da heads bet： North Zone made a relatively easy entry into the Vijay Hazare TrophyUnder-16 tournament with the help of the massive 198-run first innings leadover West Zone in the semifinal match at the Maharaja Jayachamaraja WodayarSports Centre in Bangalore on
Staff Reporter06-Feb-2001North Zone made a relatively easy entry into the Vijay Hazare TrophyUnder-16 tournament with the help of the massive 198-run first innings leadover West Zone in the semifinal match at the Maharaja Jayachamaraja WodayarSports Centre in Bangalore on Tuesday.Resuming at 160 for three, West Zone’s overnight pair of opener SOKukreja (79) and CR Suryavanshi (74) took the socre to 207. Kureja was thefirst to be dismissed on the final morning, stumped by Bhupinder Singh offAbhinav Bali. During a 224-minute stay at the crease, Kukreja faced 185balls and hit eleven fours and two sixes. Yousuf Pathan (6) did not lastlong and in the 63rd over was trapped leg before by Paras Dogra. ParagMadkaikar (54) then joined Suryavanshi and forged a 68-run partnership forthe seventh wicket. Suryavanshi was the next to be dismissed, caught byRahat Ali off Gaurav Gupta. During a stay of two hours at the crease,Suryavanshi faced 121 balls and hit six fours. Thereafter, an eighth wicketstand worth 52 runs ensued between Madkaikar and Sunasura (32). ThoughMadkaikar battled at one end he lost partners and the innings folded up at359.North Zone in their second innings scored 107 for 1 in 25 overs. OpenersRahul Arora (25) and S Dhawan (66) added 72 runs in 17.3 overs. Arora wasthe only casuality of the day for North, when he found himself run out.Then Kuldeep Rawat (12) and Dhawan took the team to stumps.