Niraj, spinners inspire India A

AHMEDABAD, FEBRUARY 13: India B failed to achieve India A’s 295 in Hero Honda NKP Salve cricket tournament on Saturday. India A bowlers Murli Karthik (3-48), Amit Bhandari (3-52) and T Kumaran (2-41) and Niraj Patel (70: 63b) starred for India A with Mohammed Azharuddin 50 (46b, 5×4) and S Sharath 42 (53b, 2×4, 1×6) providing support.

SCOREBOARD
India A: Arun Kumar c A Ratra b D Ganesh 19, Sanjay Bangar c Bundela b Sodhi 46, M Azaruddin st Ratra b Dave 50, S Sharath c Jadeja b Bundela 42, V Sehwagb b Kaif 21, N Patel not out 70, N Mongia not out 24; Extras: (lb6, w13, nb4) 23
Total (for 5 wickets in 50 overs) 295
Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-119, 3-126, 4-164, 5-234
Bowling: Debasis Mohanty 4-1-25-0, Doda Ganesh 9-1-51-1, Reetinder Sodhi 10-1-59-1, Devendra Bundela 8-0-47-1, Anup Dave 10-0-57-1, Mohammed Kaif 5-0-27-1, Ajay Jadeja 4-0-23-0
India B: N Haldipur c&b Bhandari 4, RS Sodhi c Bhandari b Karthik 19, Mohammed Kaif c Azharuddin b Bangar 93, A Jadeja b Karthik 79, Yuvraj Singh lbw Bhandari 10, RR Parida c&b Karthik 19, D Bundela c Mongia b Kumaran 5, A Ratra run out 0, D Ganesh lbw Kumaran 9, D Mohanty b Bhandari 1, A Dave not out 0; Extras (b4, lb8, w3, nb1) 16
Total (all out in 48.5 overs) 255
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-53, 3-185, 4-201, 5-238, 6-239,7-240, 8-254, 9-255
Bowling: Bhandari 9.5-0-52-3, Kumaran 10-0-41-2, Karthik 9-0-48-3, Bangar 10-0-54-1, Kapoor 10-0-48-0.