2000–01 Ranji Trophy

The 2000–01 Ranji Trophy was the 67th season of the Ranji Trophy.^[4] Baroda won their first title in 44 years beating Railways by 21 runs in the final. Baroda conceded a first innings lead of 151 runs, but Railways were bowled out in the second innings by Zaheer Khan who took five wickets for 43 runs.^[1]

2000–01 Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	League and knockout
Champions	Baroda[1] (5th title)
Participants	27
Most runs	Yere Goud (Railways) (901)[2]
Most wickets	Dodda Ganesh (Karnataka) (37)[3]
← 1999–00 2001–02 →

Zonal stage

Central Zone

Team[5]	Pld	W	L	D	A	Pts
Rajasthan	4	1	0	3	0	23
Railways	4	1	0	3	0	21
Madhya Pradesh	4	1	0	3	0	19
Uttar Pradesh	4	1	2	1	0	14
Vidarbha	4	0	1	3	0	3

•   Top three teams advanced to the knockout stage.

East Zone Team[6] Pld W L D A Pts Orissa 4 3 0 1 0 29 Assam 4 2 1 1 0 19 Bengal 4 1 1 2 0 18 Bihar 4 0 1 3 0 11 Tripura 4 0 3 1 0 3   Top three teams advanced to the knockout stage. North Zone Team[7] Pld W L D A Pts Punjab 5 5 0 0 0 40 Delhi 5 3 1 1 0 29 Jammu & Kashmir 5 3 2 0 0 24 Haryana 5 0 2 3 0 13 Himachal Pradesh 5 0 3 2 0 8 Services 5 0 3 2 0 6   Top three teams advanced to the knockout stage.

West Zone Team[8] Pld W L D A Pts Mumbai 4 1 0 3 0 21 Maharashtra 4 0 0 4 0 20 Baroda 4 1 0 3 0 19 Gujarat 4 1 1 2 0 14 Saurashtra 4 0 2 2 0 6   Top three teams advanced to the knockout stage. South Zone Team[9] Pld W L D A Pts Tamil Nadu 5 1 0 3 1 26 Hyderabad 5 2 0 3 0 25 Karnataka 5 2 1 2 0 24 Kerala 5 1 1 3 0 21 Andhra 5 1 1 2 1 19 Goa 5 0 4 1 0 3   Top three teams advanced to the knockout stage.

Knockout stage

The draw for the quarter-finals were made after the final zonal-stage match, with the following fixtures announced.^[10][11] The fixtures in the knockout stage of the tournament are played across five days, instead of four days in the zonal stage.^[10]

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

WZ3

Baroda

467 & 355

EZ3

Bengal

247 & 353

WZ3

Baroda

324 & 184

SZ1

Tamil Nadu

186 & 162

SZ1

Tamil Nadu

592 & 518/8d

NZ2

Delhi

365 & 149/1

WZ3

Baroda

568 & 409

EZ1

Orissa

280 & 361/5

CZ3

Madhya Pradesh

490 & 291

SZ2

Hyderabad

382 & 50/2

CZ3

Madhya Pradesh

437 & 233/9d

EZ1

Orissa

479 & 192/3

EZ1

Orissa

501 & 299/4d

NZ3

Jammu & Kashmir

151 & 229

WZ3

Baroda

243 & 373

CZ2

Railways

394 & 201

CZ1

Rajasthan

111 & 306

NZ1

Punjab

429

NZ1

Punjab

383 & 322

WZ1

Mumbai

285 & 213

WZ1

Mumbai[nb 1]

bye

NZ1

Punjab

249 & 356

CZ2

Railways

407 & 199/5

CZ2

Railways

431 & 657/5

WZ2

Maharashtra

308

CZ2

Railways

451 & 418/9d

SZ3

Karnataka

237 & 279/4

EZ2

Assam

321 & 134

SZ3

Karnataka

312 & 144/3

Final

19–23 April 2001 Scorecard

Railways	v	Baroda
243 (64.1 overs) Connor Williams 65 Harvinder Singh 4/59		394 (135 overs) Murali Kartik 79 Valmik Buch 3/86
373 (124 overs) Satyajit Parab 141 T. P. Singh 4/82		201 (64.2 overs) Sudhir Wankhede 58 Zaheer Khan 5/43

Baroda won by 21 runs Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground, Vadodara Umpires: Jasbir Singh, Shavir Tarapore Player of the match: Zaheer Khan (Baroda)

• Baroda won the toss and decided to field

Scorecards and averages

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