2000–01 Ranji Trophy
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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2000–01 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 285px
| fromdate =
| todate =
| caption = The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
| administrator = BCCI
| cricket format = First-class cricket
| tournament format = League and knockout
| host =
| champions = Baroda
| count = 5
| participants = 27
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = Yere Goud (Railways) (901){{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 2000/01 / Records / Most runs |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2000-01/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/STATS/IND_LOCAL_RJI_AVS_BAT_MOST_RUNS.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=11 October 2018}}
| most wickets = Dodda Ganesh (Karnataka) (37){{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 2000/01 / Records / Most wickets |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2000-01/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/STATS/IND_LOCAL_RJI_AVS_BOWL_MOST_WKTS.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=11 October 2018}}
| website =
| previous_year = 1999–00
| previous_tournament = 1999–00 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 2001–02
| next_tournament = 2001–02 Ranji Trophy
}}
The 2000–01 Ranji Trophy was the 67th season of the Ranji Trophy.{{cite web|title=Changes suggested in Ranji, Duleep format|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/106027.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=9 May 2001|access-date=11 October 2018}} Baroda won their first title in 44 years beating Railways by 21 runs in the final. Baroda conceded a first innings lead of 151 runs, but Railways were bowled out in the second innings by Zaheer Khan who took five wickets for 43 runs.{{cite web|last=S|first=Santosh|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/95486.html|title=Zaheer Khan bowls Baroda to Ranji Trophy glory|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=23 April 2001|access-date=10 October 2018}}
Zonal stage
;Central Zone
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||
| style="width:120px"|Team{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2000-01/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/CENTRAL/RJI-C_2000-01_TABLE.html|title=Ranji Trophy Central Zone Table - 2000–01|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=10 October 2018}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|A|Abandoned}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}} | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Rajasthan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Railways | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Madhya Pradesh | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| style="text-align:left"|Uttar Pradesh
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| style="text-align:left"|Vidarbha
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
- {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to the knockout stage.
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;East Zone
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||
| style="width:120px"|Team{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2000-01/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/EAST/RJI-E_2000-01_POINTS-TABLE.html|title=Ranji Trophy East Zone Table - 2000–01|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=10 October 2018}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|A|Abandoned}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}} | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Orissa | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Assam | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Bengal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| style="text-align:left"|Bihar
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| style="text-align:left"|Tripura
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
- {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to the knockout stage.
;North Zone
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||
| style="width:120px"|Team{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2000-01/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/NORTH/RJI-N_2000-01_TABLE.html|title=Ranji Trophy North Zone Table - 2000–01|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=6 August 2018}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|A|Abandoned}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}} | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Punjab | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Delhi | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Jammu & Kashmir | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| style="text-align:left"|Haryana
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| style="text-align:left"|Himachal Pradesh
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| style="text-align:left"|Services
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
- {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to the knockout stage.
{{col-2}}
;West Zone
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||
| style="width:120px"|Team{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2000-01/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/WEST/RJI-W_2000-01_POINTS-TABLE.html|title=Ranji Trophy West Zone Table - 2000–01|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=10 October 2018}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|A|Abandoned}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}} | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Mumbai | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Maharashtra | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Baroda | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| style="text-align:left"|Gujarat
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| style="text-align:left"|Saurashtra
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
- {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to the knockout stage.
;South Zone
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||
| style="width:120px"|Team{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2000-01/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/SOUTH/RJI-S_2000-01_TABLE.html|title=Ranji Trophy South Zone Table - 2000–01|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=6 August 2018}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|A|Abandoned}} ! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}} | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Tamil Nadu | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Hyderabad | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|Karnataka | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| style="text-align:left"|Kerala
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| style="text-align:left"|Andhra
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| style="text-align:left"|Goa
| 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
- {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to the knockout stage.
{{col-end}}
Knockout stage
The draw for the quarter-finals were made after the final zonal-stage match, with the following fixtures announced.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/104834.html|title=Keen contests likely in Ranji Trophy pre-quarterfinals|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=9 March 2001|access-date=10 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bcci.tv/ranji-trophy-2000-01/results|title=Ranji Trophy 2000–01 / Results|publisher=Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)|access-date=10 October 2018|archive-date=11 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011133431/http://www.bcci.tv/ranji-trophy-2000-01/results|url-status=dead}} The fixtures in the knockout stage of the tournament are played across five days, instead of four days in the zonal stage.
