Harbhajan | 83 | 183 | 9 | 1 | 45.35 |
| Shardul Thakur | c Tiwary b Pandey | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | not out | 140 | 197 | 18 | 2 | 71.06 |
| Rohit Sharma | c Ojha b Harbhajan | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Abhishek Nayar | c Vijay b Mithun | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 |
| Ankeet Chavan | c Saha b Mithun | 49 | 89 | 8 | 0 | 55.05 |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | c Vijay b Ojha | 10 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 26.31 |
| Javed Khan | c Mithun b Harbhajan | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 53.33 |
| Vishal Dabholkar | lbw b Ojha | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 7, w 2, nb 13) | 28 | | | | |
| Total | (all out; 114.1 overs) | 409 | | | | |
Fall of wickets: 1–14 (Tare, 3.3 ov), 2–146 (Jaffer, 39.2 ov), 3–161 (Thakur, 44.1 ov), 4–234 (Rahane, 64.5 ov), 5–254 (Sharma, 70.4 ov), 6–257 (Nayar, 73.4 ov), 7–360 (Chavan, 99.4 ov), 8–399 (Kulkarni, 110.4 ov), 9–409 (Khan, 113.5 ov), 10–409 (Dabholkar, 114.1 ov)
Rest of India bowling :
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Sreesanth | 21 | 3 | 80 | 1 | 3.80 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Ishwar Pandey | 24 | 6 | 76 | 2 | 3.16 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Abhimanyu Mithun | 21 | 1 | 73 | 2 | 3.47 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Pragyan Ojha | 26.1 | 1 | 103 | 2 | 3.93 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Harbhajan Singh | 21 | 4 | 64 | 3 | 3.04 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Manoj Tiwary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |

### Innings 3

Rest of India 2nd innings :
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate |
| Shikhar Dhawan | c Nayar b Kulkarni | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Murali Vijay | c Sharma b Thakur | 35 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 57.37 |
| Sreesanth | run out (Sharma) | 18 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 32.14 |
| Manoj Tiwary | c Jaffer b Dabholkar | 69 | 166 | 5 | 3 | 41.56 |
| Ambati Rayudu | not out | 156 | 289 | 12 | 4 | 53.97 |
| Suresh Raina | c Rahane b Dabholkar | 71 | 106 | 8 | 3 | 66.98 |
| Wriddhiman Saha | not out | 20 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 46.51 |
| Harbhajan Singh | | | | | | |
| Abhimanyu Mithun | | | | | | |
| Pragyan Ojha | | | | | | |
| Ishwar Pandey | | | | | | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 2, w 8, nb 7) | 20 | | | | |
| Total | (5 wickets dec; 120 overs) | 389 | | | | |
Fall of wickets: 1–0 (Dhawan, 0.6 ov), 2–55 (Sreesanth, 17.6 ov), 3–67 (Vijay, 23.1 ov), 4–207 (Tiwary, 72.2 ov), 5–352 (Raina, 106.5 ov)
Mumbai bowling :
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | 17 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 2.05 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Abhishek Nayar | 9 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 3.11 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Javed Khan | 14 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 2.35 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Shardul Thakur | 12 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 3.66 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Ankeet Chavan | 38 | 4 | 126 | 0 | 3.31 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Vishal Dabholkar | 25 | 1 | 97 | 2 | 3.88 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Rohit Sharma | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4.20 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |

### Innings 4

Mumbai 2nd innings :
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate |
| Wasim Jaffer | not out | 101 | 141 | 10 | 0 | 71.63 |
| Aditya Tare | c Dhawan b Harbhajan Singh | 11 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 26.82 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | c Vijay b Harbhajan Singh | 25 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 53.19 |
| Rohit Sharma | c Mithun b Ojha | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 |
| Abhishek Nayar | c Saha b Raina | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 4.65 |
| Ankeet Chavan | not out | 12 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 25.53 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2, nb 2) | 8 | | | | |
| Total | (4 wickets; 54 overs) | 160 | | | | |
Fall of Wickets:1-36 (Tare, 13.3 ov), 2-89 (Rahane, 27.3 ov), 3-104 (Sharma, 30.3 ov), 4-123 (Nayar 41.5 ov)
Rest of India bowling :
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Sreesanth | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1.16 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Ishwar Pandey | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2.66 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Pragyan Ojha | 12 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 3.75 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Harbhajan Singh | 16 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 2.37 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Abhimanyu Mithun | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Suresh Raina | 7 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2.00 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Manoj Tiwary | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Ambati Rayudu | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Murali Vijay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
Result: Match Drawn; Rest of India won on 1st innings