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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 = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket]]
| tournament format = League and [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout]]
| host =
| champions = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]<ref name="champions"/>
| count = 5
| participants = 27
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Yere Goud]] (Railways) (901)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Dodda Ganesh]] (Karnataka) (37)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| 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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="champions">{{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}}</ref>

==Zonal stage==
;Central Zone
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{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}}</ref>
! 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 cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || '''23'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || '''21'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || '''19'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || '''14'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || '''3'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to the [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]].

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;East Zone
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{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}}</ref>
! 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 cricket team|Orissa]]
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || '''29'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''19'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || '''18'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || '''11'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tripura cricket team|Tripura]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || '''3'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to the [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]].

;North Zone
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{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}}</ref>
! 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 cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''40'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''29'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|{{cr-IND|jak}}
| 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''24'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 5 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 0 || '''13'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Himachal Pradesh cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]]
| 5 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 0 || '''8'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 5 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 0 || '''6'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to the [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]].

{{col-2}}
;West Zone
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref>{{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}}</ref>
! 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 cricket team|Mumbai]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || '''21'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || '''20'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || '''19'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || '''14'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || '''6'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to the [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]].

;South Zone
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref name=RPoints>{{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}}</ref>
! 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 cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 5 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 1 || '''26'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 0 || '''25'''
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 0 || '''24'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 5 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 0 || '''21'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 5 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 1 || '''19'''
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Goa cricket team|Goa]]
| 5 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 0 || '''3'''
|}
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top three teams advanced to the [[#Knockout stage|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.<ref name="QFdraw">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Results">{{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}}</ref> The fixtures in the knockout stage of the tournament are played across five days, instead of four days in the zonal stage.<ref name="QFdraw"/>

{{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 cricket team|Baroda]]'''
| RD1-score01 = '''467 & 355'''
| RD1-seed02 = EZ3
| RD1-team02 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| RD1-score02 = 247 & 353

| RD1-seed03 = '''SZ1'''
| RD1-team03 = '''[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]'''
| RD1-score03 = '''592 & 518/8d'''
| RD1-seed04 = NZ2
| RD1-team04 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| RD1-score04 = 365 & 149/1

| RD1-seed05 = '''CZ3'''
| RD1-team05 = '''[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]'''
| RD1-score05 = '''490 & 291'''
| RD1-seed06 = SZ2
| RD1-team06 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| RD1-score06 = 382 & 50/2

| RD1-seed07 = '''EZ1'''
| RD1-team07 = '''[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]'''
| RD1-score07 = '''501 & 299/4d'''
| RD1-seed08 = NZ3
| RD1-team08 = {{cr-IND|jak}}
| RD1-score08 = 151 & 229

| RD1-seed09 = CZ1
| RD1-team09 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| RD1-score09 = 111 & 306
| RD1-seed10 = '''NZ1'''
| RD1-team10 = '''[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]'''
| RD1-score10 = '''429'''

| RD1-seed11 = '''WZ1'''
| RD1-team11 = '''[[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]'''<ref name="bye" group="nb">Mumbai got bye in Round of 16 on the virtue of winning [[1999–2000 Ranji Trophy]].</ref>
| RD1-score11 =
| RD1-seed12 =
| RD1-team12 = bye
| RD1-score12 =

| RD1-seed13 = '''CZ2'''
| RD1-team13 = '''[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]'''
| RD1-score13 = '''431 & 657/5'''
| RD1-seed14 = WZ2
| RD1-team14 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| RD1-score14 = 308

| RD1-seed15 = EZ2
| RD1-team15 = [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| RD1-score15 = 321 & 134
| RD1-seed16 = '''SZ3'''
| RD1-team16 = '''[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]'''
| RD1-score16 = '''312 & 144/3'''

| RD2-seed01 = '''WZ3'''
| RD2-team01 = '''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''
| RD2-score01 = '''324 & 184'''
| RD2-seed02 = SZ1
| RD2-team02 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| RD2-score02 = 186 & 162

| RD2-seed03 = CZ3
| RD2-team03 = [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| RD2-score03 = 437 & 233/9d
| RD2-seed04 = '''EZ1'''
| RD2-team04 = '''[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]'''
| RD2-score04 = '''479 & 192/3'''

| RD2-seed05 = '''NZ1'''
| RD2-team05 = '''[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]'''
| RD2-score05 = '''383 & 322'''
| RD2-seed06 = WZ1
| RD2-team06 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
| RD2-score06 = 285 & 213

| RD2-seed07 = '''CZ2'''
| RD2-team07 = '''[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]'''
| RD2-score07 = '''451 & 418/9d'''
| RD2-seed08 = SZ3
| RD2-team08 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| RD2-score08 = 237 & 279/4

| RD3-seed01 = '''WZ3'''
| RD3-team01 = '''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''
| RD3-score01 = '''568 & 409'''
| RD3-seed02 = EZ1
| RD3-team02 = [[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| RD3-score02 = 280 & 361/5

| RD3-seed03 = NZ1
| RD3-team03 = [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| RD3-score03 = '''249 & 356'''
| RD3-seed04 = '''CZ2'''
| RD3-team04 = '''[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]'''
| RD3-score04 = '''407 & 199/5'''

| RD4-seed01 = '''WZ3'''
| RD4-team01 = '''[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]'''
| RD4-score01 = '''243 & 373'''
| RD4-seed02 = CZ2
| RD4-team02 = [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| RD4-score02 = 394 & 201
}}

===Final===
{{Test match
| date = 19–23 April 2001
| team2 = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| team1 = [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| score-team1-inns1 = '''243 (64.1 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Connor Williams (cricketer)|Connor Williams]] 65
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Harvinder Singh (cricketer)|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 = [[Tejinder Singh (cricketer)|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 (cricketer)|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===
{{reflist|group=nb}}

===References===
{{Reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

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[[Category:2000 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:2001 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 2000–01]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:Long stubs with short prose]]

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2000 01 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

CathernQsh at 11:28, 1 May 2026