{{16TeamBracket
| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 125px
| score-width = 80px
| RD1 = Round of 16
| RD2 = Quarterfinals
| RD3 = Semifinals
| RD4 = Final
| RD1-seed01 = WZ3
| RD1-team01 = Baroda
| RD1-score01 = 467 & 355
| RD1-seed02 = EZ3
| RD1-team02 = Bengal
| RD1-score02 = 247 & 353
| RD1-seed03 = SZ1
| RD1-team03 = Tamil Nadu
| RD1-score03 = 592 & 518/8d
| RD1-seed04 = NZ2
| RD1-team04 = Delhi
| RD1-score04 = 365 & 149/1
| RD1-seed05 = CZ3
| RD1-team05 = Madhya Pradesh
| RD1-score05 = 490 & 291
| RD1-seed06 = SZ2
| RD1-team06 = Hyderabad
| RD1-score06 = 382 & 50/2
| RD1-seed07 = EZ1
| RD1-team07 = Orissa
| RD1-score07 = 501 & 299/4d
| RD1-seed08 = NZ3
| RD1-team08 = Jammu & Kashmir
| RD1-score08 = 151 & 229
| RD1-seed09 = CZ1
| RD1-team09 = Rajasthan
| RD1-score09 = 111 & 306
| RD1-seed10 = NZ1
| RD1-team10 = Punjab
| RD1-score10 = 429
| RD1-seed11 = WZ1
| RD1-team11 = MumbaiMumbai got bye in Round of 16 on the virtue of winning 1999–2000 Ranji Trophy.
| RD1-score11 =
| RD1-seed12 =
| RD1-team12 = bye
| RD1-score12 =
| RD1-seed13 = CZ2
| RD1-team13 = Railways
| RD1-score13 = 431 & 657/5
| RD1-seed14 = WZ2
| RD1-team14 = Maharashtra
| RD1-score14 = 308
| RD1-seed15 = EZ2
| RD1-team15 = Assam
| RD1-score15 = 321 & 134
| RD1-seed16 = SZ3
| RD1-team16 = Karnataka
| RD1-score16 = 312 & 144/3
| RD2-seed01 = WZ3
| RD2-team01 = Baroda
| RD2-score01 = 324 & 184
| RD2-seed02 = SZ1
| RD2-team02 = Tamil Nadu
| RD2-score02 = 186 & 162
| RD2-seed03 = CZ3
| RD2-team03 = Madhya Pradesh
| RD2-score03 = 437 & 233/9d
| RD2-seed04 = EZ1
| RD2-team04 = Orissa
| RD2-score04 = 479 & 192/3
| RD2-seed05 = NZ1
| RD2-team05 = Punjab
| RD2-score05 = 383 & 322
| RD2-seed06 = WZ1
| RD2-team06 = Mumbai
| RD2-score06 = 285 & 213
| RD2-seed07 = CZ2
| RD2-team07 = Railways
| RD2-score07 = 451 & 418/9d
| RD2-seed08 = SZ3
| RD2-team08 = Karnataka
| RD2-score08 = 237 & 279/4
| RD3-seed01 = WZ3
| RD3-team01 = Baroda
| RD3-score01 = 568 & 409
| RD3-seed02 = EZ1
| RD3-team02 = Orissa
| RD3-score02 = 280 & 361/5
| RD3-seed03 = NZ1
| RD3-team03 = Punjab
| RD3-score03 = 249 & 356
| RD3-seed04 = CZ2
| RD3-team04 = Railways
| RD3-score04 = 407 & 199/5
| RD4-seed01 = WZ3
| RD4-team01 = Baroda
| RD4-score01 = 243 & 373
| RD4-seed02 = CZ2
| RD4-team02 = Railways
| RD4-score02 = 394 & 201
}}
=Final=
{{Test match
| date = 19–23 April 2001
| team2 = Baroda
| team1 = Railways
| score-team1-inns1 = 243 (64.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Connor Williams 65
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Harvinder Singh 4/59
| score-team2-inns1 = 394 (135 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Murali Kartik 79
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Valmik Buch 3/86
| score-team1-inns2 = 373 (124 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Satyajit Parab 141
| wickets-team1-inns2 = T. P. Singh 4/82
| score-team2-inns2 = 201 (64.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Sudhir Wankhede 58
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Zaheer Khan 5/43
| result = Baroda won by 21 runs
| venue = Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground, Vadodara
| umpires = Jasbir Singh, Shavir Tarapore
| motm = Zaheer Khan (Baroda)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/scorecard/95385 Scorecard]
| toss = Baroda won the toss and decided to field
| rain =
| notes =
}}
Scorecards and averages
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_2000-01.html CricketArchive]
Notes
=Footnotes=
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=References=
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{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}
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