Vidarbha colts down UP

NAGPUR, Nov 7: Vidarbha colts notched up their first victory in almost four years beating a strong Madhya Pradesh team by six wickets in the Central Zone Cooch Behar Trophy Under-19 cricket tournament today.

Leg-spinner Sameer Khare fashioned victory for the hosts as he claimed six wickets in Madhya Pradesh8217;s second innings as the visitors set up an easy target of 103 runs for win.

Brief scores: Vidarbha 281 and 103-4 Alind Naidu 31, Shailesh Harbade not out 21, Amit Deshpande 26; Nitin Kapil 3-20 bt Madhya Pradesh 125 and 258 Sunil Dholpure 131, Vishnu Joshi 25, Jatin Saxena 23, Mohammed Arif 36; Sameer Khare 6-73.