Central Zone Outplay North East Zone By Eight Wickets In Deodhar Trophy

North East Zone are at the fifth position with one win and two losses.

Central Zone defeated North East Zone by eight wickets.

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Young batters Shivam Chaudhary and Yash Dubey collected brilliant fifties to back the spinners’ performance as Central Zone outplayed North East Zone by eight wickets in a round-robin match of the Deodhar Trophy on Sunday. After choosing to field first, Central Zone restricted North East Zone to just 164 runs in 49 overs. In reply, they chased down the target with the help of a 153-run second-wicket stand between Shivam (85) and Yash (72).

Chaudhary hammered seven fours and two sixes in his 90-ball innings, while Dubey blasted seven boundaries and one maximum in his 91-ball 72-run knock. On the back of this win, Central Zone registered their first victory in four games they played and are placed at the fourth spot in the six-team tournament while North East Zone are at the fifth position with one win and two losses.

North East Zone batters could not find any momentum and were reeling at 7 for two in 6 overs with Aditya Sarwate (3/19), Saransh Jain (2/39), Yash Kothari (2/4) and Karn Sharma (1/34) tormented the batters, sharing eight wickets among them. Shivam Mavi (1/19) and Yash Thakur (1/15) were the other wicket-takers. Batters like  Kamsha Yangfo (35), Ashish Thapa (31), Rex Singh (27), and L Keishangbam (24) were able to score some runs for the North Zone.

Squads:

North East Zone Squad: Anup Ahlawat, Nilesh Lamichaney, Ashish Thapa(w), Langlonyamba Keishangbam(c), Pheiroijam Jotin, Palzor Tamang, Rex Rajkumar, Lee Yong Lepcha, Imliwati Lemtur, Abhishek Kumar, Nabam Abo, Jehu Anderson, Khrievitso Kense, Larry Sangma, Kamsha Yangfo

Central Zone Squad: Yash Kothari, Shivam Chaudhary, Yash Dubey, Upendra Yadav(w), Venkatesh Iyer(c), Rinku Singh, Karn Sharma, Shivam Mavi, Aditya Sarwate, Aniket Choudhary, Akash Madhwal, Madhav Kaushik, Mohsin Khan, Aryan Juyal, Yash Thakur.

Brief score:

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).