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 |   Deodhar Trophy round-up
Mohandas Menon
 
Deodhar Trophy - 1999-2000
 Match No 1:  East Zone vs Central Zone
 At IPCL Sports Complex, Baroda on 19 January, 2000
 Central Zone: 305-7 in 50 overs (GK Khoda 40, Jai P Yadav 128 in 117 balls, AR Khurasiya 38, DS Bundela 45 in 27 balls; Chatterjee 4-53 in 10 overs)
 East Zone: 309-3 in 40.1 overs (SS Das 49, N Haldipur 127 in 111 balls, SS Karim 102 in 89 balls)
 Result : East Zone won by 7 wickets.
 Points: EZ 2, CZ 0
 
Match No 2:  North Zone vs West Zone
At Municipal Stadium, Rajkot on 19 January, 2000
 North Zone: 312-8 in 50 overs (V Rathour 33, AD Jadeja 91, P Dharmani 70, V Shewag 66)
 West Zone: 283-9 in 50 overs (VG Kambli 106, AA Muzumdar 42; Robin Singh Jr 3-53).
 Result: North Zone won by 29 runs.
 Points: NZ 2, WZ 0
 
Match No 3: South Zone vs West Zone
At Municipal Stadium, Rajkot on 22 January, 2000
 South Zone: 317-8 in 50 overs (J Arun Kumar 120 in 121 balls, S Mahesh 85 in 74 balls, S Reuben Paul 42 in 30 balls).
 West Zone: 320-4 in 47.5 overs (S Kotak 31, Vinod Kambli 119 in 103 balls, AA Muzumdar 109 in 108 balls).
 Result: West Zone won by 6 wickets.
 Points: WZ 2, SZ 0
 
Match No 4: East Zone vs North Zone
At IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Baroda on 22 January, 2000
East Zone: 166 in 44.5 overs (SS Raul 53; A Bhandari 3-15 in 10 overs, 
Sarandeep Singh 3-41 in 10 overs)
 North Zone: 167-3 in 31.3 overs (V Rathour 70)
Result: North Zone won by 7 wickets
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Points: NZ 2, EZ 0
 
Match No: 5: Central Zone vs North Zone
At Nehru Stadium, Pune on 25 January, 2000
 North Zone: 237-8 in 50 overs (Vikram Rathour 37, Mithun Minhas 72, Rahul Sanghvi 44*)
 Central Zone: 241-7 in 47.5 overs (Gagan Khoda 71, Jyoti P Yadav 30, 
Jaiprakash Yadav 33, DS Bundela 45*, Robin Singh Jr 4-45 in 10 overs).
 Result: Central Zone won by 3 wickets
 Points: CZ 2, NZ 0
 
Match No: 6: East Zone vs South Zone
At Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Ahmedabad on 25 January, 2000
 East Zone: 275-7 in 50 overs (SS Das 52, RR Parida 106*, LR Shukla 37; AR Kapoor 3-53 in 10 overs)
 South Zone: 276-2 in 48.5 overs (S Mahesh 50, J Arun Kumar 148*, S Sriram 39*)
 Result: South Zone won by 8 wickets.
 Points: SZ 2, EZ 0
 
Match No: 7 Central Zone vs South Zone
At Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on 28 January, 2000
 Central Zone: 272-4 in 50 overs (Jyoti Yadav 76, Gagan Khoda 69, AR
Khurasiya 67, DS Bundela 48*)
 South Zone: 276-8 in 49.4 overs (M Azharuddin 64, S Sharath 113, S Reuben Paul 31; HS Sodhi 3-67 in 10 overs).
 Result: South Zone won by 2 wickets
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Points: SZ 2; CZ 0
 
Match No: 8  (East Zone vs West Zone)
At Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad on 28 January, 2000
 West Zone: 262-7 in 50 overs (Sitanshu Kotak 100, Vinod Kambli 82; LR Shukla 3-46 in 10 overs)
 East Zone: 263-6 in 48.2 overs (Nikhil Haldipur 67, RR Parida 32, SS Karim 98)
 Result: East Zone won by 4 wickets
 Points: EZ 2; WZ 0
 
Match No: 9  (Central Zone vs West Zone)
At Wankhede  Stadium, Mumbai on 31 January, 2000
 Central Zone: 207-8 in 50 overs (Jaiprakash Yadav 31, DS Bundela 78*)
 West Zone: 211-5 in 47 overs (SH Kotak 45, AV Kale 68*)
 Result: West Zone won by 5 wickets.
 Points: WZ 2, CZ 0
 
Match No 10 (North Zone vs South Zone)
At Nehru Stadium, Pune on 31 January, 2000
 South Zone: 278-8 in 50 overs (S Sharath 104*, S Mahesh 48; Amit Bhandari 3-56 in 10 overs)
 North Zone:  279-3 in 44.4 overs (Ashu Dani 40, Vikram Rathour 106 in 87 balls, Ajay Jadeja 60*P Dharmani 36).
 Result: North Zone won by 7 wickets.
 Points: NZ 2, SZ 0
 
