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05 Mar 2014, 06:14 pm
Summary
Jitesh Sharma, Dheeraj Jadhav score centuries
Jitesh Sharma powered Vidarbha to victory over UPCA with a 107, while Dheeraj Jadhav’s 102 went in vain as Assam lost to Jharkhand on the sixth day of the Inter-State One-Day League 2013-14. Here is the roundup for the day: South Zone Andhra vs Kerala:After their bowlers set up the game in Andhra's favour by bowling Kerala out for 160, their batsmen took the team to a seven-wicket win. N Jyothi Sai Krishna (61*) and Ricky Bhui (74*) helped the team to the target after they were left reeling on 10 for the loss of two. Earlier, D Sivakumar, P Vijay Kumar and B Sudhakar claimed two wickets each, while T Atchuta Rao took three wickets to bowl Kerala out for 160 in 46.4 overs. South Zone Goa vs Hyderabad:Chasing 290 runs, Hyderabad clinched a one-wicket win against against Goa in their one-day match. A Ashish Reddy's swashbuckling 62 off 35 balls helped the team attain the target with two balls to spare in the thrilling encounter. No.3 batsman DB Ravi Teja anchored the innings to keep Hyderabad in the fray and took them to 213 for six before returning in the 42nd over. Earlier, S Kamat's 112 and K Vaz's 111 had helped Goa set Hyderabad a stiff target. Karnataka vs Tamil Nadu:Tamil Nadu cantered to a seven-wicket win against Karnataka in Bangalore. Electing to field first, the L Balaji-led attack struck at regular intervals. Karnataka prodded along and managed to get to 168 for nine. Balaji and Rahil Shah claimed three-wickets apiece after V Yo Mahesh got the ball rolling with the wicket of Mayank Agarwal to end the opening stand for 45. Baba Aparajith chipped in with one as the rest of the line-up failed to stand up to the TN attack. CM Gautam retired hurt on 17, while HS Sharath remained not out without opening his account. Led by the in-form Murali Vijay (73) and S Badrinath (81*), TN attained the total in 38.5 overs. East Zone Assam vs Jharkhand: Jharkhand successfully chased the 263-run target to post a comprehensive seven-wicket over Assam. IR Jaggi (88) and AP Yadav (47) set up the chase with a 109-run opening stand, while No.3 bat VB Singh scored 53. Kumar Deobrat and S Tiwary then helped their team attain the target with 15 balls to spare. Earlier, Dheeraj Jadhav scored 102 to help Assam set a competitive target for Jharkhand. Bengal vs Tripura: After bowling Tripura out for 199, Bengal scampered to an eight-wicket win at Agartala. Earlier, Tripura were bowled out in 44.1 overs by the Bengal attack. Ashoke Dinda claimed three wickets, while Veer Pratap Singh and IA Saxena took two apiece. S Lahiri and L Shukla chipped in with a wicket each. Bengal opener S P Goswami then led the chase and made 84 before he was sent back by Viki Saha, while SD Chatterjee scored 71 not-out. North Zone DDCA vs Haryana: Milind Kumar's unbeaten 70 and Mithun Manhas' 68 helped DDCA post a six-wicket win against Haryana while chasing 201 in Delhi. Asked to bat first, Haryana were taken to 200 for six by Bhupinder Lingwal's 51 and SP Rathi’s 31 lower down the order, while opener R Dewan scored 49. Punjab vs SSCB: Punjab posted a thumping 98-run win over SSCB after electing to bat first and posting 232 for nine. S T Kaul, who finished with a four-for, gave Punjab their first breakthrough, while SBG Sharma followed up with the second with just 19 on the board. Wickets tumbled as the Punjab bowlers maintained a stranglehold on the SSCB line-up. GR Singh picked three wickets, while Yuvraj Singh took two. Earlier, MH Singh was the top-scorer for Punjab with an 83. Himachal vs J&K:After their batsmen set a competitive target for J&K, Himachal rode to a 49-run win on the back of the Rishi Dhawan-led bowling attack. Although the HP captain got only one wicket, the rest of the attack kept the opposition on their toes from the word go. VS Malik sent back both the openers in his first two overs to leave the opposition on 17 for two while chasing 230. B Sharma and Karan Veer too claimed two wickets each, while GK Singh took one to help bowl out J&K for 180. Earlier, Nikhil Gangta had ensured the team got to a par score with a 99, before being sent back by WM Paray. Opting to bat first, HP were bowled out for 229 with two balls to spare as the lower half of their line-up collapsed. Central Zone MPCA vs Rajasthan: After their pacers set up the match in Rajasthan's favour, they sailed to a five-wicket win a low-scoring game at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. After opting to field first, the Pankaj Singh-led pace attack bundled out MPCA for 164 in 37.5 overs. Skipper Deepak Chahar and Tanveer-ul-Haq claimed three wickets each, while R Bishnoi chipped in with one wicket. During the chase, the home team lost SA Chouhan with just 11 runs on board. But they were helped across the line by PR Yadav who remained unbeaten on 56. UPCA vs Vidarbha: J M Sharma and Faiz Fazal propelled Vidarbha to a six-wicket win against UPCA. Chasing the 269-run target, Fazal made 84, while J Sharma scored 107 to set up the win. Urvesh Patel and S Shrivastava then took the team across the line. Earlier, opting to bat first, UPCA made 268 for six. Rinku Singh scored 83, while Mohammad Kaif made 74 for UP. West Zone Baroda vs Maharashtra:Kedar Devdhar's century powered Baroda to 334 for nine, thus setting Maharashtra a formidable target. Aditya Waghmode and Yusuf Pathan supplemented the openers' 103-run knock with 88 and 66 respectively after Baroda opted to bat first. Irfan Pathan once again struck in the first over - this time accounting for Harshad Khadiwale's wicket - and followed-up with the wicket of Rohit Motwani 39 runs later. Ankit Bawne's determined 97 and Nikhil Naik's 78 could not help Maharashtra salvage the innings. With the rest of the batsmen caving in to the Baroda attack, Maharashtra were bowled out for 284 with seven balls to spare. Apart from Irfan's early breakthroughs, L Meriwala picked three wickets, while Munaf Patel and J Chhaya chipped in with a wicket each to bowl their team to a 50-run win. Gujarat vs Saurashtra: Chasing 210, Saurashtra coasted to a six-wicket win against Gujarat in Rajkot. Earlier, after Gujarat were bowled out for 209 after electing to bat first, 27 was the highest individual score in their line-up as batsmen returned to the pavilion at regular intervals. Saurashtra's A R Bhat claimed three wickets, while Chirag Jani and D Jadeja for two wickets apiece. Left struggling on 38 for two, JN Shah (76) and Arpit Vasavada (72*) helped Saurashtra to victory.



