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South sitting pretty

Special Correspondent

BANGALORE: South Zone needing 183 for an outright win had made 114 for four in 43 overs at stumps on the third day of the four-day Col Hemu Adhikari Trophy (Under-19) cricket tournament final at the RSI grounds here on Wednesday.

Overnight 138 for two, North was helped by two three-figure knocks. Pery Goyal (110; 163 balls, 19x4) and Sharad Lumba (100; 89 balls 13x4, 2x6) helped their team put a decent total of 332 off 83.4 overs in its second knock.

Left arm spinner L. Mohan (three for 86) and first innings tormentor G.V.S. Prasad (three for 76) shared the bowling spoils.

Rahul delights

Wicketkeeper K.L. Rahul had a fruitful outing accounting for six victims in North’s second innings. He then came out to compile a fine unbeaten 50 to keep South in the hunt after some early setbacks. Member of the Junior world cup winning team, Manish Pandey made 33 off 54 balls (7x4) but Rahul (50; 121 balls, 7x4) and Kaushik Gandhi (batting 27; 49 balls, 5x4) took the home side towards victory. On Thursday South needs to make 69 more runs with six wickets in hand.

East takes lead

In the match for the third and fourth place at the IAF grounds, East took a first innings lead of 161 and then made 198 for eight in its second knock for an overall lead of 359 for eight before rain brought an early end to the day’s proceedings.

All India University (AIU) was dismissed for 263 in 59.5 overs in its first innings.

The scores: At RSI: North Zone 137 and 332 in 83.4 overs (Pery Goyal 110, Sharad Lumba 100; L. Mohan three for 86, G.V.S. Prasad three for 76) v South Zone 287 and 114 for four in 43 overs (K.L. Rahul batting 50, Manish Pandey 33).

At IAF grounds: East 424 and 198 for eight in 72.3 overs (Saurav Tiwary 72, Kundan Singh batting 50; M. Raja four for 88) v AIU 263 in 59.5 overs (Kundan Singh five for 95).

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