Dravid to play in Buchi Babu

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More... Dravid to play in Buchi Babu Mon 01 Sep, 08:45 AM Rahul Dravid will play for Karnataka in the Buchi Babu All-India invitation tournament to be held in Chennai from September 2 to 19. The tournament, Tamil Nadu Cricket Association's curtain-raiser to 2008-09, will enter its 99th year this season. It is likely the Buchi Babu tournament, which consists of three-day games, will see more national players this year since the postponement of the Champions Trophy has left a gap in the international calendar. Also, the Indian board wanted its top players to play in key domestic tournaments and participate in a preparatory camp ahead of the four-Test series against Australia starting in Bangalore on October 9. C Raghu, the offspinning allrounder, who scored 359 and picked up nine wickets from seven Ranji matches last season, will lead the Karnataka side in the tournament that will also include an Andhra Cricket Association side captained by Gnaneswara Rao. Karnataka squad Rahul Dravid, KB Pawan (wk), CB Karthik, V Cheluvaraj, Deepak Chougule, Amit Verma, Sunil Raju, Udit Patel, Ryan Ninan, NC Aiyappa, KP Appanna, S Aravind, Raju Bhatkal, Devraj Patil, Akshay. Andhra Cricket Association naneswara Rao, AG Pradeep, Prasad Reddy, V Manoj Sai, DR Chowdary, Dasi Prabhu Kiran, ASK Varma, Bodapati Sumanth, Sameer Ali Khan, M Dinesh Kumar, P Vijay Kumar, D Kalyankrishna, GV Sharath Babu, YL Kishore, M Suresh, K Ravi Shankar.

[Rajiv]

Never heard of this tourney, is this something new

[Holysmoke]

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/16/stories/2007081660871800.htm here is an article from last year... Buchi Babu from today Thursday, Aug 16, 2007 Special Correspondent Chennai: The Buchi Babu all-India invitation cricket tournament will be held here from August 16 to September 3. The tournament, conducted by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA), will feature prominent State sides like Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab, Hyderabad, Baroda and Rajasthan. An Australian Academy team from the Centre of Excellence will also be taking part. Speaking at a press conference at the V.A. Parthasarathy Hall in the TNCA Club on Tuesday night, the TNCA secretary, K.S. Viswanathan, said, since the State sides had shown an overwhelming interest in this pre-Ranji Trophy season tournament, a decision was taken not to invite the corporate sides. “In fact, we had to say no to a number of State sides since their entries came in late. It has been raining in the other parts of the country and this a good time to play cricket here. All the sides are guaranteed three matches in the league phase, providing ample opportunities for the cricketers,” Mr. Vishwanathan said. Sixteen teams have been divided into four Zones of four sides each. The teams topping the group will enter the semifinals, to be held on August 28, 29, and 30. The final will be staged at the M.A. Chidambaram (MAC) Stadium on September 1, 2 and 3. The league matches too will be played over three days. Apart from MAC, matches will be on at ICL-Guru Nanak, SRMC, CPT-IP, IIT-Chemplast, Mayajaal, Vivekananda and the Southern Railway grounds. The host will field two sides — TNCA XI and Combined Districts. K. Shri Vasudeva Das will skipper the first side, with off-spining all-rounder R. Ashwin, his deputy. Much focus will be on openers M. Vijay and Abhinav Mukund. Vasanth Saravanan will turn out for the Districts, indicating his availability for the State side this season. Serious contender Mumbai could post a serious challenge to the TNCA team, the holder. The side includes Vinayak Mane, Vinit Indulkar, Abhishek Nair, Iqbal Abdullah and Avishkar Salvi. The Australian Academy side, as its coach Brian McFadyen pointed out, was taking part chiefly to adapt to the heat and the humidity in these parts and gain experience on the sub-continental pitches. In Philip Hughes, the side has an exciting left-handed top-order batsman and wicket-keeper. Pace bowler Brendon Drew was among the 30 probables for the Twenty20 World Cup. The tournament will enter its 100th year in 2009, according to the TNCA Joint Secretary, G. Natarajan.

