Central Zone beat North Zone eight wickets | Cricket News

Shivam Chaudhary and Yash Dubey slammed fine fifties to complement the spinners’ performance as Central Zone defeated North East Zone eight wickets in a round-robin match of the Deodhar Trophy here on Sunday.
Opting to field, Central Zone dismissed North Zone for 164 in 49 overs before romping home in 33 overs, courtesy a 153-run second-wicket stand between Shivam (85) and Yash (72).
Chaudhary blasted seven fours and two sixes in his 90-ball innings, while Dubey had seven hits to the fence and one maximum in his 91-ball 72-run knock.
With the win, Central Zone claimed their first win in four games to be at the fourth spot in the six-team tournament, while North Zone are in fifth position with one win and two losses.
Sent in to bat, North Zone couldn’t get any momentum and were reduced to 17 for two in 6 overs.
The dpin trio of Aditya Sarwate (3/19), Saransh Jain (2/39), Yash Kothari (2/4) and Karn Sharma (1/34) strangled the batters, sharing eight wickets among them.
Shivam Mavi (1/19) and Yash Thakur (1/15) were the other wickettakers.
For North Zone, Kamsha Yangfo (35), Ashish Thapa (31), Rex Singh (27) and L Keishangbam (24) scored the bulk of runs.
Mayank Agarwal and Sai Sudharsan came up with superb half-centuries as South Zone produced an allround show to continue its unbeaten run, coasting to a comfortable five-wicket win over East Zone in a round-robin match of the Deodhar Trophy here on Sunday.
Agarwal (84) and Sudharsan (53) shared an 118-run partnership for the second wicket, studded with 10 fours and two sixes, in South Zone’s emphatic 230-run chase in 44.2 overs.
While Agarwal slammed six fours and a six in 88 balls, his partner Sudharsan send the ball four times across the fence and deposited it at the stands once in his 57-ball knock.
Once they were back in the hut, N Jagadeesan (32) and Rohit Rayudu (24) kept their chase on track.
South Zone was atop the points table with four wins in as many games, while East Zone are placed second with 3 wins in 4 matches.
The win was set up a collective effort from the bowlers with seam trio of V Koushik (3/37), Vidhwath Kaverappa (2/40) and Vijaykumar Vyshak (1/62) sharing six wickets, while spin duo of Sai Kishore (3/45) and Washington Sundar (1/41) taking four.
Electing to bat, Virat Singh (49) and Subhranshu Senapati (44) gave East Zone a good start but they suffered a collapse after the duo were back to the pavilion, losing regular wickets.
Akash Deep (44) and Mukhtar Hussain (33) then rescued the team, taking East Zone to a respectable score.
Brief Score:
East Zone: 229 allout in 46 overs (Virat Singh 49, Akash Deep 44, Subhranshu Senapati 44; V Koushik 3/37, Sai Kishore 3/45) South Zone: 230 for 5 in 44.2 overs (Mayank Agarwal 84, Sai Sudarshan 53; Avinov Choudhury 2/58).
North Zone: 164 allout in 49 overs (Kamsha Yangfo 35, Ashish Thapa 31; Aditya Sarwate 3/19) Central Zone: 165 for 2 in 33 overs (Shivam Chaudhary 85, yash Dubey 72; Imliwati Lemtur 1/39).