South Zone introduced forth their all-round prowess to brush apart North East Zone by 9 wickets of their Deodhar Trophy match right here on Friday.
The South Zone bowlers, led by Vidwath Kaverappa and R Sai Kishore, bundled out NE Zone for a feeble 136 after the latter elected to bat first.
South had little hassle in overhauling the goal in simply 19.3 overs as opener Rohan Kunnummal made an unbeaten fifty (87, 58 balls, 8×4, 5×6).
The victory additionally noticed South consolidating their place on prime of the desk with 12 factors, and a superior web run charge (NRR) too helped their trigger.
In this match, South paired Vidwath with Arjun Tendulkar, who got here in for Vasuki Koushik.
The left-arm pacer Arjun made an instantaneous affect, dismissing opener Anup Ahlawat. With Vidwath and Sai Kishore too becoming a member of the record, North East discovered themselves at a rocky 31 for 3.
North East Zone didn’t sew collectively any significant partnership of their innings besides a 30-run alliance for the fourth wicket between captain M Langlonyamba and Okay Priyojit.
Priyojit was the top-scorer for NE Zone with a 40 that he made off 104 balls. Pacer Vidwath and left-arm spinner Sai Kishore had been essentially the most profitable bowlers for South, taking six wickets equally amongst themselves. Vidwath, now, has 12 wickets from three matches and leads the wicket-takers’ chart. Sai Kishore carefully tails him with 10 wickets.
The gulf in school between the 2 sides was evident as soon as Rohan and Mayank Agarwal mounted the chase.
Rohan, the 25-year-old opener from Kerala, was fast to claim himself and peppered the quilt and level areas with delectable pictures. Rohan’s energy was additionally on view as he cleared long-on and long-off fences 5 occasions. Rohan’s fifty was his fifth in List A matches.
The South opening pair went for fast runs retaining in thoughts the NRR, and added 95 runs in 15.4 overs.
The dismissal of Agarwal, who was trapped leg earlier than by Imliwati Lemtur for 32 was a minor stumbling block.
Brief scores:
North East Zone 136 all out in 49.2 overs (Okay Priyojot 40; Vidwath Kaverappa 3/27, R Sai Kishore 3/22) misplaced to South Zone: 136/1 in 19.3 overs (Rohan Kunnummal 87 n.o, Mayank Agarwal 32) by 9 wickets.
