West regain Duleep Trophy

Paceman Irfan Pathan Jr 4/43 and spinner Ramesh Powar 6/35 were the main destroyers on a track which deteriorated due to heavy rains on Wednesday night.

Brief scores

West Zone 529/6 decl and 40/4 vs East Zone 162 Zakaria Zuffri 44, LR Shukla 48, Irfan Pathan 4/43, Ramesh Powar 6/35.

Central win

Jaipur: CENTRAL Zone defeated South Zone by two wickets on the final day of their four-day Duleep Trophy match here today. Central, who had lost the previous three league encounters, consoled themsleves with the lone victory after spinner Jyoti Yadav claimed three wickets for only 11 runs.

After posting a 48-run first innings lead, South resumed at the overnight score of 99 for two, but were bundled out for 201 with 16 balls remaining.

Central were set a target of 250 runs to win the match, which they achieved losing eight wickets. Yadav performed brilliantly with the bat as he top-scored with 69 149 minutes, 7X4, ably supported by skipper Gagan Khoda who hit 38 73 minutes, 4X4.

Brief scores

South 1st Innings: 241. Central 1st Innings: 193. South 2nd innings: 201 S Sriram 76, V Bhardwaj 32, K Parida 2/75, R Kanwat 2/55, Jyoti Yadav 3/11. Central 2nd Innings: 250/8 Jyoti Yadav 69, G Khoda 38, JP Yadav 25, R Jhalani not out 27, D Ganesh 2/47, Suresh Kumar 5/95.