A thumping win for East Zone on a seamer’s paradise. Basant Mohanty finishes with four wickets in the second innings. East Zone have won by a huge margin of 102 runs.
West Zone on the brink of a heavy defeat as Dhawal Kulkarni hands Laxmi Ratan Shukla an easy catch as they lose their eighth wicket.
Poor shot from Dhawal Kulkarni and WZ sink further. Good catch running back from point by Laxmi Shukla. WZ 124/8. #duleeptrophy
End of a horrendous session for West Zone, who have managed to add 102 runs while losing six wickets. East Zone are on top at the moment and are heading towards a major win.
Humble pie for WZ at lunch? They are 114/7 in 36 overs. 102/6 in the session. Dinda 3/33. @IExpressSports#duleeptrophy
Suryakumar Yadav is the fifth batsman dismissed as Shahbaz Nadeem rattles his stumps to leave West Zone reeling at a score of 80 for the loss of five wickets.
SK Yadav hits a six off Nadeem but the bowler bowls him for 17 two balls later. WZ crumbling at 80/5. @IExpressSports#duleeptrophy
West Zone are in a spot of bother at the moment as they have lost the first innings centurion Ankit Bawne to lose their fourth wicket with just 52 runs on the board. WZ are in desperate need of a solid partnership at the moment.
West Zone skipper Cheteshwar Pujara is next in procession to the dressing room as he departs for a score of 9 off the bowling of Laxmi Ratan Shukla as West Zone lose their third wicket with 43 runs on the board. West Zone need another 195 runs.
West Zone are dealt a major blow to their run chase on the final day as lose the wicket of Aditya Tare, who gets his off-stump knocked over off the bowling of Dinda to depart for 11. West Zone are 22 for the loss of two wickets and need another 216 runs to win this contest.
Ripper from Dinda. Aditya Tare’s off stump is uprooted and he walks back for 11. WZ 22/2, needing another 216 for a win. #duleeptrophy
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of fourth and the final day of the quarter-final between East Zone and West Zone at Rohtak. West Zone will resume their chase of the 238-run target from their overnight score of 12 for the loss of one wicket, with batsmen Aditya Tare and Cheteshwar Pujara to return to crease at the start of day’s play.
West Zone skipper Cheteshwar Pujara had won the toss at the start of the match and had elected to field first at the quarter final held at Lahli. East Zone were bundled out with a total of 278 on the board, with captain Manoj Tiwary and Laxmi Ratan Shukla top-scoring for their side with scores of 100 n.o. and 54 respectively. West Zone in reply were in for some early dismissals, losing their first four wickets for 47 runs. The middle-order trio of Ankit Bawne, Suryakumar Yadav and Yusuf Pathan saved their side from a certain collapse. with Bawne and Pathan posting scores of 105 and 73 respectively. West Zone wound up at a score of 322 with a 44-run lead.
East Zone too had a shaky start during their second innings, but were saved by the duo of Sudip Chatterjee and Saurabh Tiwary. Chatterjee missed out on a well-deserved maiden First Class century by a mere run after he was run out by Shardul Thakur. Saurabh Tiwary brought up a fine century and shared a 181-run stand with Chatterjee to consolidate East Zone’s score. Skipper Manoj Tiwary declared at a score of 281 for seven to set a 238-run target for West Zone, who started off on a bad note as they lost opener Vijay Zol with the scoreboard reading just 12 runs.
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