[3] With his relentless batting for a total of five sessions (666 minutes) filled with fine strokeplay, Manjrekar made 377, the second highest individual score in the history of the Ranji trophy.

He put on 118 and 268 runs with hard-hitting Sachin Tendulkar (70) and Vinod Kambli (126) for the fourth and fifth wickets, taking the team to 807/6 at the end of day two.

[4] However, 48 penalty runs against Hyderabad meant Bombay's score stood at 855/6, then the second highest innings total in Ranji Trophy history.

Bombay declared at 446/4 after tea, with their opponents making 36 runs without losing a wicket, before proceedings were halted with ten of the stipulated overs in the last hour uncompleted.

[7] In the second semi-final, Bengal's decision to field after winning the toss on a batting wicket at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, backfired after Haryana put on 305 on day one.

[8] Day two saw three of Haryana's batsmen making centuries — Dev (141), Ajay Banerjee (111) and Vijay Yadav (106) — helping their team go past their highest ever innings total of 583.