1999–2000 Ranji Trophy

The 1999–00 Ranji Trophy was the 66th season of the Ranji Trophy. Mumbai defeated Hyderabad by 297 runs in the final. V. V. S. Laxman set new seasonal records of 1415 runs and eight hundreds. 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]

1999-00 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)League and knockout
ChampionsMumbai
Participants27
Most runsV. V. S. Laxman (Hyderabad) (1415)[1]
Most wicketsKanwaljit Singh (Hyderabad) (62)[2]

Final

19–23 April 2000
Scorecard
v
376 (113.2 overs)
Vinod Kambli 108 (158)
Venkatapathy Raju 4/110 (37.2 overs)
195 (64.4 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 76 (139)
Ajit Agarkar 3/26 (14.4 overs)
409 (89.3 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 128 (124)
Venkatapathy Raju 5/123 (28.3 overs)
293 (98.2 overs)
V. V. S. Laxman 111 (192)
Rajesh Pawar 7/103 (34.2 overs)
Mumbai won by 297 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Jasbir Singh, Narendra Menon
  • Hyderabad won the toss and decided to field.

Scorecards and averages

References

  1. "Ranji Trophy, 1999/00 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. "Ranji Trophy, 1999/00 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. "Three cricketers go to prison". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
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