2015–16 Irani Cup

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 will captain the Rest of India team.[2] The match was held at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.

2015–16 Irani Cup
Mumbai Rest of India
603 & 182 306 & 482/6
ROI Champions
Date6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) – 10 March 2016 (2016-03-10)
VenueBrabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Player of the matchKarun Nair(ROI)
2015–16 Indian domestic cricket season

Squads
Mumbai[3] Rest of India[2]
Playing XI
Akhil HerwadkarFaiz Fazal
Jay BistaSrikar Bharat (†)
Shreyas IyerSudip Chatterjee
Suryakumar YadavKarun Nair
Aditya Tare (*, †)Sheldon Jackson
Abhishek NayarNaman Ojha (*, †)
Siddhesh LadStuart Binny
Iqbal AbdullaJayant Yadav
Dhawal KulkarniJaydev Unadkat
Shardul ThakurKrishna Das
Balwinder SandhuAnkit Rajpoot
Reserve Bench
Sufiyan Shaikh (†)Barinder Sran
Bhavin ThakkarAkshay Wakhare
Badre AlamShahbaz Nadeem
Vishal DabholkarIan Dev Singh
Nikhil PatilNathu Singh

Match
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.[4]
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References
  1. Series home Espncricinfo
  2. "Naman Ojha to lead Rest of India in Irani Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. "Mumbai squad for Irani Cup 2015-16". ESPN Cricinfo. www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  4. "Bista's maiden ton studs Mumbai's dominance". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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