South pulp North

Bangalore, Jan 27: A daunting target of 264 runs was made to look easy by star-studded South Zone who tamed a rejuvenated North by four wickets in the Prof Deodhar Trophy one-day cricket tournament at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Tuesday. This was South8217;s second consecutive win in three matches 8211; the same as North.

The two Sharmas of North 8212; Sandeep 71 and Ajay 85 helped their side to a big total. South had a rollicking start with openers S Ramesh 93 and Rueben Paul 47 put on 98 runs in just 10.5 overs. Then VVS Lakshman played a knock of 74 to guide South through.

SCOREBOARD

North Zone: V Rathore c Kumble b Johnson 14, N Sidhu c Paul b Joshi 27, S Sharma c Kumble b Joshi 71, A Sharma b Kumble 85, M Manhas b Kumble 31, V Dhaiya run out 15, N Chopra not out 1, H Singh st Paul b Kumble 0. Extras b-1, lb-10, w-8: 19. Total for 7 wkts in 50 overs: 263.