Duleep Trophy: North Zone in strong position due to century of Nishant Sindhu and Harshit Rana, East Zone limited to 122 runs
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In the Indian Premier League, Sindhu is signed with Chennai Super Kings and Rana is signed with Kolkata Knight Riders. The North East bowlers were getting some help from the pitch on the first day but the first two sessions of the day were sunny which did not help them. Delhi youngster Rana is being touted as an emerging fast bowling talent but he impressed with the bat on Thursday. It has to be admitted that North East does not have a top-class bowling attack and Rana took full advantage of the opportunity to bring up his maiden first-class century in just 70 balls.
This was also the third century of North’s innings in which Dhruv Shorey also scored a hundred. Rana and Sindhu added 104 runs for the eighth wicket in just 17 overs. Sindhu fell victim to left-arm spinner Imliwati Lematur when the score was 476 while Rana and Siddharth Kaul held their ground. Uttar scored 64 runs in seven overs and took the score to more than 500 runs, out of which 55 runs were scored by Rana. Northeast got some respite from the rain but the North’s bowlers sent their top-order to the pavilion in the final session.
East zone team weakened
Central Zone have taken a 124-run lead in the Duleep Trophy quarter-finals after dismissing East Zone for just 122 in their first innings. Central Zone scored 64 runs without loss in the second innings. The team was bowled out for 182 in the first innings when fast bowler Murasingh took five wickets. Pacer Avesh Khan and left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar took six wickets each for the middle zone.
East Zone started the game at 32 for two. Having already lost the wicket of skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran, the former’s hopes rested on the experienced Anustup Mazumdar and Riyan Parag. Majumdar was dismissed after scoring four runs and Parag after scoring 33 runs in 46 balls. Middle captain and fast bowler Shivam Mavi sent Parag to the pavilion. Murasingh scored 30 runs in 34 balls. At the end of the second day’s play, Himanshu Mantri of Central Zone was playing on 25 and Vivek Singh on 34 runs.
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