Priyank Panchal’s West Zone will face Saurabh Tiwary’s East Zone in a round-five match — a digital semifinal — of the Deodhar Trophy on the Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 2 on Tuesday.
West is coming off a dominating win over North Zone, catalysed by Shivam Dube and Kathan Patel’s unbeaten 138-run partnership. On the opposite hand, East misplaced its first recreation to South Zone on Sunday to arrange a do-or-die encounter en path to the ultimate.
East, with a web run fee of 0.914, is at present in second place. West Zone, with 0.642, is third after 4 rounds.
Riyan Parag and Shahbaz Ahmed have been the constant performers for East. The 21-year-old Parag has 157 runs at a strike fee of 124 and a median of 52.33 in three matches, together with a match-winning 131 towards North. He has additionally taken 9 wickets, averaging 13.33. Shahbaz, in the meantime, has stored issues tight together with his sluggish left-arm spin, bowling at an economic system of three.92 in 4 video games and choosing 9 wickets at 17. There have additionally been significant contributions with the bat from captain Abhimanyu Easwaran and Kumar Kushagra. The decrease order has proven backbone when below stress.
Braving odds
Shams Mulani, together with his left-arm spin, has been the trump card for West with 9 wickets at an economic system of three.75 in 4 video games whereas averaging 16.66. Opener Harvik Desai has topped the batting charts for West with 209 runs at a median of 52.25 in 4 video games. Dube’s kind can be an enormous increase as nicely.
While West has displayed bouncebackability, East has had the higher hand for essentially the most half. The winner will tackle South Zone, the one crew that has defeated each, within the remaining.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com