Deodhar Trophy 1999-00 - Points table
 
 
| No. | Zone | P | W | L | Pts | (N/r) |  
| 1 | North Zone | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | (+0.755) |  
| 2 | West Zone | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | (-0.019) |  
| 3 | South Zone | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | (-0.056) |  
| 4 | East Zone | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | (-0.354) |  
| 5 | Central Zone | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | (-0.348) |  
TOP RUN-GETTERS
(Qualification: 100 or more runs)
 
 
| Player | Zone | M | Inns | No | Runs | Hs | Avg | 100 | 50 | 0 | Balls | S/R |  
| VG Kambli | WZ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 330 | 119* | 110.00 | 2 | 1 | - | 348 | 94.83 |  
| J Arun Kumar | SZ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 289 | 148* | 96.33 | 2 | - | - | 308 | 93.83 |  
| S Sharath | SZ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 247 | 113 | 82.33 | 2 | - | - | 303 | 81.52 |  
| V Rathour | NZ | 4 | 4 | - | 246 | 106 | 61.50 | 1 | 1 | - | 281 | 87.54 |  
| SS Karim | EZ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 225 | 102* | 75.00 | 1 | 1 | - | 240 | 93.75 |  
| DS Bundela | CZ | 4 | 4 | 3 | 216 | 78* | 216.00 | - | 1 | - | 239 | 90.38 |  
| SH Kotak | WZ | 4 | 4 | - | 204 | 100 | 51.00 | 1 | - | - | 305 | 66.89 |  
| S Mahesh | SZ | 4 | 4 | - | 202 | 85 | 50.50 | - | 2 | - | 200 | 101.00 |  
| N Haldipur | EZ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 194 | 127* | 64.67 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 176 | 110.23 |  
| GK Khoda | CZ | 4 | 4 | - | 193 | 71 | 48.25 | - | 2 | - | 266 | 72.56 |  
| Jai P Yadav | CZ | 4 | 4 | - | 192 | 128 | 48.00 | 1 | - | 1 | 226 | 84.96 |  
| AD Jadeja | NZ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 167 | 91 | 55.67 | - | 2 | - | 213 | 78.40 |  
| AA Muzumdar | WZ | 4 | 4 | - | 166 | 109 | 41.50 | 1 | - | - | 184 | 90.22 |  
| RR Parida | EZ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 152 | 106* | 76.00 | 1 | - | - | 177 | 85.88 |  
| P Dharmani | NZ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 143 | 70 | 47.67 | - | 1 | - | 190 | 75.26 |  
| AR Khurasiya | CZ | 4 | 4 | - | 137 | 67 | 34.25 | - | 1 | - | 146 | 93.84 |  
| SS Das | EZ | 4 | 4 | - | 135 | 52 | 33.75 | - | 1 | - | 181 | 74.59 |  
| AV Kale | WZ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 121 | 68* | 60.50 | - | 1 | - | 120 | 100.83 |  
| Jyoti P Yadav | CZ | 4 | 4 | - | 115 | 76 | 28.75 | - | 1 | - | 160 | 71.88 |  
TOP WICKET-TAKERS
(Qualification: 3 or more wickets)
 
 
| Player | Zone | M | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | 4W | 5W | B-B | R/O | S/R |  
| Robin Singh Jr | NZ | 4 | 234 | 3 | 174 | 8 | 21.75 | 1 | - | 4-45 | 4.46 | 29.25 |  
| U Chatterjee | EZ | 4 | 180 | 1 | 145 | 6 | 24.17 | 1 | - | 4-53 | 4.83 | 30.00 |  
| HS Sodhi | CZ | 4 | 186 | 1 | 181 | 6 | 30.17 | - | - | 3-67 | 5.84 | 31.00 |  
| A Bhandari | NZ | 4 | 233 | 6 | 185 | 6 | 30.83 | - | - | 3-15 | 4.76 | 38.83 |  
| NM Kulkarni | WZ | 4 | 240 | - | 198 | 6 | 33.00 | - | - | 2-32 | 4.95 | 40.00 |  
| AD Jadeja | NZ | 4 | 198 | 1 | 150 | 5 | 30.00 | - | - | 2-35 | 4.55 | 39.60 |  
| Jai P Yadav | CZ | 4 | 192 | 2 | 155 | 5 | 31.00 | - | - | 2-47 | 4.84 | 38.40 |  
| IR Siddiqui | WZ | 3 | 150 | - | 168 | 5 | 33.60 | - | - | 2-39 | 6.72 | 30.00 |  
| RL Sanghvi | NZ | 4 | 192 | - | 183 | 5 | 36.60 | - | - | 2-46 | 5.72 | 38.40 |  
| T Kumaran | SZ | 4 | 234 | 1 | 242 | 5 | 48.40 | - | - | 2-69 | 6.21 | 46.80 |  
| Sarandeep Singh | NZ | 3 | 167 | 1 | 137 | 4 | 34.25 | - | - | 3-41 | 4.92 | 41.75 |  
| LR Shukla | EZ | 4 | 210 | 1 | 182 | 4 | 45.50 | - | - | 3-46 | 5.20 | 52.50 |  
| AR Kapoor | SZ | 4 | 198 | - | 182 | 4 | 45.50 | - | - | 3-53 | 5.52 | 49.50 |  
| Zaheer Khan | WZ | 4 | 240 | 2 | 214 | 4 | 53.50 | - | - | 2-41 | 5.35 | 60.00 |  
| PV Gandhe | CZ | 3 | 138 | - | 107 | 3 | 35.67 | - | - | 2-44 | 4.65 | 46.00 |  
| AP Bhoite | WZ | 3 | 180 | 1 | 142 | 3 | 47.33 | - | - | 2-42 | 4.73 | 60.00 |  
| Javed Zaman | EZ | 4 | 184 | 2 | 180 | 3 | 60.00 | - | - | 2-71 | 5.87 | 61.33 |  
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