Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ashu Dani	lbw b Mahesh	21	29	55	4	0	72.41
Vikram Rathour (c)	c & b Raju	12	38	44	1	0	31.57
Reetinder Sodhi	lbw b Singh	22	70	99	2	0	31.42
Pankaj Dharmani	c Khan b Kapoor	59	163	196	9	0	36.19
Rajeev Nayyar	c Nand Kishore b Joshi	118	469	603	11	0	25.15
Virender Sehwag	st †Somasekhar b Raju	274	327	416	36	4	83.79
Vijay Dahiya †	c Naidu b Kapoor	8	12	14	2	0	66.66
Nikhil Chopra	c Nand Kishore b Joshi	19	62	66	2	0	30.64
Shakti Singh	c Singh b Joshi	13	17	17	3	0	76.47
Navdeep Singh	not out	1	9	18	0	0	11.11
Ashish Nehra	st †Somasekhar b Joshi	6	3	2	0	0	200.00
Extras	(b 17, lb 6, nb 13)	36
Total	197.4 Ov (RR: 2.97, 784 Mins)	589
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Vikram Rathour, 10.4 ov), 2-43 (Ashu Dani, 13.1 ov), 3-90 (Reetinder Sodhi, 35.1 ov), 4-149 (Pankaj Dharmani, 65.5 ov), 5-530 (Virender Sehwag, 172.6 ov), 6-539 (Vijay Dahiya, 177.3 ov), 7-564 (Rajeev Nayyar, 187.5 ov), 8-580 (Shakti Singh, 193.4 ov), 9-583 (Nikhil Chopra, 197.1 ov), 10-589 (Ashish Nehra, 197.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Mansur Ali Khan	17	5	38	0	2.23	-	-	-	2
Sadagoppan Mahesh	26	3	101	1	3.88	-	-	-	0
Venkatapathy Raju	50	14	129	2	2.58	-	-	-	2
Robin Singh	21	4	62	1	2.95	-	-	-	5
Sunil Joshi	39.4	9	113	4	2.84	-	-	-	0
Aashish Kapoor	43	9	116	2	2.69	-	-	-	4
Sridharan Sharath	1	0	7	0	7.00	-	-	-	0

South Zone 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nand Kishore	lbw b Nehra	1	2	6	0	0	50.00
Aashish Kapoor	c †Dahiya b Nehra	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Thilak Naidu	c Dharmani b Sodhi	55	95	142	9	0	57.89
Jayaraman Madanagopal	b Chopra	84	161	235	10	0	52.17
Sridharan Sharath	not out	149	315	427	18	1	47.30
Robin Singh (c)	c Dharmani b Chopra	28	57	90	4	0	49.12
Somashekar Shiraguppi †	c †Dahiya b Navdeep Singh	4	22	22	0	0	18.18
Sunil Joshi	c †Dahiya b Sodhi	75	96	139	12	1	78.12
Sadagoppan Mahesh	b Navdeep Singh	3	20	29	0	0	15.00
Venkatapathy Raju	c Dharmani b Sehwag	13	29	29	2	0	44.82
Mansur Ali Khan	run out (Dharmani/†Dahiya)	0	4	18	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 6)	12
Total	133 Ov (RR: 3.18, 576 Mins)	424
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Aashish Kapoor, 0.4 ov), 2-2 (Nand Kishore, 0.6 ov), 3-96 (Thilak Naidu, 31.5 ov), 4-168 (Jayaraman Madanagopal, 52.1 ov), 5-210 (Robin Singh, 72.5 ov), 6-222 (Somashekar Shiraguppi, 78.4 ov), 7-366 (Sunil Joshi, 113.1 ov), 8-373 (Sadagoppan Mahesh, 120.3 ov), 9-400 (Venkatapathy Raju, 127.6 ov), 10-424 (Mansur Ali Khan, 132.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Ashish Nehra	17	5	56	2	3.29	-	-	-	2
Shakti Singh	20	1	56	0	2.80	-	-	-	0
Reetinder Sodhi	24	4	65	2	2.70	-	-	-	3
Nikhil Chopra	33	7	126	2	3.81	-	-	-	1
Navdeep Singh	31	7	81	2	2.61	-	-	-	0
Virender Sehwag	8	0	34	1	4.25	-	-	-	0

