Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Vikram Rathour (c)	c Mahesh b Kapoor	57	91	144	7	0	62.63
Reetinder Sodhi	c †Reuben Paul b Bhatia	22	42	88	3	0	52.38
Yuvraj Singh	c †Reuben Paul b Kumaran	44	74	116	10	0	59.45
Pankaj Dharmani	c †Reuben Paul b Kapoor	3	7	7	0	0	42.85
Dinesh Mongia	c Sriram b Mahesh	33	54	100	5	0	61.11
Sanjay Kumar	c Sharath b Kumaran	8	20	29	0	1	40.00
Harminder Singh †	lbw b Gokulakrishnan	34	63	85	7	0	53.96
Sandeep Sharma	c †Reuben Paul b Mahesh	23	76	123	3	0	30.26
Sarandeep Singh	c Ramesh b Sriram	20	42	52	3	0	47.61
Harbhajan Singh	not out	3	3	10	0	0	100.00
Rajinder Singh	c sub (S Medappa) b Mahesh	1	10	7	0	0	10.00
Extras	(lb 5, nb 5)	10
Total	79.3 Ov (RR: 3.24, 388 Mins)	258
Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Reetinder Sodhi, 15.5 ov), 2-97 (Vikram Rathour, 26.3 ov), 3-104 (Pankaj Dharmani, 28.1 ov), 4-145 (Yuvraj Singh, 39.5 ov), 5-162 (Sanjay Kumar, 45.3 ov), 6-178 (Dinesh Mongia, 48.4 ov), 7-225 (Harminder Singh, 63.5 ov), 8-254 (Sarandeep Singh, 76.6 ov), 9-254 (Sandeep Sharma, 77.2 ov), 10-258 (Rajinder Singh, 79.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran	17	4	53	2	3.11	-	-	-	0
Sadagoppan Mahesh	17.3	1	55	3	3.14	-	-	-	0
Jayaraman Gokulakrishnan	13	1	45	1	3.46	-	-	-	0
Rajat Bhatia	7	0	28	1	4.00	-	-	-	1
Aashish Kapoor	18	3	68	2	3.77	-	-	-	4
Sridharan Sriram	7	4	4	1	0.57	-	-	-	0

Tamil Nadu 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sridharan Sriram	c Mongia b Harbhajan Singh	165	278	509	21	0	59.35
Sadagoppan Ramesh	c †Harminder Singh b Singh	18	39	53	2	0	46.15
Hemang Badani	c Rathour b Sarandeep Singh	70	147	208	11	0	47.61
Jayaraman Madanagopal	c Rathour b Yuvraj Singh	35	57	61	4	1	61.40
Sridharan Sharath (c)	c Rathour b Harbhajan Singh	33	90	113	5	0	36.66
Aashish Kapoor	run out (Mongia)	5	10	10	1	0	50.00
Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran	c Sandeep Sharma b Harbhajan Singh	23	31	32	4	0	74.19
Rajat Bhatia	c Rathour b Harbhajan Singh	24	45	49	2	0	53.33
Sadagoppan Mahesh	b Harbhajan Singh	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Reuben Paul †	b Sandeep Sharma	32	45	73	5	0	71.11
Jayaraman Gokulakrishnan	not out	21	46	52	4	0	45.65
Extras	(b 11, lb 3, nb 20, w 1)	35
Total	128.1 Ov (RR: 3.59, 585 Mins)	461
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 11.4 ov), 2-197 (Hemang Badani, 55.6 ov), 3-251 (Jayaraman Madanagopal, 68.1 ov), 4-330 (Sridharan Sharath, 93.1 ov), 5-338 (Aashish Kapoor, 95.2 ov), 6-368 (Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran, 103.4 ov), 7-387 (Sridharan Sriram, 109.5 ov), 8-387 (Sadagoppan Mahesh, 109.6 ov), 9-414 (Rajat Bhatia, 115.1 ov), 10-461 (Reuben Paul, 128.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Sandeep Sharma	24.1	1	93	1	3.84	-	-	-	0	5
Rajinder Singh	23	1	81	1	3.52	-	-	-	1	10
Harbhajan Singh	37.4	9	106	5	2.81	-	-	-	0	0
Reetinder Sodhi	16	1	80	0	5.00	-	-	-	0	4
Sarandeep Singh	21.2	5	58	1	2.71	-	-	-	0	0
Yuvraj Singh	4	0	24	1	6.00	-	-	-	0	1
Dinesh Mongia	2	0	5	0	2.50	-	-	-	0	0

