J P Yadav claimed his second five-wicket haul of the match to push Central Zone to smelling distance of an outright victory over East Zone here today. Yadav snatched 5-34 in a single spell of 14 overs to bulldoze East out for a ridiculous 131 on the second day.The Railway medium pacer’s ninth five-wicket haul followed another workhorse performance by Bengal’s Shib Shankar Paul whose spectaculour 6-50 had helped the visitors bowl out Central Zone for 189.Brief scores: Central: 189 (Naman Ojha 40, J P Yadav 29, M Kartik 29, S S Paul 6-50, Ranadeb Bose 4-79) and 7-1 vs East: 131 (L R Shukla 53 n.o, J P Yadav 5-34, R P Singh 3-6, Bangar 2-49).
