# 2000–01 Ranji Trophy

The 2000–01 Ranji Trophy was the 67th season of the Ranji Trophy. 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.

## Zonal stage
### Central Zone

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts |
| Rajasthan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Railways | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Vidarbha | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
* Top three teams advanced to the knockout stage.
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts |
| Orissa | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| Assam | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| Bengal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Bihar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Tripura | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts |
| Punjab | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Delhi | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Haryana | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Services | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts |
| Mumbai | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Maharashtra | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| Baroda | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Gujarat | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Saurashtra | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts |
| Tamil Nadu | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
| Hyderabad | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| Karnataka | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Kerala | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Andhra | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| Goa | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |

## Knockout stage

The draw for the quarter-finals were made after the final zonal-stage match, with the following fixtures announced. The fixtures in the knockout stage of the tournament are played across five days, instead of four days in the zonal stage.
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final |
| WZ3 | Baroda | 467 & 355 | | | | | | | | | | |
| EZ3 | Bengal | 247 & 353 | | | | | | | | | | |
| EZ3 | Bengal | 247 & 353 | WZ3 | Baroda | 324 & 184 | | | | | | | |
| | | | SZ1 | Tamil Nadu | 186 & 162 | | | | | | | |
| SZ1 | Tamil Nadu | 592 & 518/8d | SZ1 | Tamil Nadu | 186 & 162 | | | | | | | |
| NZ2 | Delhi | 365 & 149/1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| NZ2 | Delhi | 365 & 149/1 | | | | WZ3 | Baroda | 568 & 409 | | | | |
| | | | | | | EZ1 | Orissa | 280 & 361/5 | | | | |
| CZ3 | Madhya Pradesh | 490 & 291 | | | | | | | EZ1 | Orissa | 280 & 361/5 | | | | |
| SZ2 | Hyderabad | 382 & 50/2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| SZ2 | Hyderabad | 382 & 50/2 | CZ3 | Madhya Pradesh | 437 & 233/9d | | | | | | | |
| | | | EZ1 | Orissa | 479 & 192/3 | | | | | | | |
| EZ1 | Orissa | 501 & 299/4d | EZ1 | Orissa | 479 & 192/3 | | | | | | | |
| NZ3 | Jammu & Kashmir | 151 & 229 | | | | | | | | | | |
| NZ3 | Jammu & Kashmir | 151 & 229 | | | | | | | | WZ3 | Baroda | 243 & 373 |
| | | | | | | | | | | CZ2 | Railways | 394 & 201 |
| CZ1 | Rajasthan | 111 & 306 | | | | | | | | | | | CZ2 | Railways | 394 & 201 |
| NZ1 | Punjab | 429 | | | | | | | | | | |
| NZ1 | Punjab | 429 | NZ1 | Punjab | 383 & 322 | | | | | | | |
| | | | WZ1 | Mumbai | 285 & 213 | | | | | | | |
| WZ1 | Mumbai | | WZ1 | Mumbai | 285 & 213 | | | | | | | |
| | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | bye | | | | | NZ1 | Punjab | 249 & 356 | | | | |
| | | | | | | CZ2 | Railways | 407 & 199/5 | | | | |
| CZ2 | Railways | 431 & 657/5 | | | | | | | CZ2 | Railways | 407 & 199/5 | | | | |
| WZ2 | Maharashtra | 308 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WZ2 | Maharashtra | 308 | CZ2 | Railways | 451 & 418/9d | | | | | | | |
| | | | SZ3 | Karnataka | 237 & 279/4 | | | | | | | |
| EZ2 | Assam | 321 & 134 | SZ3 | Karnataka | 237 & 279/4 | | | | | | | |
| SZ3 | Karnataka | 312 & 144/3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Final

* 19–23 April 2001 Scorecard
* Baroda won by 21 runs Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground, Vadodara Umpires: Jasbir Singh, Shavir Tarapore Player of the match: Zaheer Khan (Baroda)
* Baroda won the toss and decided to field

## Scorecards and averages

* CricketArchive