East send North packing in Deodhar Trophy

North Zone bowed out of the Deodhar Trophy after crashing to a 65-run defeat to East Zone in a Group A match...

North Zone bowed out of the Deodhar Trophy after crashing to a 65-run defeat to East Zone in a Group A match Saturday. Chasing 305,they folded up for 240 in 49.4 overs,conceding a bonus point.

East Zone will have to merely deny Central a bonus point when they meet each other on Monday to qualify for the final. In another match Arjun Yadav (71) and Ravichandran Ashwin (50 not out) helped South Zone register a three-wicket win over Zimbabwe Presidents XI.

Manhas lashes out

North Zone skipper Mithun Manhas lashed out at the scheduling. We played a tough match against Central Zone yesterday and didnt get any time to recover or regroup. Playing back-to-back matches in this heat is a tough ask. They have kept an off day tomorrow. They could have easily slotted our second match on Sunday, Manhas said. West,Central,East and Zimbabwe all are getting a day off after their openers. Only we and South are made to play back-to-back matches, he added.

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Meanwhile,Virat Kohli was fined 50 per cent of his match fees while Aakash Chopra was docked 20 per cent by match referee Hemant Wasu.

Brief scores: East Zone 305/6 in 50 overs (W Saha 84,I Jaggi 110 n.o,S Tiwari 52); North Zone 240 all out in 49.4 overs (A Chopra 58,M Manhas 58; Goswami 4/35,R Bose 2/53,A Dinda 2/43).

Zimbabwe Presidents XI 193 all out in 49.5 overs (S Matsikenyeri 36,F Mutizwa 40; Shoaib 2/27); South Zone 194/7 in 40 overs (A Yadav 71,R Ashwin 50).