Former Karnataka and India batsman Sujith Somasunder, who now plays for Kerala, tops the runs aggregate in first class matches in the 2002-03 Indian domestic season, having scored 964 runs, at an impressive average of 60.25 in 10 matches. He is closely followed by Mumbai opening batsman Wasim Jaffer, who has 941 runs, at an average of 55.35, to his name.

Young Delhi left-hander Gautam Gambhir has the highest average of 81.30, having scored 813 runs in eight matches. He is a certainity for the Indian team for the Dhaka triangular series following a consistent showing for the India 'A' team in the West Indies domestic Carib series.

Veteran spinner Narendra Hirwani from Madhya Pradesh tops the bowling charts with 73 wickets in nine matches, at an average of 17.38.

India discard Sunil Joshi is the only other bowler to pick more than 50 wickets -- 52 wickets in 9 matches, with an average of 17.11.

Following is a summary of the leading batsmen and bowlers:

Top run-getters this season - in all first-class matches (as on 1-4-2003)

Batsman	Runs	Mts	Avg
S Somasunder	964	10	60.25
W Jaffer	941	11	55.35
AA Pagnis	900	10	52.94
J Arunkumar	864	10	57.60
S Sriram	862	9	78.36
G Gambhir	813	8	81.30
Yashpal Singh	804	7	73.09
HH Kanitkar	797	7	61.30
Y Venugopal Rao	724	10	45.25
AR Khurasiya	717	9	51.21
VST Naidu	717	9	59.75
MSK Prasad	711	9	50.78
SS Parab	710	8	64.54
DS Manohar	700	9	46.66

Top wicket-takers this season - in all first-class matches (as on 1-4-2003)

Bowler	Wkts	Mts	Avg
ND Hirwani	73	9	17.38
Sunil B Joshi	52	9	17.11
A Bhandari	46	9	21.71
KS Parida	42	10	30.80
RJ Kanwat	41	11	24.00
L Balaji	38	6	13.18
KNA Padmanabhan	38	7	13.63
Sarandeep Singh	37	11	34.89
D Ganesh	36	9	25.66
F Shaikh	35	5	20.40
SV Bahutule	35	10	20.11
Irfan Pathan-jr	34	10	32.85
Amit Mishra	32	6	22.75
PV Gandhe	32	6	20.25
S Santh	32	10	27.87
M Acharya	30	6	24.73