da 888casino： Central Zone crushed South by an innings and 147 runs in the VijayHazare Trophy (Under-16) tournament quarterfinal match at the MaharajaJayachamaraja Wodayar Sports Centre in Bangalore on Friday
da premier bet： Staff Reporter02-Feb-2001Central Zone crushed South by an innings and 147 runs in the VijayHazare Trophy (Under-16) tournament quarterfinal match at the MaharajaJayachamaraja Wodayar Sports Centre in Bangalore on Friday. CentralZone now take on East Zone in the semifinals from February 4 to 6 atBangalore.The reality was that South Zone were well and truly beaten by aninspired Central Zone team in all departments of the game be itbatting or bowling. If the day was dominated by their skipper TahirAbbas’ (212 not out) willow, Central Zone’s new ball bowler DevendraSingh (5 for 40) was not to be left far behind as he demolished SouthZone for the second time in the match to pick up match figures of 9for 111.Resuming at 284 for 4, Tahir Abbas and Rahar Ilahi (84) took the scorealong to 316, when the latter was sent back to the pavilion, caught byNalin Reddy off I Varun. The partnership between Tahir and Ilahiextended to 142 runs for the fourth wicket. During a 141 minute stayat the center, Ilahi needed just 99 balls to score his runs, whichcame by mainly in the form of 19 boundaries. The dismissal of Ilahibrought Gaurav Tikkas (105) to the crease. But Tahir was not finishedyet and in the company of Tikkas he tormented the South attack for afurther 45.1 overs, plundering a 189 run stand.Tahir’s innings was studded with 29 boundaries in all while requiring374 balls during his near eight hour long stay at the crease. GauravTikkas gave ample company for his captain but more important was thefact that he scored his runs at will. He needed only 67 balls to reachhis fifty and a further 62 balls to bring up his century. Afterbatting for close to two sessions on the final day the Central Zone skipper declared the innings at the fall of Tikkas. After a 165 minute stay at themiddle Tikkas offered a return catch to Nalin Reddy in the 131st overof the innings.Set to score 226 runs for a win, South Zone never looked in the race.The first innings tormentor came back to bundle out South Zone for apaltry 79 in 27.2 overs. Vivek Yadav set the ball rolling for CentralZone when he got rid of Prasanth Peter (6) in the fourth over of theinnings. Then Devendra Singh got into the act and before long SouthZone were tottering at 49 for 6 at the end of the 17th over.Thereafter it was only a matter of time for Central Zone to ensure awell deserved win. Praveen Gupta (2 for 6) and Avinash Yadav (1 for11) shared the other wickets.
