DTVHINDIRanji Trophy: Railways team created history in Ranji Trophy, achieved the biggest target of the tournament so far
Railways created history by registering the largest successful run chase in Ranji Trophy on Monday, 19 February. In their final league game of the season played at the Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium in Agartala, they registered a comfortable five-wicket win against Tripura. Batting first, Tripura collapsed for 149 runs. However, their bowlers performed brilliantly, giving the team a lead of 44 runs. In the second innings, Tripura batted brilliantly and scored 333 runs and set a target of 378 runs for Railways. After this, the Railways batsmen batted brilliantly and surprised Tripura and won. Railways had a very poor start while chasing the target. When Railways started chasing this mountain-like target in the second session of the third day, their top order batsmen once again failed to give a good start. The team had lost three wickets on the score of just 31. However, after this, openers Pratham Singh and Mohammad Saif (106) made a partnership of 175 runs for the fourth wicket, which helped Railways chase the target. Firstly, captain Upendra Yadav (27 not out) remained unbeaten on 169 runs (16 fours, one six) and Railways achieved the difficult target with 5 wickets in 103 overs. By chasing this huge target, Railways broke the record of Saurashtra, who had chased the target of 372 runs against Uttar Pradesh in 2019-20. Meanwhile, despite a historic victory, the Railways ranji trophy Failed to qualify for the 2024 knockouts. They have 24 points in their name after seven matches. Tamil Nadu currently tops the Ranji Trophy Elite Three points table, while Gujarat and Karnataka are right below them. The biggest run chase in the history of Ranji Trophy Run Team opposition team Session 378/5 railway Tripura 2024 372/4 Saurashtra Uttar Pradesh 2019-20 371/4 Assam services 2008-09 360/4 Rajasthan Vidarbha 1989-90 359/4 Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra 2021-22
