Ranji Trophy dossier

POINTS TABLE AFTER 15 MATCHES
Teams	Mts	Pts
Tamil Nadu	5	26
Hyderabad	5	25
Karnataka	5	24
Kerala	5	21
Andhra	5	19
Goa	5	3
Tamil Nadu, Hyderabad and Karnataka qualify to the knockout

* indicates - toss winner

Match No: 15 (Andhra vs Hyderabad)
At Kurnool Outdoor Stadium, Kurnool on 29, 30 November 1, 2 December, 2000. Match Drawn.
Andhra*: 386 (LNP Reddy 37, AS Pathak 64, GN Srinivasa Rao 106, YV Rao 59, IG Srinivas, 45; NP Singh 4-108) & 193-9 9 (GN Srinivas Rao 88, NM Khan 32; JS Yadav 7-700.
Hyderabad: 349 (D Manohar 56, A Nanda Kishore 53, D Vinay Kumar 97; KS Sahabuddin 5-106).
Points: Andhra 5 pts, Hyderabad 3 pts).

Match No: 14 (Kerala vs Tamil Nadu)
At Nehru Stadium, Kochi on 29, 30 November 1, 2 December, 2000. Match Drawn.
Kerala*: 206 (CP Menon 49VB Kamaruddin 42; S Mahesh 3-22, WD Balaji Rao 3-55) & 167-6 (MP Sorab 61, NA Kudua 46; WD Balaji Rao 4-60).
Tamil Nadu: 251 (C Hemanth Kumar 101, JR Madanagopal 84; S Nair 3-47, CP Menon 4-44).
Points: Tamil Nadu 5 pts, Kerala 3 pts).

Match No: 13 (Goa vs Karnataka)
At Dr Rajendra Prasad, Stadium, Margoa on 29, 30 November, 1, 2, December, 2000.
Karnataka won by 9 wickets.
Goa*: 303 (V Kolambkar 46, Tanveer Jabbar 116, PK Amre 33, RP Rane, 44 not out; D Ganesh 6-87, Mansur Ali Khan 3-65) & 136 (Tanveer Jabbar 40A Bhagwat 51; D Ganesh 4-52, Mansur Ali Khan 4-24)
Karnataka: 321 9 (MR Beerala 36, BM Rowland 80, B Akhil 79, D Ganesh 36; SA Khalid 4-108, N Kalekar 4-85) & 119-1 (J Arun Kumar 55, BM Rowland 38).
Points: Karnataka 8 pts, Goa 0 pts.

Match No; 12 (Hyderabad vs Goa)
At NFC Ground, Hyderabad on 22, 23, 24, 25 November, 2000.
Hyderabad won by 153 runs.
Hyderabad*: 315 (A Nandakishore 33, Anirudh Singh 86, JS Yadav 39; A Aware 5-92, RP Rane 3-56) &239 (D Manohar 82, V Pratap 77; SA Khalid 4-51)
Goa: 175 (YC Barde 30, S Medappa 36, RP Rane 31; M Ghouse 3-38, SLV Raju 5-16) & 226 (V Kolambkar 40, Dinesh Rao 54; NP Singh 4-81, M Ghouse 3-43).
Points: Hyderabad 8 pts, Goa 0 pts.

Match No: 11 (Tamil Nadu vs Andhra)
At Guru Nanak College Grounds, Chennai on 22, 23, 24, 25 November, 2000. Match Drawn
Tamil Nadu*: 353-5 decl (S Sriram 119, HK Badani 51, S Badrinath 31, S Mahesh 77, S Reuben Paul 38)
Andhra: 228-9 (LNP Reddy 36, As Pathak 30, YV Rao 59KA Faiz Ahmed 51; WD Balaji Rao 3-54)
Points: Andhra 3 pts, TN 3 pts.

Match No: 10 (Kerala vs Karnataka)
At Nehru Stadium, Kochi on 22, 23, 24, 25 November, 2000.
Kerala won by 10 wickets.
Karnataka*: 236 (J Arun Kumar 69, B Akhil 45, D ganesh 41; T Yohannan 3-61) & 133 (Vijay Bharadwaj 32AR Mahesh 31; S Nair 3-20, Suresh Kumar 3-22)
Kerala: 365 (CP Menon 63, S Oasis 120; SK Vadiaraj 4-88) & 5-0
Points: Kerala 8 pts, Karnataka 0 pts.

Match No: 9 (Hyderabad vs Tamil Nadu)
At Nuclear Fuel Complex Ground, Hyderabad on 15, 16, 17, 18 November, 2000. Match Drawn.
Tamil Nadu: 566 (S Sriram 98, R Bhatia 134, S Sharath 122, RR Singh 33S Mahesh 68; D Manohar 4-72) & 205-5 (S Mahesh 41, S Badrinath 34S Vidyut 82; NP Singh 3-26)
Hyderabad: 380 (D Manohar 66, A Nandakishore 128, Anirudh Singh 90, M Srinivas 36; S Vidyut 4-79, S Sriram 3-51).
Points: TN 5 pts, Hyd 3 pts.