[Dravid]

so its 3 day matches? am guessing 1 innings each...:hmmmm2:

[Chandan]

Never heard of this tourney' date=' is this something new[/quote'] No, it isn't new. In fact it is one of the oldest tournaments. Earlier it was known as The Moin-ud-Dowla tournament too. Here is a brief history, if you are interested.

so its 3 day matches? am guessing 1 innings each...:hmmmm2:

This year it is just a two day match with each team getting to bat for 90 overs a day. Here is the format explained. Chennai: The Buchi Babu Naidu Memorial cricket tournament will start here on Tuesday with an all-new format of 90-overs-a-side two-day matches. TNCA secretary KS Viswanathan, said the format for this year’s tournament has been shifted from three-day matches during round robin league stage to 90 overs per innings of two-days duration. So it doesn't have a FC status and if State associations hadn't shown a will to to play, it could have been inter-club tournament. This year's Buchi Babu tournament: Buchi Babu tournament from today Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 Chennai: The Buchi Babu all-India invitation cricket tournament conducted by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association commences on Tuesday. Fourteen state teams and two local teams — Combined Districts and TNCA XI — will participate in the tournament. The teams have been divided into four zones, with Mumbai, Karnataka, Tripura and Kerala in the ‘A’ zone, Combined Districts, Andhra, Madhya Pradesh and Saurashtra in the ‘B’ zone, Baroda, Hyderabad, Rajasthan and Assam in the ‘C’ zone, and TNCA XI, Himachal Pradesh, Vidarbha and Gujarat in the ‘D’ zone. The first, second and third round matches will take place on September 2 & 3, September 5 & 6, and September 8 & 9 respectively. The top two teams from each zone will qualify for the quarterfinals. The matches until the semifinals will be two-day affairs. The final will be played over three days. The matches will be played on turf wickets at the MAC Stadium, ICL-Gurunanak, SRMC-Turf, CPT-India Pistons, RKM Vivekananda, Pachaiyappas-MRF, Murugappa-TI Cycles and V.B. Nest. The prize money for the winner and the runner-up will be Rs. 1 lakh and Rs. 50,000 respectively. Losing semifinalists will each receive Rs. 25,000. Visiting teams will be given appearance money of Rs. 7,500. The TNCA XI — which will take on Himachal Pradesh in the first round — announced on Monday that Maruthi Raghav will replace Abhinav Mukund, who was declared unfit.

[Chandan]

