Deodhar Trophy, 2000/01, Final
Central Zone v South Zone
K.D Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow
21 December 2000 (50-over match)

Result: Match tied
Series: 2000/01 Deodhar Trophy shared

Toss: South Zone
Umpires: MS Mahal and DD Sharma
Match Referee: GJS Raju

Central Zone innings (50 overs maximum)                         R   M   B  4 6
Jai P Yadav           lbw                b Ganesh              10  32  25  1 0
RJ Kanwat             c Reddy            b Kumaran             13  59  28  0 0
*AR Khurasiya                        c & b Vijay Bharadwaj     86 104  74  7 1
GK Khoda              st Reddy           b Raju                34  61  46  2 0
M Kaif                c Laxman           b Kumaran             41  70  53  1 0
Raja Ali              c Reddy            b Singh               41  38  43  2 0
D Bundela             not out                                  27  34  24  2 0
+AS Srivastava        run out (sub [Y Venugopal Rao])          12  12  11  1 0
M Kartik                             c & b Ganesh               0   1   1  0 0
Zakir Hussain         not out                                   0   1   0  0 0
Extras                (b 7, lb 9, w 14, nb 4)                  34
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs, 214 mins)         298

DNB: SJ Srivastava.

FoW: 1-23 (Yadav, 6.5 ov), 2-57 (Kanwat, 11.3 ov),
     3-149 (Khoda, 26.3 ov), 4-177 (Khurasiya, 30.2 ov),
     5-246 (Raja Ali, 41.6 ov), 6-268 (Kaif, 46.1 ov),
     7-293 (AS Srivastava, 49.3 ov), 8-296 (Kartik, 49.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ganesh                      10      0     53      2 (1nb, 7w)
Kumaran                      9      0     42      2 (1nb)
Vijay Bharadwaj              6      0     42      1 (1w)
Singh                        8      0     47      1 (1nb)
Raju                         9      0     52      1 (4w)
Balaji Rao                   8      0     46      0 (1nb, 2w)

South Zone innings (target: 299 runs from 50 overs)             R   M   B  4 6
J Arunkumar           c Kanwat           b Zakir Hussain       21  26  26  3 0
AS Pathak             run out (Bundela)                        47  80  40  7 0
D Ganesh                                 b SJ Srivastava        0   4   4  0 0
VVS Laxman            c Khurasiya        b Kartik              91 155 103  6 0
S Sharath                            c & b Kartik              31  44  42  1 0
R Vijay Bharadwaj     run out (Bundela)                         6  12  10  0 0
*RR Singh             st AS Srivastava   b Kaif                15  23  21  0 0
+LNP Reddy            run out (SJ Srivastava)                  30  30  29  4 0
T Kumaran             run out (Kaif)                            0   2   2  0 0
WD Balaji Rao         not out                                  31  32  20  4 0
SLV Raju              run out (Kaif)                           10  28   6  0 1
Extras                (b 1, lb 7, w 5, nb 3)                   16
Total                 (all out, 50 overs)                     298

FoW: 1-51 (Arunkumar, 6.6 ov), 2-52 (Ganesh, 7.6 ov),
     3-98 (Pathak, 15.4 ov), 4-157 (Sharath, 27.3 ov),
     5-175 (Vijay Bharadwaj, 31.3 ov), 6-198 (Singh, 37.1 ov),
     7-254 (Laxman, 44.5 ov), 8-255 (Kumaran, 45.2 ov),
     9-258 (Reddy, 45.6 ov), 10-298 (Raju, 49.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Zakir Hussain                7      0     44      1 (2w)
SJ Srivastava               10      0     61      1
Kartik                      10      0     58      2 (3nb)
Yadav                        8      0     58      0 (1w)
Kanwat                      10      0     38      0 (2w)
Kaif                         5      0     31      1

• Central Zone 50 in 50m, 10 overs
• Khurasiya catch dropped by Vijay Bharadwaj at that time Khurasiya 1 run and team score 29/1
• Central Zone 100 in 91m, 17.4 overs
• Central Zone 150 in 125m, 26.5 overs
• Central Zone 200 in 153m, 34.3 overs
• Central Zone 250 in 184m, 43 overs
• AR Khursiya 50 in 66m, 43 balls 4x4, 1x6
• Central Zone innings: 1x7 ball over (20th over - Raju's 3rd over)
• 3rd Wicket Partnership khoda/Khursiya 50 runs 34m, 50 balls
• 5th Wicket Partnership kaif/ali 50 runs in 26m, 48 balls
• 5th Wicket Partnership kaif/ali 5th 69 runs 38m, 70 balls
• South Zone 50 in 33m, 6.4 overs
• South Zone 100 in 83m, 16.1 overs
• South Zone 150 in 120m, 26 overs
• South Zone 200 in 168m, 37.3 overs
• South Zone 250 in 195m, 44.2 overs
• Laxman 50 in 91m, 62b 4x4
• 1st Wicket partnership Arunkumar/Pathak 50 runs 33m 28balls
• 4rth Wicket Partnership Laxman/Sharath 50 runs in 36m, 60 balls
• 4rth Wicket Partnership Laxman/Sharath 59 runs 44m, 72 balls
• 7th Wicket Partnership Laxman/Reddy 50 runs 28m, 43 balls
• 7th Wicket Partnership Laxman/Reddy 56 runs 30m, 46 balls

Domestic Season Index

Ground Page: K.D Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow

Central Zone Player Pages: Jai P Yadav, RJ Kanwat, AR Khurasiya, GK Khoda, M Kaif, Raja Ali, D Bundela, AS Srivastava, M Kartik, Zakir Hussain, SJ Srivastava.

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