Punjab 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Vikram Rathour (c)	c Gokulakrishnan b Mahesh	127	262	505	14	0	48.47
Reetinder Sodhi	c †Reuben Paul b Mahesh	89	145	217	10	0	61.37
Harminder Singh †	run out (Mahesh)	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Pankaj Dharmani	c †Reuben Paul b Kumaran	15	27	41	3	0	55.55
Yuvraj Singh	c Badani b Gokulakrishnan	24	35	54	4	1	68.57
Dinesh Mongia	c †Reuben Paul b Badani	35	94	101	5	0	37.23
Sanjay Kumar	b Sriram	0	8	11	0	0	0.00
Sandeep Sharma	not out	51	90	145	6	0	56.66
Sarandeep Singh	c †Reuben Paul b Bhatia	13	27	42	2	0	48.14
Harbhajan Singh	c Kumaran b Bhatia	0	10	14	0	0	0.00
Rajinder Singh	c †Reuben Paul b Bhatia	0	7	10	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 6, nb 4)	12
Total	117 Ov (RR: 3.12)	366
Fall of wickets: 1-126 (Reetinder Sodhi, 40.5 ov), 2-127 (Harminder Singh, 41.1 ov), 3-156 (Pankaj Dharmani, 49.4 ov), 4-197 (Yuvraj Singh, 59.6 ov), 5-261 (Dinesh Mongia, 85.5 ov), 6-278 (Sanjay Kumar, 88.5 ov), 7-333 (Vikram Rathour, 104.5 ov), 8-362 (Sarandeep Singh, 112.3 ov), 9-364 (Harbhajan Singh, 114.4 ov), 10-366 (Rajinder Singh, 116.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran	21	3	75	1	3.57	-	-	-	0
Sadagoppan Mahesh	18	1	59	2	3.27	-	-	-	0
Jayaraman Gokulakrishnan	15	2	49	1	3.26	-	-	-	0
Aashish Kapoor	26	4	75	0	2.88	-	-	-	4
Rajat Bhatia	8	0	18	3	2.25	-	-	-	0
Sridharan Sriram	18	2	46	1	2.55	-	-	-	0
Hemang Badani	11	3	36	1	3.27	-	-	-	0

Tamil Nadu 2nd Innings (T: 164 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sridharan Sriram	c †Harminder Singh b Singh	13	23	31	1	0	56.52
Sadagoppan Ramesh	not out	77	144	264	9	1	53.47
Hemang Badani	c †Harminder Singh b Harbhajan Singh	11	46	55	2	0	23.91
Jayaraman Madanagopal	b Sandeep Sharma	0	5	9	0	0	0.00
Sridharan Sharath (c)	not out	53	126	166	5	1	42.06
Extras	(lb 1, nb 12)	13
Total	55.2 Ov (RR: 3.01)	167/3
Did not bat: Sadagoppan Mahesh, Jayaraman Gokulakrishnan, Aashish Kapoor, Rajat Bhatia, Reuben Paul †, Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Sridharan Sriram, 6.2 ov), 2-39 (Hemang Badani, 19.3 ov), 3-40 (Jayaraman Madanagopal, 20.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Sandeep Sharma	9	1	24	1	2.66	-	-	-	2
Rajinder Singh	9	0	21	1	2.33	-	-	-	7
Harbhajan Singh	21.2	7	58	1	2.71	-	-	-	0
Reetinder Sodhi	5	2	9	0	1.80	-	-	-	2
Sarandeep Singh	8	0	42	0	5.25	-	-	-	0
Yuvraj Singh	3	0	12	0	4.00	-	-	-	1

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Thu, 30 Mar - day 1 - Tamil Nadu 1st innings 40/0 (Sridharan Sriram 20*, Sadagoppan Ramesh 18*, 9 ov)

Fri, 31 Mar - day 2 - Tamil Nadu 1st innings 346/5 (Sridharan Sriram 155*, Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran 4*, 99 ov)

Sat, 01 Apr - day 3 - Punjab 2nd innings 127/2 (Vikram Rathour 37*, Pankaj Dharmani 0*, 41.2 ov)

Sun, 02 Apr - day 4 - Tamil Nadu 2nd innings 30/1 (Sadagoppan Ramesh 11*, Hemang Badani 4*, 13 ov)

