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1999–2000 Ranji Trophy
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The 1999–2000 Ranji Trophy was the 66th season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier frist-class cricket tournament of India. it took place between October 1999 and April 2000. Mumbai defeated Hyderabad by 297 runs in the final. Hyderabad's V. V. S. Laxman set a new record scoring 1,415 runs and eight hundreds in the season. Kanwaljit Singh's 62 wickets is the second best for a season, after Bishan Bedi's 64 wickets in 1974-75. During the tournament, Rajeev Nayyar made the longest innings in first-class cricket, batting for 1,015 minutes for Himachal Pradesh against Jammu & Kashmir.[3]
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- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ashish Zaidi (Uttar Pradesh) claimed his 200th wicket in first-class matches.[10]
Hyderabad and Uttar Pradesh last met during the 1998 season with the former emerging as victors. Going into the quarter-final, Hyderabad had a win in their last match in the Super League, against Baroda, while Uttar Pradesh had lost to Tamil Nadu. Also, emerging India player Mohammad Kaif was making a return to his home side after having been on the sideline during the triangular series in Sharjah, while it was expected that Hyderabad had former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin returning after India's exit in the series.[11] Azharuddin had scored more than 600 runs at 86 for his team before heading for international duty. However, in his absence, upon winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Hyderabad had VVS Laxman making a century. It was his fourth century of the season, and came in 187 deliveries.[12] He was dropped thrice, and made themost of it, making 128 runs.[13]
Uttar Pradesh's reply to their 291 came strong. Kaif and Jyoti Yadav both scored half-centuries, taking their team to 206/3 at the end of day 2.[14] Off-spinner Kanwaljit Singh's impressive bowling, and hosts' captain Gyanendra Pandey 's addition of 47, meant the latter's team secure a 71-run lead.[15] However, the visitors batted their way into the game with the help of another Laxman century, an unbeaten 177, setting the home side a target of 311. Laxman and opener Nand Kishore put on 180 runs for the second wicket, before the latter was trapped lbw for 93 by Pandey.[16] Requiring 283 to win with ten wickets in hand, the hosts' batting saw a collapse on the final day. Spinners Venkatapathy Raju (6/57) and Singh (3/78) took their team home by a 92-run margin. The only notable partnership came for the second wicket, between brother Kaif and Mohammad Saif.[17][18]
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Scorecards and averages
- Ranji Trophy 1999-00 Archived 6 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine at BCCI
- Statistical highlights of Ranji Trophy 1999-2000 at ESPNcricinfo
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