Looks like Dravid either did not play or failed in yesterday's Buchi Babu as his name not anywhere in Karnataka's prolific scorers name: Buchi Babu , Report of Day one :Gujarat, Kerala cruise home Sports Reporter CHENNAI: Gujarat defeated Vidarbha by six wickets in the first round of the Buchi Babu all-India cricket tournament at Pachaiyappa’s ‘A’ here on Tuesday. Left-arm spinner Sahil Patel took four for 13 as Gujarat restricted Vidarbha to 129 and knocked off the runs in 41.3 overs. Kerala registered a seven-wicket win over Tripura at Murugappa after dismissing the latter for 136. C.V.A. Jagadeesh and Rohan Prem were involved in an unbeaten 103-run partnership for the fourth wicket to take Kerala home in 36.5 overs. Suresh scalps eight At ICL-Gurunanak, Andhra leg-spinner M. Suresh finished with outstanding figures of eight for 40 as Combined Districts was bowled out for 175. In reply, Andhra was at 59 for one. R. Ashwin picked up five wickets as TNCA XI dismissed Himachal Pradesh for 177 at MAC. Paras Dogra and Vinit Indulkar were involved in an 80-run stand for the fourth wicket before Ashwin broke the partnership. After that, wickets fell in a heap with Ashwin’s last four coming in a span of 28 deliveries without conceding a run. TNCA was 36 for two at close. Teja on song D.B. Ravi Teja’s 151 helped Hyderabad reach 313 against Baroda at SRMC-turf. Teja’s 188-ball knock comprised three sixes and 18 fours. Medium-pacer Salil Yousuf Veragi took five for 55 for Baroda. Ankit Chauhan came up with a five-wicket haul for Mumbai against Karnataka which made 228 at CPT-IP, while Robin Bisht scored a century as Rajasthan compiled 377 for six against Assam at VB Nest. At RKM-Viveka, Pratik Satish Mehta (95), Rahul Rajendra Dave (88) and Jaydev Niranjan Shah (54) took Madhya Pradesh to 341 for eight against Saurashtra. The scores: Vidarbha 129 in 41.4 overs (Faiz Fazal 59, Sahil Patel four for 13) lost to Gujarat 130 for four in 41.3 overs (Digant Popat 47 n.o.). Madhya Pradesh 341 for eight in 90 overs (Jaydev Niranjan Shah 54, Sheldon Philip Jackson 49, Pratik Satish Mehta 95, Rahul Rajendra Dave 88, Sunil Dholpure four for 78) vs Saurashtra. Combined Districts 175 in 64.5 overs (V. Subramania Siva 45, S. Suresh Kumar 47, M. Suresh eight for 40) vs Andhra 59 for one in 25 overs (V. Gnaneswara Rao 40 batting). Hyderabad 313 in 88.5 overs (D.B. Ravi Teja 151, Bharat Kumar Verma 49, Salil Yousuf Veragi five for 55) vs Baroda. Karnataka 228 in 75.5 overs (C. Raghu 74, Deepak Chougule 50, Ankit Chauhan five for 68) vs Mumbai 46 for two in 12 overs. Rajasthan 377 for six in 90 overs (Subhanshu Vijay 86, Nikhil Doru 54, Y. Venugopala Rao 69, Robin Bisht 101, Rohit Jalani 45 n.o.) vs Assam. Tripura 136 in 55.4 overs lost to Kerala 140 for three in 36.5 overs (C.V.A. Jagadeesh 55 n.o., Rohan Prem 47 n.o.). Himachal Pradesh 177 in 73.5 overs (Paras Dogra 62, Vinit Indulkar 45, R. Ashwin five for 42) v TNCA XI 36 for two in 14 overs. :((:((

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No mention of Dravid even on the second day of Buchi Babu Round I Karnataka 228 lost to Mumbai 229 for four in 44.5 overs (Hiken Shah 139 n.o.). More... Gajendra Singh’s hat-trick helps Rajasthan to a big win CHENNAI: Gajendra Singh’s hat-trick took Rajasthan to a 275-run win over Assam on the second and final day of the Buchi Babu tournament first round match at the VB Nest here on Wednesday. At RKM-Viveka, Ravindra Jadeja’s five-wicket haul enabled Saurashtra defeat Madhya Pradesh by 185 runs after the former made 341 for eight in its first innings. M. Vijay scored a 134-ball 121 to guide TNCA XI past HPCA’s score of 177 at MAC. Vijay, who struck four sixes and 13 fours, was involved in a 131-run stand for the third wicket with N. Einstein (39 not out) as TNCA raced to the target in 42 overs. Mumbai registered a six-wicket win over Karnataka at Murugappa. Hiken Shah made an unbeaten 139 . At SRMC-Turf, Baroda managed just 246 chasing Hyderabad’s 313 with Shoaib returning figures of five for 25. Satyajit Parab’s century went in vain for Baroda. The scores: HPCA XI 177 lost to TNCA XI 179 for three in 42 overs (M. Vijay 121, N. Einstein 39 n.o.). Karnataka 228 lost to Mumbai 229 for four in 44.5 overs (Hiken Shah 139 n.o.). Combined Districts 175 lost to Andhra 177 for six in 61.5 overs (Gnaneswara Rao 73). Saurashtra 341 for eight in 90 overs (Jaydev Niranjan Shah 54, Sheldon Philip Jackson 49, Pratik Satish Mehta 95, Rahul Rajendra Dave 88, Sunil Dholpure four for 78) bt Madhya Pradesh 156 in 64.3 overs (Ravider Jadeja five for 40, Rakesh Vinu Dhruv four for 37). Rajasthan 377 for six bt Assam 102 in 29.1 overs (Deepak Sharma 43 n.o., Gajendra Singh four for 34, including a hat-trick). Hyderabad 313 bt Baroda 246 in 78.1 overs (Ketan Panchal 43, Satyajit Parab 128, Swapnil Singh 49 n.o., Shoaib five for 25)

