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Bengaluru: Pacer Manisankar Murasingh took a five-wicket haul as East Zone bundled out Central Zone for 182 for 32 at stumps on the first day of their Duleep Trophy quarterfinal match on Wednesday. The Tripura fast bowler took five wickets for 42 runs as the Central Zone team could not post a big score. East Zone are currently trailing by 150 runs. Under cloudy skies, Murasingh troubled the Central Zone batsmen with his precise bowling and movement.

Rinku scored the most runs

Rinku Singh was the stalwart of the Central Zone batting unit but he was dismissed by left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem after which the team’s batting line-up began to crumble. Rinku Singh scored an inning of 38 runs which was also the highest individual score for the Central Zone team. A 61-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Rinku and wicket-keeper batsman Upendra Yadav helped Central Zone reach 147 runs from 86 for four.

Murasingh put an end to this partnership. East Zone also had a poor start, captain Abhimanyu Easwaran could not even open the account and reached the pavilion on his very first ball. Fast bowler Avesh Khan took his wicket. Avesh got another wicket in his account by dismissing Shantanu Mishra lbw.

Shorey’s century for North Zone

At the same time, in another match of the tournament, North Zone is competing with North East Zone. Batting first, North Zone scored 306 runs for 6 wickets. Opening batsman Dhruv Shorey scored an inning of 135 runs for North Zone. Nishant Sandhu is playing on 76 off 113 balls. Prabhsimran Singh contributed 31 runs.

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