da pinup bet： Vidarbha drew with Uttar Pradesh on Thursday atthe Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur,in the Vijay Merchant (under-16) Central Zoneleague match
da imperador bet： Santhosh S15-Dec-2000Vidarbha drew with Uttar Pradesh on Thursday atthe Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur,in the Vijay Merchant (under-16) Central Zoneleague match. UP middle order batsman A Alam witha fine knock of 109 and Vidarbha bowler SohilBhengade with 5/35 shared the honours.Electing to bat, Vidarbha got off to a bad startlosing their first wicket in the first over of thematch, with captain Ali Akbar out for a duck. Thatwas followed by a retrieving stand of 108 for thesecond wicket between Faiz Fazal (52) and PushkarMenghal (50). From a relatively strong position of109/1, the Vidarbha innings collapsed and came toan end on 149 in 70.2 overs. Devendra Singh (Jnr)was the pick of bowlers with figures of9.2-3-36-3.UP were struggling at 24/2 when T Abbas and A Alamgot together. They put on a partnership of 122 forthe third wicket. Abbas was dismissed for 68 madein 96 balls and included 11 fours. Captain R Elahijoined Alam and kept the momentum going with apartnership of 91 for the fourth wicket as Alamwas dismissed reducing UP to 237/4. Alam’s inningslasted 232 minutes and he got his runs off 180balls. Alam was severe on the bowlers, smashing 15boundaries. The UP innings folded up with thedismissal of Alam though captain Elahi made 62.Sohil Bhengade did most of the damage capturingfive of the last six batsmen to fall. UP finishedat 286 all out in 90.1 overs.Vidarbha in their second innings made a splendidstart with openers Ali Akbar and Faiz Fazalputting on 115 runs. Ali Akbar made 71 of thoseruns, striking 10 fours. Faiz Fazal went on toscore a patient 84 (8 fours) in 229 balls.Devendra Singh ripped apart the batting, pickingup 4/49 as Vidarbha’s second innings came to anend at 238 in 101 overs. The UP chase was never onas there was little time left in the match. By theclose, UP were 70/0 in 12 overs. UP took home fivepoints and Vidarbha had to remain content withthree.
