Deodhar trophy accomodated in Indian domestic schedule of 2009-10

[Sachinism]

Central win easy

[Laaloo]

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We're gearing up for IPL. B->B->

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Deodhar Trophy : Central Zone cruises to victory over South Zone Central Zone cruised to a seven-wicket victory over South Zone with more than 10 overs to spare in the Deodhar Trophy quarterfinals at the Moti Baugh Cricket Ground on Saturday. More... Central Zone cruises to victory A. Joseph Antony Central Zone v South Zone Scorecard VADADORA: Central Zone cruised to a seven-wicket victory over South Zone with more than 10 overs to spare in the Deodhar Trophy quarterfinals at the Moti Baugh Cricket Ground on Saturday. The players who set up the comfortable win were Mohd. Kaif, unconquered with a chanceless 72, Mohnish Mishra (71) and skipper Suresh Raina (49 n.o.). Helping the winner along was South's sluggish, if not sloppy fielding, which otherwise would have stopped some of the big hitters in their tracks. Shunning risk Keen on a sizeable score, Kaif shunned risk to be realistic, content to concede strike to his partners. He faced 104 balls, seven of which he sent to the fence. Raina's adventurous knock, short though sweet (27 balls) was laced with four boundaries and two sixes. Mohnish's approach was measured initially, coming as he did after the early exit of Naman Ojha. Over time, with growing confidence, he took liberties, lofting Pragyan Ojha and Sreesanth over the tents well past long-on for huge sixes, apart from his seven boundaries. Called for a wide later, the left-arm spinner was pummelled by Suresh Raina over the camera posted behind mid-wicket. Late fightback Earlier, floundering at 93 for five half-way through its innings, South recouped to 222, thanks largely to a late fightback by Abhinav Mukund and skipper R. Ashwin. The Chennai combo cut loose from crisis confines and the stranglehold imposed by the quicks, who did most of the damage. Their sixth-wicket partnership produced 69 runs, bolstered by the 48 Ashwin put on with R. Vinay Kumar for the seventh. Beefed up by the pace trio of R.P. Singh, Sudeep Tyagi and Pankaj Singh, Central not surprisingly chose to field, perhaps in deference to the drift of teams batting second being assured of victory. The decision stood vindicated for sure, if not soon enough. Pankaj's blatant assault from the Palace end set the tone, dealing a twin blow to South's terribly shaky start. Extracting considerable bounce from a firm strip, his average ball rose chest high. Dabbing at one such delivery, S. Anirudha departed first, caught behind by Naman. Off the very next ball, the strapping speedster castled G. Satish, also for a blob. The semblance of stability S. Badrinath promised, proved short-lived as he slashed at Sudeep Tyagi, only to be picked up by Raina at point. Picture of poise Meanwhile, Mukund, well entrenched and determined to buck the trend, was a picture of power and poise in his valiant 67 (96b, 153min, 5x4), never once intimidated by a highly dominant attack. Ashwin may have rued not coming up the order, always a step ahead of the pacemen, evident from a vicious pull off a Pankaj steepler. Undeterred when Mukund perished, pouched by Raina at mid-on, Ashwin staved off the onslaught with a degree of comfort. His 75-ball 79, which took just over an hour-and-a-half, made light of the challenge his side faced, containing 11 hits to the ropes. The scores: South Zone: S. Anirudha c Naman Ojha b Pankaj Singh 0, A. Mukund c Raina b R.P. Singh 67, G. Satish b Pankaj Singh 0, S. Badrinath c Raina b Tyagi 14, M. Pandey c R.P. Singh b Chawla 8, C.M. Gautam b Chawla 11, R. Ashwin c Naman Ojha b R.P. Singh 79, R. Vinay Kumar (run out) 24, S. Sreesanth lbw b Tyagi 0, A. Mithun c Naman Ojha b R.P. Singh 8, Pragyan Ojha (not out) 1; Extras (lb-5, w-5): 10. Total (in 47.4 overs): 222. Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-1, 3-40, 4-57, 5-79, 6-148, 7-196, 8-197, 9-221. Central Zone bowling: R.P. Singh 9.4-1-60-3, Pankaj Singh 8-0-24-2, Tyagi 10-0-44-2, Chawla 10-0-41-2, Raina 7-0-36-0, T.P. Singh 3-0-12-0. Central Zone: T. Srivastav c Gautam b Vinay Kumar 15, Naman Ojha c Gautam b Sreesanth 0, M. Mishra c (sub) Arun Karthik b Mithun 71, Mohd. Kaif (not out) 72, Suresh Raina (not out) 49; Extras (b-4, lb-2, nb-3, w-9): 18. Total (for three wickets in 39.1 overs): 225. Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-43, 3-134. South Zone bowling: Sreesanth 7-0-52-1, Vinay Kumar 7-0-27-1, Mithun 7-1-26-1, Pragyan Ojha 9-1-56-0, Ashwin 9-0-54-0, Anirudha 0.1-0-4-0 .

