Kaypee and Thakur fashion North win

Kaypee hit an unbeaten 60 while Delhi batsmen Akash Malhotra scored 45 as North got to 182 for eight in the allotted 40 overs. Pankaj Thakur too chipped in with 25.

For Headquarters, Bal Krishan took three for 33.

In reply, Headquarters were bowled out for 135, with only Sanjeev Kohli (34) and A Katyal (30) offering any resistance. Pankaj Thakur bowled his off-spinners intelligently and had a rich haul of 4 for 15. East Zone owed their win to allrounder Jaideep Mukherjee (50 n.o. and 2 for 18). South made 165 for 6, with D S Sridhar top scoring with 55. Apart from Mukherjee’s two wickets, W Majumdar too bagged two for 38.

East Zone chased the runs quite comfortably as Mukherjee and D Sarkar (34) batted sensibly. Knowing that their side will win if they keep their wickets intact the two played out the early threat by the rival bowlers and maintained the run rate as well.

For the losers, K Ravi and Chandrashekhar took two wickets each but of no avail.

Scores
North: 182 for 8 in 40 overs (Amarjit Kaypee 60 n.o., Akash Malhotra 48, Pankaj Thakur 25; Bal Krishan 3-33) beat HQ: 135 (Sanjeev Kohli 34, A Katyal 30, T Anand 24; Pankaj Thakur 4-15).
South: 165 for 6 (D Sridhar 55, P Ramanan 33; Jaideep Mukherjee 2-18, W Majumdar 2-38) lost to East: 169 for 5 (Jaideep Mukherjee 50 n.o., D Sarkar 34, K Ravi 2-39, Chandrashekhar 2-51).