[SachDan]

Did he play?

[zubinpepsi]

When I read the title, I thought Dravid is acting in some kanndiga movie...

[Chandan]

Karnataka 79/3 against Tripura in Buchi Babu cricket Bombay News.Net Monday 8th September, 2008 (IANS) Karnataka were 79 for three after polishing off Tripura for 168 in the third round matches in the All-India Buchi Babu Memorial cricket tournament here Monday. There was considerable attention on former India captain Rahul Dravid, playing for Karnataka XI but he was dismissed for just two runs off 12 deliveries. Karnataka's N.Ryan had figures of 6 for 51. Centuries by Sunny Patel (130) and Maitrik Shah (121 not out) helped Gujarat put up 237 against Tamil Nadu. Brief Scores: Tripura 168 all out in 72.3 overs (Amit Das 31, Rajib Saha 37, Rajesh Banick 31, Gobesh Bowmik 30, N.Ryan 6/51) vs Karnataka 79 for 3 in 27 overs. Combined districts 171 all out in 79.1 overs (K.B.Arun Karthik 38, C.Suresh Kumar 61, Ravindra jadeja 4/40, Rakesh Dhruve 2/34) vs Saurashtra 19 for 3 in 16 overs (Rajnikanth 2/6); Gujarat 237 all out in 84.4 overs (Sunny Patel 130, C. Ganapathy 4/27, R. Aswin 3/70) vs Tamil Nadu one without loss in 0.3 overs. Baroda 351 for 9 in 90 overs (Satyajit Parab 42, Anupam Gupta 36, Ketan Panchal 62, Maitrik Shah not out 121, Krishna Das 6/79) vs Assam Hyderabad 307 all out in 84.3 overs (Rushi Raj 86, Ravi Teja 32, Anoop Pai 80, Sumit Mathur 3/50, Mohan Singh 2/87, Shilender Gehlot 2/33, Gajendra Singh 2/88) vs Rajasthan two for no loss in 1.4 overs. Kerala 187 all out 82.2 overs (Sambasiva Sharma 30, V.A.Jagadeesh 38, P.prasanth 35, Usman Malvi 3/36, Vikrant Yelligatti 3/46) vs Mumbai XI. Himachal Pradesh vs Vidarbha - First day's play abandoned due to wet conditions.

[Mr. Wicket]

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article&sectid=59&contentid=2008090620080907013848602f061efb7&pageno=1 Cool - another young Mumbai talent to watch!

[Mr. Wicket]

From Sept 12 (source Mumbai Mirror)

Chennai: Riding on Wasim Jaffer’s century and Rohit Sharma’s gutsy show, Mumbai took the control of their quarterfinal match in the All India Buchi Babu Memorial Cricket tournament against Saurashtra, making 333 all out in 89.1 overs yesterday. Opting to bat first, Jaffer hammered Saurashtra bowlers to score 148 (217 b, 17 fours and a six). In the second wicket, he paired up with Rohit Sharma (90-127 b, 3 sixes and 9 fours) to build up 153-runs partnership off 282 balls. Later, Ankit Chavan (59-73 b, 3 four and 2 sixes) joined Jaffer to make 94 runs-partnership (114 balls) for the seventh wicket. JA Odedra and KR Makwana of Saurashtra shared six wickets. Brief Scores: Mumbai: 333 all out in 89.1 overs (Jaffer 148, Sharma 90, Chavan 59) vs Saurashtra; Tamil Nadu: 364 for 7 in 90 overs (Maruthi Raghav 102, Napoleon Eistein 97) vs Baroda; Gujarat: 331 all out in 89.1 overs (Jesal Karia 45, Dignat Popat 79) vs Hyderabad; Tamil Nadu Combined Districts: 240 all out in 88.1 overs (SSureshkumar 32, VSubramania Siva 62) vs Karnataka 22 for two

