BANGALORE, Jan 23: Classy Rahul Dravid and stylish left-hander S Ramesh of South Zone authored an easy six-wicket victory over Central Zone in the inter-zonal cricket league match for the Deodhar Trophy at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here today.Rahul with an authoritative 67 (96m, 102b, 5x4, 1x6) and Ramesh with a superlative innings of 89 and shared a third wicket partnership of 105 runs which helped South chase a modest total of 219 runs.
Put into bat the Central innings was built around the third wicket stand between Jai Prakash Yadav (48, 64b, 5x4, 1x6) and Sanjay Bangar (78: 123b, 7x4).
SCOREBOARD
Central: JP Yadav c Prasad b Joshi 48, G Khoda b Prasad 0, A Khurasiya c Oasis b Johnson 6, S Bangar b Kumble 78, R Shamshad c Ramesh b R Singh 19, G Pandey b R Singh 1, M Mudgal c Ramesh b R Singh 2, S Shukla b Kumble 20, R Chauhan c David b Johnson 11, HS Sodhi b Johnson 13, M Karthik not out 0; Extras: (lb13, nb1, w7) 21. Total (all out in 49.5 overs) 219
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-24,
3-81, 4-131, 5-133, 6-149, 7-183, 8-203 9-219
Bowling: Prasad 10-2-30-1, Johnson 8.5-0-51-3, Kumble 10-0-44-2, Joshi 10-1-27-1, R Singh 10-1-47-3, Oasis 1-0-7-0
South: S Ramesh c&b Shamshad 89; Laxman c JP Yadav b Bangar 14, S Joshi c Khurasiya b JP Yadav 30; R Dravid c&b Karthik 67; S Sharath not out 9, S Oasis not out 0; Extras: (lb3, nb2, w6) 11. Total (for 4 wickets in 45.3 overs) 220
Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-93, 3-198, 4-216
Bowling: Sodhi 6-0-33-0, Bangar 5-0-26-1, Chauhan 10-0-37-0, JP Yadav 5-1-25-1, Karthik 9-0-39-1, Pandey 7-0-42-0, Shamshad 3.3-1-15-1
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