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AGARTALA, DEC 3: South Zone were fighting with their back to the wall to avoid the follow-on. South were 207 for four in reply to North Zo...

AGARTALA, DEC 3: South Zone were fighting with their back to the wall to avoid the follow-on. South were 207 for four in reply to North Zone’s 589 on the third day of the five-day Duleep Trophy match here on Friday.

Resuming at the overnight score of 551 for six, North managed to add only 38 runs today losing the remaining four wickets. North were powered by a record 381-run fifth wicket partnership between Virender Sehwag (274) and Rajiv Nayyar (118).

In reply, South suffered a setback when openers Nand Kishore and Ashish Kapoor returned to the pavilion with one run each.

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However, Thilak Naidu (55) and JR Madangopal (84) stemmed the rot and put up a semblance of respectability to the score. South skipper Robin Singh (26) and Sridharan Sharath (36) remained unbeaten at the end of the day.

SCOREBOARD

North Zone (1st innings): Ashu Dani lbw Mahesh 21, Vikram Rathore c & b Raju 12, Reetinder Singh Sodhi lbw Robin 22, Pankaj Dharmani c Khan b Kapoor 59, Rajiv Nayyar c Kishore b Joshi 118,Virender Sehwag st Siruguppi b Raju 274, Vijay Dahiya c Naidu b Kapoor 8, Nikhil Chopra c Kishore b Joshi 19, Shakti Singh c Robin b Joshi 13, Navdip Singh not out 1, Ashish Nehra b Joshi 6. Extras (b17, lb 6, nb13): 36. Total (all out in 197.4 overs): 589
Bowling: Khan 17-5-38-0, Mahesh 26-3-101-1, Raju 50-14-129-2, Robin 21-4-62-1, Joshi 39.4-9-113-4, Kapoor 43-9-116-2, Sharath 1-0-7-0

South Zone (1st innings): Nand Kishore lbw Nehra 1, Ashish Kapoor c Dahiya b Nehra 0, Thilak Naidu c Dharmani b Sodhi 55, JR Madangopal b Chopra 84, Sridharan Sharath not out 36, Robin Singh not out 26. Extras (nb 5): 5. Total (for four wickets in 71 overs): 207
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-2, 3-96
Bowling: Nehra 17-5-56-2, Shakti Singh 9-1-22-0, Reetinder Singh Sodhi 15-0-42-1, Nikhil Chopra 18-6-58-1, Navdeep Singh 12-2-29-0

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