[Cricketics]

damn, this harmeet guy looks very young, looks like he might be just 14-15. hope we get to see him in Ranji this year. Salil/Chandan, any idea when the squads will be announced of the Ranji teams???

[Mr. Wicket]

No idea, but I can give you a good idea of the Mumbai one ;)

[Mr. Wicket]

tics; the article does say that Harmeet's a U15 player. Great to see guys like Dravid, Jaffer and Venu Rao going back to basics for this historic old tournament that's been almost forgotten by so many.

[Cricketics]

Go ahead, give the team. not much different from last year i reckon, with offcourse some new players in it p.s - yaa just saw you posting about that u15 thing. he looked 15 or less only. good thing that he is getting to play in such tournaments

[Chandan]

damn, this harmeet guy looks very young, looks like he might be just 14-15. hope we get to see him in Ranji this year. Salil/Chandan, any idea when the squads will be announced of the Ranji teams???

I think they will be announced just before or after Irani Trophy. I'm very disappointed at Dravid's failure in a tournament like Buchi Babu. Wonder how and why the news was not quoted in the sports page of the main news-papers. Had Sachin failed in this tournament, it'd have created great hue and cry to drop him. Thankfully Dravid is spared. For some reason he did not play in the semifinal, But I hope he impresses us in Irani trophy match.

tics; the article does say that Harmeet's a U15 player. Great to see guys like Dravid, Jaffer and Venu Rao going back to basics for this historic old tournament that's been almost forgotten by so many.

Even Rohit Sharma appeared for Mumbai and hammered 90 runs in quick times. Pujara is also doing well after inexplicably not given chance in the A team.

[Mr. Wicket]

Yup, and great that he's getting such exposure. As for Mumbai - I'm guessing Amol will be skip again this year. Openers are likely to be Jaffer and Rahane as first choice with Kukreja as backup/possibly #3 and Sushant Marathe as another possible Middle order's looking strong - Amol obviously, Rohit Sharma, Hiken Shah, Prashant Naik - possibly Vinit Indulkar somewhere on the back of the fringe. Nayar and Agarkar will be the lead all rounders Powar will lead the spin attack - Iqbal Abdulla will be the 2nd spinner in the first XI. Not sure about the backup 3rd spinner Lots of questions over the pace attack - Dhawal Kulkarni's a definite, but the rest of the spots are really toss-ups between Salvi, Hazare, Murtaza Hussain and Mundeep Mungela if they go for youth. Keeping spot should be interesting - Samant didn't do great w/ the bat last year and is getting on in years - I wouldn't be surprised if Omkar Gurav is the first pick keeper (or if they go w/ Samant for a few games and then push for Gurav if he doesn't make runs)

[Cricketics]

thats a good squad salil and perhapz this might be somewhat similar to wat the official squad would be of Mumbai once it is announced. perhapz, the inclusion of Rohit Sharma in Indian test squad on regular basis would be hurting big time to Mumbai, with seniors still around in the team, he won't be getting any chance to play for India in test soon definately and would be just sitting there in Indian test squad. it would be ideal if bcci let him play some games in Ranji for his state rather then including him in the national side squad where it's hard for him to find a place in playing 11

[Mr. Wicket]

Eh, Rohit shouldn't be NEAR the test squad. I love the guy - I'm one of his biggest fans and have been backing him since he was about 17/18... but I think he needs a lot more domestic cricket before he's ready for tests. Right now Kaif and Badri should be ahead of him in the test pecking order.