Badrinath keeps South hopes alive

HYDERABAD, FEBRUARY 7: Gagandeep Singh struck a vital blow in the penultimate over, scalping the in-form South Zone skipper Sunil Vishwanathan to leave North Zone in a better position in the four-day Vizzy Trophy cricket final at the Lal Bahadur Stadium. But Badrinath, with a stubborn unbeaten 70 (7×4), kept South hopes alive as they reached 160 for four at the end of the second day’s play.
Brief scores: North Zone 351 in 104 overs (Tarun Gupta 134; Sohail Rauf 123; Sangram Singh 30; MR Srinivas 2-16, Rajat Bhatia 4-83, Muttu Pandian 3-81) vs South 160-4 in 70 overs (Badrinath batting 70).