North Zone’s highly-rated batsmen failed to live up to the expectations as the side suffered a dramatic collapse to concede the first innings lead to West Zone in the Duleep Trophy match here today. North, who were sitting pretty at 114-2 overnight after dismissing their rivals for 201, began cautiously in the morning session before being bowled out for 195 with spinners Rajesh Pawar and Romesh Powar claiming four wickets each. Brief scores: West: 201 and 146-5 (Wasim Jaffer 47, Jadhav 31, Vishal Bhatia 2-41) vs North: 195 (Aakash Chopra 45, R Ricky 33, Yuvraj 21, Zaheer Khan 2-64, Rajesh Pawar 4-30, Ramesh Powar 4-40)