[the_indian_fan]

east zone v north zone: east zone 210 all out(parthiv patel 65, wriddhiman saha 58 off 51 balls)

[the_indian_fan]

north zone 34/0 after 7.3 overs mohanty bowling at only 112 kph:WTF: what happened to his pace. a opening bowler should atleast be able to bowl at 130 kph. even dhoni bowls 25 kph faster than mohanty

[msb1991]

What sort of speed are the other quicks in the game bowling at?

[the_indian_fan]

^others, dinda & bose were bowling at 125-130 kph. dinda being the faster of the pacers north zone now 186/2 after 33.2 overs, dhawan 72* off 86 balls

[Lord]

Bipul Sharma 5-36:kxip:

[Sachinism]

Easy win for North (8 wickets) Dhawan and Kohli among the runs

[zubinpepsi]

wat is this trophy.. we jus had Vijay harare trophy right??

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Deodhar Trophy : East Zone bite the dust as North registers a thumping win North registered an eight-wicket win over East Zone in the Deodhar Trophy semifinal on Sunday. More... East Zone bite the dust Vadodara: North Zone registered a comprehensive eight-wicket victory against East Zone in the first semi-final of the Deodhar Trophy here on Sunday. The combined efforts of left-arm spinner Bipul Sharma and opener Shikhar Dhawan ensured North’s handsome win. After asking Debashish Mohanty-led side to bat first, the North bowlers, led by Bipul, bundled out East for 210 in 48.2 overs. While Bipul claimed five for 36 from his 10 overs, Joginder Sharma and Jaskaran Singh pocketed two each. Rajat Bhatia claimed the other wicket. For East, it wasn’t a bright start as the in-form Bengal batsman Sreevats Goswami was dismissed for a duck in the second over of the day. It was mainly due to Paresh Patel, who top-scored with 65, and Bengal wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, who slammed a quickfire 58, that the East score crossed the 200-run mark. Orissa’s Haladhar Das, with 23, was the next best scorer. At one point of time, East were reeling at 133 for eight with Wriddhiman and skipper Debashish (16) at the crease. The pair, especially Wriddhiman batted sensibly. They added valuable 57 runs for the ninth wicket. The runs were also scored at a decent pace as they played around 11.5 overs together. When Debashish was finally dismissed caught at extra-cover off the bowling of Joginder, the East score had reached 190. However Wriddhiman found an able ally in statemate Ranadeb Bose. The duo added 20 runs for the last wicket. It also gave Wriddhiman, an opportunity to complete his sixth List A half-century. He hit nine boundaries in his 51-ball knock especially hitting a lot of fours through cover and extr-cover region. In reply, North never seemed to be any trouble and reached the target in 37.5 overs. Shikhar Dhawan with an unbeaten 85 and Virst Kohli with 66 were the architects of the West chase. Dhawan’s 95-ball innings comprised of seven boundaries while Kohli, who took just 54 balls for his innings, had 11 hits to the fence. Leading the charge was skipper Virat Kohli with a quick-fire 66, strung up in barely an hour and a quarter and adorned with 11 boundaries and Shikar Dhavan's sedate and blemish free 85 (95b, 7x4). Especially harsh on Ranadeb Bose, off whom he plundered 16 in an over, Kohli outpaced