a12372	Indian Board President's XI v Bengal
	Wills Trophy 1999/00 (Semi-Final)
Venue	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai on 14th January 2000 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Indian Board President's XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Indian Board President's XI won by 6 runs
Umpires	K Parthasarathy, I Sivaram
Referee	RS Rathore

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Indian Board President's XI innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
SS Das	c Sengupta b Panda	5	14	16	-	-	35.71
JP Yadav	lbw b Chatterjee	52	71	95	6	-	73.24
*M Azharuddin	b Lahiri	56	57	87	8	1	98.25
S Sriram	c Panda b Majumder	14	17	34	1	-	82.35
S Sharath	run out (Charanjit Singh)	15	34	29	1	-	44.12
SB Bangar	not out	51	34	54	2	4	150.00
AR Kapoor	lbw b Gavaskar	19	17	15	2	-	111.76
+V Dahiya	c Chatterjee b Shukla	30	30	26	3	-	100.00
J Gokulakrishnan	not out	4	3	7	-	-	133.33
M Kartik	did not bat
T Kumaran	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 13 w)	17
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 188 minutes, 46 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Das, 3.2 ov), 2-116 (Yadav, 21.5 ov), 3-129 (Azharuddin, 24.3 ov), 4-155 (Sriram, 31.1 ov), 5-158 (Sharath, 32.2 ov), 6-180 (Kapoor, 36.1 ov), 7-237 (Dahiya, 44.2 ov)

Bengal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Shukla	8	0	48	1	8	1	48.00	6.00
Panda	8	1	59	1	3	-	48.00	7.38
Lahiri	10	0	50	1	-	-	60.00	5.00
Chatterjee	9	0	48	1	-	-	54.00	5.33
Majumder	6	0	26	1	2	-	36.00	4.33
Gavaskar	5	1	29	1	-	-	30.00	5.80

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Bengal innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NL Haldipur	c Sriram b Gokulakrishnan	26	16	20	5	-	162.50
LR Shukla	c Dahiya b Gokulakrishnan	0	2	12	-	-	0.00
S Panda	c Gokulakrishnan b Bangar	49	70	120	6	-	70.00
RS Gavaskar	c Kartik b Gokulakrishnan	71	102	145	6	-	69.61
SJ Kalyani	b Kartik	14	12	14	2	-	116.67
+SS Karim	c Kapoor b Kartik	50	40	43	6	-	125.00
*US Chatterjee	b Kapoor	4	5	4	-	-	80.00
M Sengupta	b Kartik	10	13	28	1	-	76.92
WP Majumder	c Bangar b Gokulakrishnan	5	6	14	-	-	83.33
Charanjit Singh	b Gokulakrishnan	12	10	16	2	-	120.00
SS Lahiri	not out	1	2	3	-	-	50.00
Extras	(8 lb, 3 nb, 4 w)	15
Total	(all out, 217 minutes, 45.5 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Shukla, 1.5 ov), 2-29 (Haldipur, 3.1 ov), 3-149 (Panda, 29.2 ov), 4-167 (Kalyani, 32.2 ov), 5-190 (Gavaskar, 35.6 ov), 6-194 (Chatterjee, 36.5 ov), 7-237 (Karim, 42.4 ov), 8-237 (Sengupta, 42.5 ov), 9-252 (Majumder, 45.1 ov), 10-257 (Charanjit Singh, 45.5 ov)

Indian Board President's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Kumaran	9	0	58	0	-	1	-	6.44
Gokulakrishnan	8.5	0	55	5	2	1	10.60	6.23
Kartik	10	0	45	3	-	1	20.00	4.50
Bangar	4	0	27	1	-	-	24.00	6.75
Kapoor	9	0	34	1	-	-	54.00	3.78
Sriram	4	0	25	0	2	-	-	6.25
Azharuddin	1	0	5	0	-	-	-	5.00

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Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 46 overs per side
--> M Sengupta made his last appearance in List A matches
--> Charanjit Singh made his last appearance in List A matches
--> JP Yadav 50 in 67 balls, 91 minutes with 6 fours
--> JP Yadav passed 500 runs in List A matches when he reached 35
--> M Azharuddin 50 in 54 balls, 84 minutes with 8 fours
--> SB Bangar 50 in 34 balls, 54 minutes with 2 fours and 4 sixes
--> S Panda passed his previous highest score of 29 in List A matches
--> SS Karim 50 in 39 balls, 49 minutes
--> SS Karim passed 2000 runs in List A matches when he reached 19
--> J Gokulakrishnan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed Charanjit Singh in the Bengal innings (previous best was 4-18)
--> J Gokulakrishnan achieved his first five wickets in an innings in List A matches in the Bengal innings

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