With the race for a spot within the Deodhar Trophy closing intensifying, North Zone faces West Zone in a vital fourth-round match on the Siechem Stadium in Puducherry on Sunday.
While West has its fortunes in its fingers with two wins in three video games, North has ceded its mandate to different groups, having received just one recreation in its marketing campaign up to now. It is at the moment fourth within the six-team desk and has a slender probability of creating the summit conflict.
Priyank Panchal’s males enter the conflict after pulling off an exhilarating heist towards Central Zone, rising victorious by only one wicket on Friday.
The crew suffered a middle-order collapse for the second time in succession after a 12-run loss to South Zone in spherical three, the place half the aspect perished below 100 in a 206-run chase.
However, towards Central, Atit Sheth’s run-a-ball fifty, Rajvardhan Hangargekar’s quickfire knock (24 off 12), and Chintan Gaja’s beneficial lower-order contribution helped West snatch 4 beneficial factors.
Domestic heavyweights Ankeet Bawane, Sarfaraz Khan and Rahul Tripathi, the spine of West’s batting, have been mercurial. While Sarfaraz has appeared good in patches, Bawane and Tripathi have did not spend time within the center. READ MORE
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Source: sportstar.thehindu.com