The 2015–16 Irani Cup, also called 2015–16 Irani Trophy, was the 54th season of the Irani Cup, a first-class cricket competition in India. It was played as a one-off match from 6 March to 10 March 2016 between the 2015–16 Ranji champions, Mumbai and the Rest of India team.[1] Naman Ojha captained the Rest of India team.[2] The match was held at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.[3]

2015–16 Irani Cup
Mumbai Rest of India
603 & 182 306 & 482/6
Rest of India won by 4 wickets
Date6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) – 10 March 2016 (2016-03-10)
VenueBrabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the matchKarun Nair(ROI)

Squads edit

Mumbai[4] Rest of India[2]
Playing XI
Akhil Herwadkar Faiz Fazal
Jay Bista Srikar Bharat ()
Shreyas Iyer Sudip Chatterjee
Suryakumar Yadav Karun Nair
Aditya Tare (*, ) Sheldon Jackson
Abhishek Nayar Naman Ojha (*, )
Siddhesh Lad Stuart Binny
Iqbal Abdulla Jayant Yadav
Dhawal Kulkarni Jaydev Unadkat
Shardul Thakur Krishna Das
Balwinder Sandhu Ankit Rajpoot
Reserve Bench
Sufiyan Shaikh () Barinder Sran
Bhavin Thakkar Akshay Wakhare
Badre Alam Shahbaz Nadeem
Vishal Dabholkar Ian Dev Singh
Nikhil Patil Nathu Singh

Match edit

6–10 March
Scorecard
v
603 (158.2 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 156 (271)
Jayant Yadav 4/132 (41.2 overs)
306 (99.5 overs)
Karun Nair 94 (192)
Abhishek Nayar 3/35 (19 overs)
182 (51.2 overs)
Siddhesh Lad 60 (109)
Jayant Yadav 4/93 (24 overs)
482/6 (129.4 overs)
Faiz Fazal 127 (280)
Iqbal Abdulla 5/154 (42.4 overs)
Rest of India won by 4 wickets
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Karun Nair
  • Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Jay Bista (Mumbai) scored his maiden first-class century.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Series home Espncricinfo
  2. ^ a b "Naman Ojha to lead Rest of India in Irani Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Rest of India completes record run chase to claim Irani Cup title". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Mumbai squad for Irani Cup 2015-16". ESPNcricinfo. www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Bista's maiden ton studs Mumbai's dominance". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2016.