Match No: 8 (Kerala vs Goa)
At Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi on 15, 16, 17 November, 2000. Match Drawn.
Kerala: 370 (MP Sorab 38, S Oasis 47, S Nair 88, KNA Padmanabhan 63; A Aware 3-90, SA Khalid 5-63).
Goa*: 180 (YC Barde 41, S Medappa 34; KNA Padmanabhan 3-49) & 321 (V Kolambkar 32, S Medappa 116, RP Rane 75, B Ramprakash 3-53, KNA Padmanabhan 4-79).
Points: Ker 5 pts, Goa 3 pts.

Match No: 7 (Karnataka vs Andhra)
At Union Gymkhana Ground, Belgaum on 15, 16, 17 November, 2000. Karnataka won by 5 wickets.
Andhra*: 195 (LNP Reddy 31, YV Rao 42, KS Sahabuddin 33: MA Khan 3-48, SK Vadiaraj 3-41) & 206 (LNP Reddy 55, YV Rao 82; D Ganesh 5-69, SK Vadiaraj 3-52)
Karnataka: 139 (ks Sahabuddin 6-63) & 265-5 (J Arun Kumar 82, S Somasunder 36, VST Naidu 71 not out, D Ganesh 30 not out; YS Ranganath 3-63).
Points: Kar 8 pts, And 0 pts.

Match No: 6 (Tamil Nadu vs Karnataka)
At IIT Chemplast Ground, Chennai on 8, 9, 10, 11 November 2000.
Match Drawn.
Tamil Nadu*: 477 (S Badrinath 100, HK Badani 76, S Sharath 43, RR Singh 106, S Mahesh 36, AR Kapoor 62; D Ganesh 5-113) & 114-4 (R Bhatia 34, S Badrinath 48; MA Khan 3-30)
Karnataka: 254 (MR Beerala 46, BM Rowland 54; T Kumaran 3-57, WD Balajio Rao 3-55)
Points: TN 5 pts, Kar 3 pts.

Match No: 5 (Goa vs Andhra)
At Dr Rajendra Prasad Stadium, Margoa on 9, 10, 11, 12 November 2000.
Andhra won by and innings & 20 runs.
Goa*: 163 (PK Amre 40, A Aware 33 not out; H Watekar 3-22) & 331 (Tanveer Jabbar 94, A Bhagwat 41, A Aware 35 not out; YS Ranganath 4-59)
Andhra: 514-5 wkts decl (LNP Reddy 138, AS Pathak 264, YV Rao 30)
Points: And 8 pts, Goa 0 pts.

Match No: 4 (Hyderabad vs Kerala)
At Nuclear Fuel Complex Ground, Hyderabad on 8, 9, 10, 11 November 2000. Hyderabad won by and Innings & 46 runs.
Hyderabad*: 489-9 wkts decl (D Manohar 30, A Nandakishore 53, Anirudh Singh 47, V Pratap 128; D Vinay Kumar 71, PR Satwalkar 55, MF Ahmed 49 not out; T Yohanan 6-117)
Kerala: 165 (R Menon 50; NP Singh 4-70, SLV Raju 4-49) & 278 (V Girilal 31, R Menon 49, NA Kudua 61, S Oasis 43; PR Satwalkar 3-64, NP Singh 5-39)
Points: Hyd 8 pts, Ker 0 pts

Match No: 3 (Goa vs Tamil Nadu)
At Dr Rajendra Prasad Stadium, Margoa on 1, 2, 3, 4 November 2000.
Tamil Nadu won by 203 runs.
Tamil Nadu*: 204 (S Sriram 71, Reuben Paul 37, T Kumaran 47 not out; N Kalekar 5-39) & 311-6 wkts decl (S Sriram 45, S Ramesh 79, R Bhatia 69 not out, Reuben Paul 46; RP Rane 3-31)
Goa: 201 (PK Amre 66; R Bhatia 5-57, AR Kapoor 3-29) & 111 (V Kolambkar 48; S Sriram 3-6).
Points: TN 8 pts, Goa 0 pts.

Match No: 2 (Karnataka vs Hyderabad)
At M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 1, 2, 3, 4 November 2000. Match Drawn.
Karnataka*: 545-9 wkts decl (MR Beerala 73, BM Rowland, 70, S Somasunder 43R Vijay Bharadwaj 50, VST Naidu 122, SB Joshi 92; SLV Raju 4-118)
Hyderabad: 291 (D Manohar 73, VVS Laxman 60, D Vinay Kumar 68; J Srinath 4-86) & 233-2 (D manohar 49, A Nandakishore 43, VVS Laxman 100).
Points: Kar 5 pts, Hyd 3 pts.

Match No: 1 (Andhra vs Kerala)
At Indira Gandhi Stadium, Vijayawada on 1, 2, 3, 4 November 2000. Match drawn.
Andhra*: 244 (AS Pathak 58, RVC Prasad 95, KST Sai 35; T Yohannan 5-78) & 228-3 (LNP Reddy 43, AS Pathak 101, Y Gnaneshwara Rao 56).
Kerala: 461-7 decl (V Girilal 84, MP Sorab 32, NA Kudua 158, B Ramprakash 38, M Suresh Kumar 101; N Madhukar 3-116, H Watekar 3-115).
Points: Ker 5 pts, And 3 pts.

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