opener Dhavan in double quick time. The left-right duo went about dismantling the Eastern attack that packed pace but lacked penetration. The bounce and carry hardly unsettled the two. To curb a climbing run-rate, spin was introduced. Kohli mauled them too with almost equal ease. His downfall came with a switch back to speed, Dinda trapping him in front. Mandeep Singh (32 not out) was the other contributor with the bat. Bengal speedster Ashok Dinda claimed both wickets giving away 53 runs in his 10 overs. Central Zone take on West Zone in the second semi-final, at the same venue, on Monday. The scores: East Zone: Paresh Patel c Paras Dogra b Bipul 65, Shreevats Goswami lbw b Jaskaran 0, Saurabh Tiwary c Bhatia b Jaskaran 10, Manoj Tiwary c Bipul b Bhatia 11, Halhadar Das c Shikar Dhavan b Bipul 23, Rakesh Mohanty c Virat Kohli b Bipul 1, Wriddhiman Saha c Bipul b Joginder 58, Dhiraj Goswami c Dhavan b Bipul 5, Ashok Dinda b Bipul 7, Debasis Mohanty c Kohli b Joginder 16, Ranadeb Bose (not out) 1; Extras: (b-2, lb-1, w-10) 13; Total: (in 49.2 overs, 207 mins.) 210. Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-27, 3-67, 4-112, 5-116, 6-119, 7-125, 8-133, 9-190. North bowling: Joginder Sharma 7.2-0-33-2, Jaskaran Singh 8-0-38-2, Sanjay Budhwar 8-0-41-0, Rajat Bhatia 6-0-20-1, Bipul Sharma 10-1-36-5, R. Dewan 7-1-26-20, Virat Kohli 2-0-13-0. North Zone: Shikar Dhavan (not out) 85, Rahul Dewan c S. Tiwary b Dinda 19, Virat Kohli lbw b Dinda 66, Mandeep Singh (not out) 32; Extras: (lb-3, w-6) 9; Total: (in 164 mins., 37.5 overs) 211. Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-146. East bowling: Debasis Mohanty 5-0-12-0, Ranadeb Bose 6-0-43-0, Ashok Dinda 10-1-53-2, Rakesh Mohanty 6-1-41-0, Dhiraj Goswami 3-0-16-0, Paresh Patel 4-0-22-0, Manoj Tiwary 3.5-0-21-0 .

[Chandan]

Wow!! WZ scores 317 runs in 49 overs. Rahane 76, Pujara 86, Yusuf Pathan 59 in 24 balls, Jadeja still batting on 36. Rohit Sharma failed once again, scoring just 8 runs. Pankaj Singh took 4 wickets with the assistance of early morning condition, RP 1 and Tyagi 2 wickets. Rest went wicketless. In this tournament, team chsing has won on both the occasions. Can Raina's Central win this match against mighty West?

[graphic23]

Wow, nice performance by the West. Glad to see Rahane and Pujara did well. Rohit, well, I hope performances like these put him out of national contention.

[Sachinism]

Malnutritioned Jadeja striking at 233 :woot: But it may have been a small ground WZ hit 15 sixes in their innings

[zubinpepsi]

No code has to be inserted here. wow pankaj singh... get him in the national team.. RP and Tyagi :((

[Sachinism]

OMG Uber pwnage CZ bowled out for 119, so much for it being a small ground and a good wicket Jadeja 4.4-0-8-4

[Sooda]

So much for the India bench strength of Tyagi and RP :cantstop: got smashed around Why was Raina skipper with MK in the side I wonder, his UP captain after all... weird decision that

[flamy]

OMG Uber pwnage CZ bowled out for 119, so much for it being a small ground and a good wicket Jadeja 4.4-0-8-4

omfg :yikes:

[vvvslaxman]

RP singh :cantstop:

[vvvslaxman]

RP went for 60 against South Zone as well. Indian bowlers must be thanking their lucky stars they are not bowling to our national team.