North Zone 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ashu Dani	c Kapoor b Raju	15	55	67	0	0	27.27
Vikram Rathour (c)	c †Somasekhar b Raju	93	176	238	10	0	52.84
Rajeev Nayyar	c sub (IG Srinivas) b Raju	28	109	145	3	0	25.68
Pankaj Dharmani	c Madanagopal b Kapoor	0	7	11	0	0	0.00
Virender Sehwag	st †Somasekhar b Raju	22	28	46	4	0	78.57
Reetinder Sodhi	st †Somasekhar b Kapoor	12	12	14	3	0	100.00
Nikhil Chopra	not out	26	51	66	2	2	50.98
Shakti Singh	c Sharath b Raju	37	40	39	3	2	92.50
Navdeep Singh	c Madanagopal b Kapoor	9	15	11	1	0	60.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 13)	15
Total	80 Ov (RR: 3.21, 320 Mins)	257/8d
Did not bat: Ashish Nehra, Vijay Dahiya †
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Ashu Dani, 16.2 ov), 2-142 (Rajeev Nayyar, 50.1 ov), 3-145 (Pankaj Dharmani, 53.2 ov), 4-154 (Vikram Rathour, 56.6 ov), 5-169 (Reetinder Sodhi, 61.2 ov), 6-194 (Virender Sehwag, 64.6 ov), 7-247 (Shakti Singh, 76.4 ov), 8-257 (Navdeep Singh, 79.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Robin Singh	12	1	27	0	2.25	-	-	-	4
Sadagoppan Mahesh	12	0	42	0	3.50	-	-	-	1
Aashish Kapoor	28	2	124	3	4.42	-	-	-	8
Venkatapathy Raju	28	11	62	5	2.21	-	-	-	0

South Zone 2nd Innings (T: 423 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nand Kishore	not out	51	92	115	5	0	55.43
Sadagoppan Mahesh	c sub (D Mongia) b Shakti Singh	42	84	98	5	0	50.00
Thilak Naidu	not out	1	8	16	0	0	12.50
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 4)	6
Total	30 Ov (RR: 3.33, 115 Mins)	100/1
Did not bat: Sridharan Sharath, Aashish Kapoor, Venkatapathy Raju, Jayaraman Madanagopal, Sunil Joshi, Mansur Ali Khan, Robin Singh (c), Somashekar Shiraguppi †
Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Sadagoppan Mahesh, 25.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Shakti Singh	8	0	20	1	2.50	-	-	-	1
Reetinder Sodhi	6	0	28	0	4.66	-	-	-	2
Navdeep Singh	8	3	21	0	2.62	-	-	-	0
Virender Sehwag	6	0	26	0	4.33	-	-	-	0
Rajeev Nayyar	2	0	3	0	1.50	-	-	-	1

Close of Play

Wed, 01 Dec - day 1 - North Zone 1st innings 229/4 (Rajeev Nayyar 40*, Virender Sehwag 66*, 94 ov)

Thu, 02 Dec - day 2 - North Zone 1st innings 551/6 (Rajeev Nayyar 115*, Nikhil Chopra 4*, 184 ov)

Fri, 03 Dec - day 3 - South Zone 1st innings 207/4 (Sridharan Sharath 36*, Robin Singh 26*, 71 ov)

Sat, 04 Dec - day 4 - North Zone 2nd innings 77/1 (Vikram Rathour 40*, Rajeev Nayyar 14*, 29 ov)

Sun, 05 Dec - day 5 - South Zone 2nd innings 100/1 (30 ov) - end of match

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Match Details

Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
Toss	North Zone, elected to bat first
Series	Duleep Trophy
Season	1999/00
Series result	North Zone advanced
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Borni Jamula Suresh Shastri
Match Referee	Sashi Nair