Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nikhilesh Ranjan	lbw b Gagandeep Singh	39	138	171	6	0	28.26
Javed Khan	c Ricky b Harbhajan Singh	60	208	302	8	0	28.84
Amir Hashmi	c & b Harbhajan Singh	22	34	62	4	0	64.70
Rajiv Kumar	c †Harminder Singh b Gagandeep Singh	55	137	191	10	0	40.14
Sunil Kumar (c)	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	5	26	28	1	0	19.23
Manish Kumar	b Harbhajan Singh	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
MS Dhoni †	c Mongia b Harbhajan Singh	13	32	45	2	0	40.62
Shahid Khan	c Mongia b Gagandeep Singh	3	10	11	0	0	30.00
Dhiraj Kumar	c Dharmani b Sarandeep Singh	3	20	23	0	0	15.00
Sanjeev Gupta	b Gagandeep Singh	19	25	40	2	1	76.00
Anil Kumar	not out	5	24	31	0	0	20.83
Extras	(lb 9, nb 6, w 5)	20
Total	108.1 Ov (RR: 2.25, 461 Mins)	244
Fall of wickets 1-77 (Nikhilesh Ranjan, 40.6 ov), 2-121 (Amir Hashmi, 53.6 ov), 3-150 (Javed Khan, 69.6 ov), 4-161 (Sunil Kumar, 77.5 ov), 5-161 (Manish Kumar, 77.6 ov), 6-197 (MS Dhoni, 89.2 ov), 7-208 (Shahid Khan, 92.1 ov), 8-217 (Dhiraj Kumar, 98.5 ov), 9-219 (Rajiv Kumar, 100.3 ov), 10-244 (Sanjeev Gupta, 108.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Sandeep Sharma	25	6	87	0	3.48	-	4	3
Gagandeep Singh	26.1	12	44	4	1.68	-	1	0
Reetinder Sodhi	20	6	30	0	1.50	-	0	2
Harbhajan Singh	33	11	69	5	2.09	-	0	0
Sarandeep Singh	4	2	5	1	1.25	-	0	1

Punjab 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Vikram Rathour (c)	c †Dhoni b Ranjan	158	222	316	18	1	71.17
Ravneet Ricky	c †Dhoni b Gupta	50	83	112	7	0	60.24
Yuvraj Singh	c †Dhoni b Gupta	2	9	7	0	0	22.22
Pankaj Dharmani	lbw b Gupta	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Reetinder Sodhi	lbw b Shahid Khan	5	12	20	1	0	41.66
Dinesh Mongia	c Rajiv Kumar b Ranjan	179	220	267	25	0	81.36
Harminder Singh †	c Kumar b Shahid Khan	53	131	153	1	0	40.45
Sandeep Sharma	st †Dhoni b Kumar	33	39	43	4	0	84.61
Harbhajan Singh	b Kumar	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Sarandeep Singh	not out	9	15	14	0	0	60.00
Gagandeep Singh	not out	4	8	9	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 3)	10
Total	123 Ov (RR: 4.08, 482 Mins)	503/9d
Fall of wickets 1-107 (Ravneet Ricky, 25.5 ov), 2-111 (Yuvraj Singh, 27.6 ov), 3-111 (Pankaj Dharmani, 29.1 ov), 4-128 (Reetinder Sodhi, 34.6 ov), 5-318 (Vikram Rathour, 79.1 ov), 6-431 (Dinesh Mongia, 105.2 ov), 7-488 (Sandeep Sharma, 118.1 ov), 8-488 (Harbhajan Singh, 118.2 ov), 9-492 (Harminder Singh, 119.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Dhiraj Kumar	16	2	52	0	3.25	-	3
Sanjeev Gupta	25	2	125	3	5.00	-	0
Shahid Khan	31	2	130	2	4.19	-	0
Anil Kumar	22	3	82	2	3.72	-	0
Nikhilesh Ranjan	17	1	55	2	3.23	-	0
Sunil Kumar	12	0	52	0	4.33	-	0

