Syed Mushtaq Ali T20: Irfan swings West to victory; East romp over Central

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New Delhi: Irfan Pathan rolled the clock backwards as his devastating opening spell handed West Zone an easy 8-wicket victory over mighty North Zone in the Mushtaq Ali inter-zonal T20 tournament at Mumbai. 

Pathan sent back in-from Dhawan for 3 and then dismissed Pant and Yuvraj in successive deliveries to dent North Zone’s chances of getting a decent total on board. 

Anchored by Gautam Gambhir’s 60 off 57, North Zone crawled their way to 107 in 20 overs. 

Irfan Pathan returned with exceptional figures of 3 for 10 in his quota of 4 overs. 

In, reply West Zone made light work of the target as openers Shreyas Iyer and Parthiv Patel put on an 80-run opening stand. Parthiv top scored with 56 as West reached home with 44 balls to spare. 

Brief Score: North Zone 107/8 (Gambhir 60, Irfan: 3/10) lost to West Zone 108/2 in 12.4 overs (Parthiv 56, Rasool 1/7) by 8 wickets.

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MATCH 2

In the second match of the day East Zone cruised to a 7 wicket win over Central Zone. 

Chasing a target of 154, East Zone never really looked in trouble thanks to a blistering show by Ishan Kishan.

The Jharkahand wicket-keeper batsman scored 67 off just 36 balls laced with 7 towering sixes and a solitary boundary. 

Earlier, batting first, Central recovered from a horrible start and posted 151. Rescuing the team from 2 for 2, captain Naman Ojha and Harpreet Singh stitched together a crucial partnership of 76. Ojha top scored with 51.

Brief Score: Central Zone 151/7 (Ojha 52, Dinda 2/24), lost to East Zone 154/3 in 17.1 overs (Ishan 67, lomror 2/32)