Deodhar Trophy, 2000/01, 1st Semi-Final
North Zone v South Zone
Green Park, Kanpur
17 December 2000 (50-over match)

Result: South Zone won by 3 wickets
Series: South Zone advances to the Final

Toss: North Zone
Umpires: SK Sharma and SB Nandy
Match Referee: Rathik Mitra

North Zone innings (50 overs maximum)                           R   M   B  4 6
V Dahiya                                 b Balaji Rao          79 160 105  5 0
*V Rathour            c Raju             b Ganesh              20  38  28  2 0
Yuvraj Singh                             b Ganesh               0   1   1  0 0
+P Dharmani                              b Raju                26  56  43  2 0
V Sehwag                                 b Singh                2   8   8  0 0
D Mongia                             c & b Balaji Rao          23  35  37  1 0
RS Sodhi              not out                                  37  56  39  1 1
Harbhajan Singh       c Ganesh           b Vijay Bharadwaj      2   4   6  0 0
RL Sanghvi            lbw                b Balaji Rao           2   4   6  0 0
Gagandeep Singh       st Reddy           b Balaji Rao           7  19  18  0 0
A Nehra               run out (Kumaran)                        13   9  12  1 1
Extras                (lb 7, w 4, nb 3)                        14
Total                 (all out, 50 overs, 204 mins)           225

FoW: 1-39 (Rathour, 8.1 ov), 2-39 (Yuvraj Singh, 8.2 ov),
     3-105 (Dharmani, 21.6 ov), 4-116 (Sehwag, 24.6 ov),
     5-154 (Mongia, 34.6 ov), 6-170 (Dahiya, 38.2 ov),
     7-175 (Harbhajan Singh, 39.4 ov), 8-181 (Sanghvi, 40.6 ov),
     9-207 (Gagandeep Singh, 46.6 ov), 10-225 (Nehra, 49.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ganesh                       9      0     52      2 (1nb, 1w)
Kumaran                      6      0     28      0 (1nb, 1w)
Singh                       10      0     42      1 (1nb, 1w)
Vijay Bharadwaj              7      0     24      1
Raju                         9      0     28      1
Balaji Rao                   9      0     44      4

South Zone innings (target: 226 runs from 50 overs)             R   M   B  4 6
J Arunkumar           c Dharmani         b Nehra               14  39  33  2 0
AS Pathak             lbw                b Gagandeep Singh     14  43  24  1 0
VVS Laxman                               b Sehwag              76 118  89  7 0
R Vijay Bharadwaj     c Dharmani         b Sanghvi             45 111  74  2 0
V Pratap              c Harbhajan Singh  b Sehwag              10  29  22  1 0
*RR Singh             not out                                  28  49  40  2 0
D Ganesh              lbw                b Sehwag               0   2   5  0 0
+LNP Reddy            run out (Rathour)                         0   4   1  0 0
T Kumaran             not out                                  11  11  12  1 0
Extras                (b 5, lb 12, w 3, nb 9)                  29
Total                 (7 wickets, 48.3 overs, 210 mins)       227

DNB: SLV Raju, WD Balaji Rao.

FoW: 1-33 (Arunkumar, 8.4 ov), 2-34 (Pathak, 9.1 ov),
     3-168 (Vijay Bharadwaj, 34.6 ov), 4-168 (Laxman, 35.1 ov),
     5-196 (Pratap, 43.1 ov), 6-198 (Ganesh, 43.6 ov),
     7-205 (Reddy, 45.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Nehra                        7      0     40      1 (8nb, 1w)
Gagandeep Singh              8.3    1     29      1 (1nb)
Sodhi                        5      0     23      0
Sanghvi                      6      0     32      1
Harbhajan Singh             10      0     47      0 (2w)
Mongia                       4      0     20      0
Sehwag                       8      1     19      3

• North Zone 50 in 52m, 10.2 overs
• North Zone 100 in 94m, 20.3 overs
• North Zone 150 in 140m, 34 overs
• North Zone 200 in 192m, 46.2 overs
• Dahiya 50 in 98m, 63b, 4x4
• 3rd wicket Dahiya/Dharmani 50 runs in 45m, 61 balls
• Dahiya catch dropped by reddy and that time dahiya score 28
• South Zone 50 in 64m, 12.5 overs
• South Zone 100 in 108m, 22.5 overs
• South Zone 150 in 141m, 32.1 overs
• South Zone 200 in 193m, 44.1 overs
• Laxman 50 in 77m, 57b, 5x4
• 3rd wicket partnership 50 runs in 51m, 66 balls
• 3rd wicket partnership 100 rusn 88m, 129 balls

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Ground Page: Green Park, Kanpur

North Zone Player Pages: V Dahiya, V Rathour, Yuvraj Singh, P Dharmani, V Sehwag, D Mongia, RS Sodhi, Harbhajan Singh, RL Sanghvi, Gagandeep Singh, A Nehra.

South Zone Player Pages: J Arunkumar, AS Pathak, VVS Laxman, R Vijay Bharadwaj, V Pratap, RR Singh, D Ganesh, LNP Reddy, T Kumaran, SLV Raju, WD Balaji Rao.