GUWAHATI, DEC 27: Devang Gandhi (323: 456b, 597m, 33x4, 5x6) helped Bengal pile up 628 for 6 against Assam in their East Zone league match. Devang not only became the sole scorer of a triple century in the domestic season this year but was also the highest individual scorer in an innings in the Eastern Zone. He was involved in a 232-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Ajay Das (102).Brief Scores
Assam 168 vs Bengal 628-6 decl (Alakendu Lahiri 50, Devang Gandhi 323, Saba Karim 95, Ajay Das 102 n.o.; Gautam Dutta 3-82).
Tripura struggling
JAMSHEDPUR: Tripura were struggling at 36 for three in their second knock against Bihar after conceding 193 runs first innings lead on the penultimate day of the four-day East Zone match.
Brief Scores
Tripura 347 & 36-3 vs Bihar 540-7 decl (Sunil Kumar 54, Rajiv Kumar 164, Tariq-ur-Rahman 93, CM Jha 39, S Arif 72, Brajesh Roy 38; Timir Chandra 3-111).
Raju shines
VISAKHAPATNAM: Left-arm spinner Venkatapathy Rajuand off-spinner Kanwaljeet Singh carved out a 161-run victory over Andhra on the final day of the South Zone Ranji Trophy league match at Ukku grounds today.
Brief Scores
Hyderabad 270 & 225-7 bt Andhra 195 & 139 (RVCH Prasad 42, Raju 6-54, Kanwaljeet 4-41) by 161 runs.
TN trounce Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Tamil Nadu overwhelmed Kerala by nine wickets on the final day of the South Zone match. By virtue of this victory, TN have booked a berth in the Super-League.
Brief Scores
TN 416 & 106-1 (S Ramesh 71 n.o.) bt Kerala 172 & 349 (Anathapadmanabhan 153, Ramprakash 31; T Kumaran 3-110, Subbaiah 3-65, D Vasu 2-64) by 9 wickets.
Services crawl
NEW DELHI: CD Thomson made a slow, unbeaten 58 as Services crawled to 313 for eight at close on a severely truncated second day of their North Zone tie against Haryana.
Brief Scores
Services 313-8 (Sarabjit Singh 65, CD Thomson 58 n.o., Amit Nadkarni 43, Vineet Jain 2-87, Parinder Sharma 2-42, Pradeep Jain2-67) vs Haryana.
Angurala revives Delhi
JAMMU: All-rounder Sandeep Angurala came up with a superb performance to first propel Delhi to a decent 148 and then struck two vital blows with the ball on the truncated second day of the North Zone match.
Brief Scores
Delhi 148 (Sandeep Angurala 38) vs J & K 35-2 (Nisar Khan 22).
Rajasthan down MP
INDORE: Gagan Khoda's impressive 95 helped Rajasthan trounce MP by four wickets in the last Central Zone One Day league match.
Brief Scores
MP 231 lost to Rajasthan 233-6 (Gagan Khoda 95, P Krishna Kumar 36 n.o.; Rajesh Chouhan 2-41)
Tie abandoned
KANPUR: Poor visibility due to fog caused the abandonment of the Central Zone one-day match between Uttar Pradesh and Railways here today.
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