Bihar 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nikhilesh Ranjan	c & b Harbhajan Singh	21	60	89	2	0	35.00
Javed Khan	lbw b Gagandeep Singh	3	22	38	0	0	13.63
Amir Hashmi	b Gagandeep Singh	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Rajiv Kumar	lbw b Gagandeep Singh	22	42	57	4	0	52.38
Sunil Kumar (c)	b Sarandeep Singh	51	106	157	6	2	48.11
Manish Kumar	run out (Mongia)	51	120	183	7	0	42.50
MS Dhoni †	c Ricky b Harbhajan Singh	26	34	57	4	1	76.47
Sanjeev Gupta	lbw b Sarandeep Singh	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Shahid Khan	not out	30	39	36	5	1	76.92
Anil Kumar	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Dhiraj Kumar	c Mongia b Harbhajan Singh	16	27	22	1	1	59.25
Extras	(lb 9, nb 9, w 1)	19
Total	75.1 Ov (RR: 3.17, 327 Mins)	239
Fall of wickets 1-20 (Javed Khan, 7.2 ov), 2-20 (Amir Hashmi, 7.5 ov), 3-46 (Nikhilesh Ranjan, 18.5 ov), 4-56 (Rajiv Kumar, 21.3 ov), 5-144 (Sunil Kumar, 50.2 ov), 6-191 (Manish Kumar, 62.3 ov), 7-191 (Sanjeev Gupta, 62.5 ov), 8-199 (MS Dhoni, 65.2 ov), 9-203 (Anil Kumar, 67.1 ov), 10-239 (Dhiraj Kumar, 75.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Sandeep Sharma	17	5	50	0	2.94	-	0	9
Gagandeep Singh	21	4	65	3	3.09	-	1	0
Harbhajan Singh	23.1	4	68	4	2.93	-	0	0
Sarandeep Singh	14	3	47	2	3.35	-	0	0

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Sat, 04 Mar

day 1 - Bihar 1st innings 197/6 (Rajiv Kumar 43*, 89.2 ov)

Sun, 05 Mar

day 2 - Punjab 1st innings 268/4 (Vikram Rathour 137*, Dinesh Mongia 67*, 70 ov)

Mon, 06 Mar

day 3 - Bihar 2nd innings 94/4 (Sunil Kumar 30*, Manish Kumar 6*, 37 ov)

Tue, 07 Mar

day 4 - Bihar 2nd innings 239 (75.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Punjab 50 in 51m, 10.4 overs

At Lunch: Punjab 60/0 in 14 overs (Rathour 31*, Ricky 23*)

Punjab 100 in 107m, 24.3 overs

V Rathour 50 off 110m, 75b, 7x4

RS Ricky 50 off 111m, 81b, 7x4

Punjab 150 in 177m, 41.4 overs

At Tea: Punjab 159/4 in 44 overs (Rathour 81*, Mongia 14*)

Punjab 200 in 225m, 53.5 overs

Punjab 250 in 269m, 66.2 overs

D Mongia 50 off 115m, 91b, 4x4

V Rathour 100 off 224m, 160b, 13x4

This was Rathour 17th century in Ranji matches

First wicket partnership of 107 runs between Rathoru and Ricky came in 122m, 25.5 overs

Day 3

Punjab 300 in 300m, 74.5 overs

Punjab 350 in 358m, 91.3 overs

V Rathour 150 off 302m, 212b, 18x4, 1x6

D Mongia 100 off 191m, 167b, 11x4

D Mongia 150 off 241m, 210b, 19x4

Punjab 400 in 400m, 101.1 overs

6th wicket partnership of 100 runs between Mongia and Harminder Singh came in 86m, 137 balls

New ball taken at 395/5 after 100 overs

Harminder Singh 50 off 141m, 124b, 1x4

Punjab 450 in 434m, 109.5

Punjab 500 in 481m, 122.5 overs

5th wicket partnership of 190 runs between Rathour & Mongia came in 165m, 265 balls

6th wicket partnership of 113 runs between Mongia & Harminder Singh came in 100m, 157 balls

At Tea: Bihar 31/2 in 12 overs (Ranjan 17*, Rajiv Kumar 5*)

Bihar 50 in 94m, 19.3 overs

Day 4

Bihar 100 in 182m, 38.5 overs

Sunil Kumar 50 off 148m, 102b, 6x4, 2x6

Bihar 150 in 252m, 52.5 overs

Manish Kumar 50 off 182m, 119b, 7x4

Bihar 200 in 302m, 66.4 overs

At Lunch: Bihar 223/9 in 73 overs (Khan 26*, Dhiraj Kumar 4*)

Match Details

GroundPunjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

TossPunjab, elected to field first

Series

Ranji Trophy

Season1999/00

Match days4,5,6,7 March 2000 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Narendra Menon

Sanjeeva Rao

Match Referee

Bagirath Thakore

PointsPunjab 8, Bihar 0

Match CoverageSee all

Punjab complete innings victory over Bihar

Punjab poised for victory thrust

Rathour places Punjab in command with unbeaten 137

Harbhajan has Bihar struggling

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