A quintet of wickets on debut

Tamil Nadu kicked off their Ranji Trophy campaign in 1999-2000 with an away fixture against Andhra at Visakhapatnam. With S Ramesh and Robin Singh doing duty in the ODI series against New Zealand and S Sriram away in the Caribbean with India A, Tamil Nadu's bench strength was going to be sorely tested. Vidyuth Sivaramakrishnan, still a month short of his 19th birthday, was one of the youngsters pressed into service on the occasion.[More]

An exemplary leader

The Cooch Behar Trophy, the premier domestic competition for cricketers aged under nineteen, kicked off this season with the zonal league matches in September and October. In the South Zone, there were some prominent casualties strewn about the wayside, like Karnataka and Hyderabad. Only Tamil Nadu and Andhra made it through to the knockout stages held at the steel city of Jamshedpur. Tamil Nadu, which got a bye into the quarter finals, were drawn to play the home team Bihar. [More]

Vidyuth spins Tamil Nadu to victory

When Tamil Nadu Under-19s won the toss at the MA Chidambaram Stadium at Chepauk and asked Goa Under-19s to take the field in the Cooch Behar Trophy 1999-2000, their captain Vidyuth Sivaramakrishnan was in his element. Although he had very little role to play with the bat, Tamil Nadu managed to muster up a more than decent 311/9 declared. [More]

Decisive spell from Vidyuth sees South Zone clinch victory

The CK Nayudu Trophy Under-19 Tournament has always attracted exciting young talent. When Central Zone Under-19s took on South Zone Under-19s at Chennai this was especially so. Both teams boasted sides that had players who were already beginning to make the headlines. For Central Zone Under-19s, Mrithyunjay Tripathi, Shalab Sriwastava and Anup Dave represented a strong bowling attack. The South had all rounder Y Venugopal Rao, batsman Arjun Yadav and left spinner Vidyuth Sivaramakrishnan in their line up. [More]