Puducherry
Karnataka pacer V. Kaverappa blew away the North Zone top-order with a fiery spell (6-1-17-5) and bowled South Zone to an enormous win 185-run win (VJD methodology) within the first-round match of the Deodhar Trophy right here on the Siechem Stadium right here on Monday.
His spell complemented the half-centuries from South Zone top-order – Rohan Kunnummal (70), Mayank Agarwal (64), and later N. Jagadeesan (72)- who powered the workforce to 303 for eight in 50 overs after electing to bat first.
In reply, North’s innings was left in tatters when Kaverappa struck twice in his second and third overs to depart the Nitish Rana-led aspect tottering at 19 for 4, from which it by no means recovered. North was finally bundled out for a humiliating 60 in simply 23 overs.
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The 24-year-old pacer was unplayable together with his probing line and generated good bounce. Within the third over, he had the left-handed Abhishek Sharma nicking to the keeper earlier than Shubham Khajuria adopted go well with 4 balls later, chasing a large supply. In his subsequent over, he had Prabhsimran Singh slicing to the point-fielder, crushed for tempo with part of the bat breaking up. Two balls later, skipper Rana tried to slash over the off-side, with V. Koushik taking an excellent diving catch at third man.
The match was stopped thrice from the ninth over resulting from intermittent rains however it simply delayed the inevitable for Rana’s males.
Earlier within the day, skipper Agarwal and his fellow opener Rohan set South Zone on a stable path with a 117-run stand. Between the 2, Rohan was the aggressor going for his photographs.
The Kerala batter hit pacer Sandeep Sharma for consecutive boundaries off his pads to get going and was spectacular via the off-side. The fashionable right-hander didn’t maintain again by going aerial, lofting Rishi Dhawan via the covers and reducing Mayank Yadav over the third-man area to gather a number of sixes.
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In opposition to the spinners, Rohan was efficient on the backfoot as he reduce and pulled leg-spinner Mayank Markande for a 4 and 6, respectively, the primary of which took him previous his half-century.
Later, Jagadeesan began cautiously and acquired his first boundary on 21 as he put away a full toss from Abhishek Sharma for a six earlier than paddle-sweeping the left-arm spinner via the positive leg. He then reduce free going after Rana, hitting the off-spinner for 2 sixes and a 4 to make sure South crossed 300.
The scores:
South Zone 303/8 in 50 overs (Mayank Agarwal 64, Rohan Kunnammal 70, N. Jagadeesan 72, Ricky Bhui 31) bt North Zone 60 in 23 overs (V. Kaverappa 4/16). (VJD methodology).
Outcome: South Zone received by 185 runs — revised goal for North Zone: 246 in 28 overs.