Bedade helps Vadodara to victory

Chasing 164 for a victory on the track was not an easy job and the visitors lost three wickets for only 29 runs. However, Atul Bedade, promoted to No 3, justified the faith his skipper reposed in him and started cautiously and in association with Tushar Arothe added 84 runs for the fourth wicket.

Once he got his eyes in, Bedade went on the rampage.

Earlier, except for a 53-run partnership for the third wicket between Vipul Patel and Mukund Parmar, none of the Gujarat batsmen could contribute substantially and were restricted to 163 by Vadodara.

Arothe emerged as the most successful bowlerwith 4 for 37 while left-arm spinner Darshan Mulherkar scalped three victims for 32 runs.

SCOREBOARD

Gujarat: Amrish Kotecha c Williams b Chawda 1, Vipul Patel c Arothe b Mulherkar 30, Neeraj Patel b Chawda 1, Mukund Parmar c Arothe b Mulherkar 20, Mihir Seth b Arothe 12, Kirat Damani st Mewada b Mulherkar 7, Keyur Padia c Chawda b Arothe 19, Bhavin Mehta c Mewada b Arothe 24, Pathik Patel st Mewada b Martin 16, Rakesh Patel c Chawda b Arothe 3, Vivek Parikh not out 13. Extras (b1, lb9, w6, nb1): 17. Total (all out in 46.1 overs): 164.

Fall Of Wickets: 1-1, 2-4, 3-57, 4-67, 5-80, 6-88, 7-120, 8-134, 9-138.

Bowling: Wakaskar 7-0-25-0, Chawda 6-1-20-2, Mulherkar 9-1-32-3; Swaroop 10-0-22-0, Arothe 10-1-37-4; Martin 4.1-0-17-1.

Vadodara: Connor Williams c Padia b Patel 8, Prayan Dave lbw R Patel 0, Atul Bedade c Seth b Parmar 66, Jacob Martin b R Patel 7, Tushar Arothe c Parmar b Damani 15, Himanshu Jadhav c Kotecha b Damani 16, R Swaroop not out 20, Milap Mewada notout 13. Extras: (lb1, w7, nb8): 21. Total (for wickets in 47.1 overs): 166.

Fall Of Wickets: 1-13, 2-14, 3-29, 4-113, 5-125, 6-138.

Bowling: R Patel 9-1-35-3, Parikh 6-3-33-0, Seth 4-0-16-0; Mehta 10-1-18-0; Kotecha 3-0-15-0; Parmar 3-0-26-1, Damani 7.1-0-24-2, N Patel 5-1-13-0.

Karnataka triumph

THALASSERY: Vijay Bhardwaj’s unbeaten 69 and his 98-run fifth wicket partnership with B Akhil (58) enabled Karnataka defeat Kerala by five wickets in their last Subbiah Pillai one-day match to emerge South Zone champions.

Brief Scores

Kerala 218-7 (Sashikant 53, Harikrishnan 22, Sunil Oasis 32, Ajay Kundua 48 n.o.; Anand Yalvigi 2-26) vs Karnataka 219-5 in 45 overs (Arun Kumar 42, V Bhardwaj 69 n.o., Akhil 58, TR Sudheesh 3-31).

Ramesh slams ton

CHENNAI: A century by opener S Ramesh (105) and a useful knock by WV Raman (64) and Hemang Badani helped Tamil Nadu beat Andhra by 40 runs in the Subbiah Pillai Trophy one-day Tournament match.

BriefScores

TN 259-5 (S Ramesh 105, WV Raman 64, Hemang Badani 64; Sai 2-36, Rammohan 2-42) bt Andhra 219-7 (Srihari Rao 54, Prasad 70; Sharath 2-49, Devanand 2-33).

Big win for Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad registered an 88-run victory over Goa in the South Zone one-day match. Hyderabad scored 248 for 7 in 50 overs and in reply, Goa managed only 160 for nine.

Brief Scores

Hyderabad 248-7 in 50 overs (Arvind Shetty 40, D Vinay Kumar 65, Nanda Kishore 61; Sayeed Khalid 3-37) bt Goa 160-9 (Dinesh Rao 42; Mohd Mohiuddin 3-30, Venkatapathi Raju 2-9, Santosh Yadav 2-25)

Bose grabs five

CALCUTTA: Bengal medium-pacer Ranadeb Bose picked up five wickets as Tripura were struggling to save innings defeat in the East Zone league match.

Brief Scores

Tripura 135 & 51-6 (R Bose 5-23) vs Bengal 210 (A Das 59; R Deb Barma 6-84)

Orissa well placed

JAMSHEDPUR: An unfinished 102-run fourth-wicket stand between Sanjay Raul (57 batting) and RR Parida(48 batting) helped Orissa cruise to 182 for three in reply to Bihar’s first innings score of 287 in the East Zone league match.

Brief Scores

Bihar 287 (S Arfi 40; Robin Morris 4-65) vs Orissa 182-3 (Sanjay Raul batting 57, R R Parida batting 48).