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Ranji Trophy - Central Zone League

Mohandas Menon

Match No: 1 (Vidarbha v Madhya Pradesh)
At VCA Stadium, Nagpur on 23, 24, 25, 26 October, 1999. Match Drawn
Vidarbha 263 (PH Sutane 66, MS Dosi 80; ND Hirwani 4-90, RK Chauhan 3-73) & 128 (MS Dosi 38 not out; MS Majithia 3-13); Madhya Pradesh 251 (DS Bundela 36, S Abbas Ali 51, A Raja Ali 40; PV Gandhe 4-84) & 50-4
Vidarbha 5 pts, Madhya Pradesh 3 pts

Match No: 2 (Madhya Pradesh v Uttar Pradesh)
At Ravi Shankar Stadium, Durg on 31 October, 1, 2, 3 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Madhya Pradesh 338 (S Abbas Ali 76, A Raja Ali 104 not out, RK Chauhan35; AW Zaidi 3-85, Musi Raza 3-73) & 250-9 (HS Sodhi 58, S Sahu 99; S Bajpai 4-76); Uttar Pradesh 383 (Jyoti P Yadav 54, MS Mudgal 50, Mohd Kaif 46, R Shamshad 50, GK Pandey 33, SA Shukla 80; ND Hirwani 3-66).
Uttar Pradesh 5 pts, Madhya Pradesh 3 pts

Match No: 3 (Vidarbha v Railways)
At VCA Stadium, Nagpur on 31 October, 1, 2, 3 November, 1999. Railways won by 7 wickets
Vidarbha 170 (UV Gandhe 85 not out; Murali Kartik 6-62) & 172 (Extras 35; Murali Kartik 6-31); Railways 270 (SB Bangar 84, Abhay Sharma 60, Davendra Singh 36 not out; PV Gandhe 8-88) & 73-3 (SB Bangar 34)
Railways 8 points, Vidarbha 0 pts
12 wickets in the match for M Kartik

Match No: 4 (Rajasthan v Vidarbha)
At KL Saini Stadium, Jaipur on 11, 12, 13, 14 November, 1999. Rajasthan won by an innings & 74 runs
Vidarbha 163 (PH Sutane 54, Sanjeev Sharma 4-56) & 205 (AV Deshpande 50, UV Gandhe 65; P Krishnakumar 5-31); Rajasthan 442 (Anshu Jain 78, Ajay Mehra 53, P Krishnakumar 72, Sanjeev Sharma 117, DP Singh 56; V Boddlu 3-131)
Rajasthan 8 pts, Vidarbha 0 pts

Match No: 5 (Madhya Pradesh v Railways)
At Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground, Indore on 11, 12, 13, 14 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Madhya Pradesh 538-7 decl (Jaiprakash Yadav 265, K Rajagopalan 70, MS Majithia 34, S Abbas Ali 67 not out); Railways 216 (SB Bangar 34, Abhay Sharma 37, PS Rawat 58; RK Chauhan 5-99) & Railways 86-5 (SB Bangar 39)
Madhya Pradesh 5 pts, Railways 3 pts
Yadav scored 265 in 600 mins, 429 balls, six sixes, 24 fours
On the third day, Railways following-on scored just 83 runs in 104 overs - the minimum runs scored in a full day's play in first-class history. MP's left-arm spinner Majithia's figures were 20-20-0-1

Match No: 6 (Rajasthan v Madhya Pradesh)
At KL Saini Stadium, Jaipur on 19, 20, 21, 22 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Madhya Pradesh 315 (Jaiprakash Yadav 50, S Abbas Ali 159, P Krishnakumar 6-84) & 203-8 (Jaiprakash Yadav 48, A Raja Ali 41; Mohd Aslam 3-63); Rajasthan 415 (Anshu Jain 50, N Doru 87, S Bhatia 90 not out, Sanjeev Sharma 54, Extras 55; Jaiprakash Yadav 6-74)
Rajasthan 5 pts, Madhya Pradesh 3 pts
Yadav who scored a double hundred in the last match, recorded his best bowling figures of his career.

Match No: 7 (Railways v Uttar Pradesh)
At Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi on 19, 20, 21, 22 November, 1999. Match Drawn'
Uttar Pradesh 439 (MS Mudgal 47, Jyoti Prasad Yadav 57, GK Pandey 107, SA Shukla 43, Mohd Saif 71, Musi Raza 35) & 8-1; Railways 506 (SB Bangar 130, Abhay Sharma 99, Yere Gowda 84, PS Rawat 42, Zakir Hussain 89; GK Pandey 4-93)
Railways 5 pts, Uttar Pradesh 3 pts.

Match No: 8 (Uttar Pradesh v Rajasthan)
At Sports Stadium, Meerut on 26, 27, 28, 29 November, 1999. Match Drawn
Rajasthan 287 (Anshu Jain 90, PK Krishnakumar 56, Sanjeev Sharma 78 not out; Musi Raza 4-81, P Tewari 4-80) & 392-6 (Anshu Jain 31, Kuldeep Singh 92, Ajay Mehra 46, P Krishnakumar 34, S Bhatia 30, Sanjeev Sharma 100 not out); Uttar Pradesh 224 (MS Mudgal 74, Mohd. Saif, SA Shukla 30; Shamsher Singh 3-40, P Krishnkumar 4-32)
Rajasthan 5 pts, Uttar Pradesh 3 pts.

Match No: 9 (Uttar Pradesh v Vidarbha)
At Green Park, Kanpur on 28, 29, 30, 31 December, 1999. Uttar Pradesh won by 10 wickets
Vidarbha 98 (AW Zaidi 19.4-3-45-9) & 331 (RS Paradkar 40, AS Naidu 118 not out, UV Gandhe 78, CE Atram 32; AW Zaidi 42-6-147-6, GK Pandey 3-69); Uttar Pradesh 404 (Jyoti P Yadav 46, Mohd. Kaif 112, Rizwan Shamshad 95, Musi Raza 42; A Piprode 3-80) & 29-0
Uttar Pradesh 8 pts, Vidarbha 0 pts
Zaidi claimed 15-192 in the match. The previous best match figures by a UP bowler was 14-272 by Zaidi himself against Haryana at Faribabad in 1990-91.

Match No: 10 (Railways v Rajasthan)
At Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi on 28, 29, 30, 31 December, 1999. Match Drawn
Railways 132 (PS Rawat 51 not out; Sanjeev Sharma 3-39, Mohd. Aslam 4-35) & 294-9 (Abhay Sharma 65, Yere Gowda 59; Mohd Aslam 3-54, R Kanwat 4-65); Rajasthan 214 (N Doru 35, PK Krishnakumar 39, R Jhalani 40 not out; H Singh 4-63, M Kartik 4-53)
Rajasthan 5 pts, Railways 3 pts

Final Central Zone league position: Rajasthan 23 pts (4 matches)
Railways 19 pts (4)
Uttar Pradesh 19 pts (4)
Madhya Pradesh 14 pts (4)
Vidarbha 5 pts (4).

Rajasthan, Railways and Uttar Pradesh qualify for the Super League