Mon, 03 Apr - day 5 - Tamil Nadu 2nd innings 167/3 (55.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Tamil Nadu 50 in 56 mins, 12 overs
S Sriram 50 in 116 mins, 69 balls, 9x4
Tamil Nadu 100 in 121 mins, 24.4 overs
HK Badani 50 in 106 mins, 75 balls, 8x4
Lunch: Tamil Nadu 148/1 in 40 overs (S Sriram 67*, HK Badani 55*)
Tamil Nadu 150 in 201 mins, 42.1 overs
Tamil Nadu 200 in 268 mins, 57 overs
S Sriram 100 in 273 mins, 163 balls, 12x4
Tea: Tamil Nadu 232/2 in 66 overs (S Sriram 111*, JR Madanagopal 18*)
Tamil Nadu 250 in 320 mins, 67.4 overs
Tamil Nadu takes lead in the 71st over
New ball taken after 80.1 overs
Tamil Nadu 300 in 380 mins, 84 overs
S Sriram 150 in 447 mins, 245 balls, 19x4

Day 3

Day 4

V Rathour 50 in 244 mins, 118 balls, 6x4
Punjab 150 in 247 mins, 47.1 overs
Punjab 200 in 323 mins, 61.2 overs
Punjab takes lead in the 64th over and avoids Innings defeat
Lunch: Punjab 220/4 in 74 overs (V Rathour 81*, D Mongia 7*)
Punjab 250 in 412 mins, 84.5 overs
V Rathour 100 in 425 mins, 226 balls, 12x4
Punjab 300 in 482 mins, 95.4 overs
New ball taken in the 100th over
Tea: Punjab 327/6 in 102 overs (V Rathour 124*, Sandeep Sharma 31*)
Punjab 350 in 529 mins, 109 overs
Sandeep Sharma 50 in 138 mins, 85 balls, 6x4

Day 5

Tamil Nadu 50 in 121 in 121 mins, 25.2 overs
Tamil Nadu 100 in 199 mins, 40.3 overs
Play stopped at 11.40 due to honey bee
Ramesh 50 in 203 mins, 106 balls, 7x4
Sharath 50 in 166 mins, 126 balls, 5x4, 1x6

Match Details

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss	Tamil Nadu, elected to field first
Series	Ranji Trophy
Season	1999/00
Series result	Tamil Nadu advanced
Match days	30,31 March 1,2,3 April 2000 - day (5-day match)
Umpires	MSS Ranawat Shashank Ranade
Match Referee	Jyotirvadan Vin

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Tamil Nadu snatch opening day's honours

Tamil Nadu were in the box seat after bowling out Punjab for 258 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy quarter final match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai today

Ramesh, Sharath steer Tamil Nadu to victory

Left handers Sadagoppan Ramesh and skipper Sridharan Sharath, with an unbeaten fourth wicket partnership of 127 runs off 34.3 overs, steered Tamil Nadu to a seven wicket victory over Punjab in their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal at the MA Chidambaram

Sriram completes 1000 runs in Ranji Season

Tamil Nadu's Sridharan Sriram became seventh batsman in the history of Ranji Trophy to cross the milestone of 1000 runs in a season during his innings of 165 in the quarterfinal against Punjab at Chennai

Tamil Nadu well placed despite Rathour's heroics

Punjab captain Vikram Rathour led a gallant Punjab fightback on the penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal tie against Tamil Nadu at the MA Chidambaram stadium on Sunday

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Tamil Nadu Innings

Player Name		R	B
S Sriram	caught	13	23
S Ramesh	not out	77	144
HK Badani	caught	11	46
J Madanagopal	bowled	0	5
S Sharath	not out	53	126
Extras	(lb 1, nb 12)
Total	167(3 wkts; 55.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
Sandeep Sharma	9	1	24	1	2.66 (2 nb)
RP Singh	9	0	21	1	2.33 (7 nb)
Harbhajan Singh	21.2	7	58	1	2.71
RS Sodhi	5	2	9	0	1.8 (2 nb)
Sarandeep Singh	8	0	42	0	5.25
Yuvraj Singh	3	0	12	0	4 (1 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	22	Sadagoppan Ramesh	Sridharan Sriram
2nd	17	Sadagoppan Ramesh	Hemang Badani
3rd	1	Sadagoppan Ramesh	Jayaraman Madanagopal
4th	127	Sridharan Sharath	Sadagoppan Ramesh

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Ranji Trophy

Group A

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
MUM	1	1	0	0	8
KNTKA	1	0	1	0	0

North Zone

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
HP	1	0	0	1	5
J + K	1	0	0	1	3

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