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'''R. K. Mody's XI''' were an Indian [[first-class cricket]] team, sponsored by the Indian business firm R.K. Mody and Company Limited, that competed in the [[Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament]] from 1968-69 to 1971-72, playing four matches. They won the tournament in 1969-70.<br />
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==Matches==<br />
Their first match, against Hyderabad Blues in 1968-69, was abandoned without a ball bowled owing to rain. On the basis of a coin-toss, Hyderabad Blues progressed to the semi-finals.<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1970, p. 965.</ref><br />
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In the 1969-70 semi-final R. K. Mody's XI made 354, [[Sudhir Naik]] scoring 101, and dismissed [[Vazir Sultan Tobacco cricket teams|Vazir Sultan Tobacco Colts XI]] for 125 and 135, [[Anand Shukla]] taking 8 for 50 and 3 for 61. In the final, Hyderabad Cricket Association XI made 275 and 206, and R. K. Mody's XI responded with 208 and 274 for five to win by five wickets. Shukla took six wickets and made 64 not out and 21 not out.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Moin-ud-Dowlah_Gold_Cup_Tournament_1969-70.html| title = Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament 1969-70| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 26 January 2015}}</ref><br />
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In the 1970-71 semi-final R. K. Mody's XI made 146 and 223 ([[Robin Mukherjee]] 123) to lose to [[State Bank of India cricket team|State Bank of India]], 385, by an innings.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/31/31256.html| title = R. K. Mody's XI v State Bank of India 1970-71| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 26 January 2015}}</ref><br />
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In 1971-72, in a rain-affected quarter-final, R. K. Mody's XI were dismissed for 77, and had their opponents, Vazir Sultan Tobacco XI, 72 for 9 in search of the first-innings lead that would have decided the match, but a tenth-wicket partnership of eight was enough to take Vazir Sultan Tobacco XI into the semi-finals. Anand Shukla had figures of 10–6–9–5.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/32/32042.html| title = R. K. Mody's XI v Vazir Sultan Tobacco XI 1971-72| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 26 January 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Leading players==<br />
Anand Shukla played in all four matches and took 22 wickets at an average of 17.09.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41000/f_Bowling_by_Team.html| title = Bowling for each team by Anand Shukla| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 26 January 2015}}</ref> Robin Mukherjee was the highest scorer, with 294 runs in three matches at 58.80.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39970/f_Batting_by_Team.html| title = Batting for each team by Robin Mukherjee| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 26 January 2015}}</ref> The captain in the first three matches was [[Prakash Bhandari]], and in the last match, [[Ramesh Saxena]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/962/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by R. K. Mody's XI] at CricketArchive]<br />
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[[Category:Former senior cricket clubs of India]]<br />
[[Category:Cricket clubs established in 1968]]<br />
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