Visitors Centrally placed after Day I

Visitors Centrally placed after Day I
Press Trust of India

Panaji, February 1: Central Zone were 178 for two in their first innings after bowling out South Zone for 141 on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy match here today.

After Central skipper Amay Khurasia (51) was caught by Vijay Bharadwaj off Aashish Kapoor and J P Yadav run out for eight, opener Gagan Khoda (batting 87: 10x4s, 3x6s) and Mohammad Kaif (batting 28) took charge and contributed an unbroken 72 runs for the third wicket.

Earlier, electing to bat South were dismissed for a paltry 141 shortly after lunch as they could not face the pace attack of Devendra Bundela (4/58) and J P Yadav (3/46).

South, who were led by stand-by captain VVS Laxman as Rahul Dravid was reportedly down with flu, made a poor start losing their first wicket for just 17 runs.

They lost wickets at regular intervals and were 62-5 before Bharadwaj (50) and Sunil Joshi (17) came to their team’s rescue with a 42-run stand for their sixth wicket to take the score to 104-6 before being all out off 42.5 overs.Central wicketkeeper Rohit Jalani, who made his debut, had five victims to his credit.

Scoreboard
South Zone (1st Innings): S Sriram c Yere Goud b Bundela 14; Nanadakishore c J P Yadav b Bundela 2; VVS Laxman c Jalani b Bundela 10; Hemang Badani c Jalani b Srivastava 5; Vijay Bharadwaj c Kartik b J P Yadav 50; Tilak Naidu c Jalani b J P Yadav 4; Sunil Joshi b Kartik 17; Aasish Kapoor c Jalani b Bundela 10; Srinath run out 0; Raju c Jalani b J P Yadav 8; Prasad not out 0; Extras: 21; Total: 141
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-18, 3-31, 4-43, 5-62, 6-104, 7-124, 8-126, 9-134.Bowling: Srivastava 11-0-29-1, Bundela 16-2-58-4, J P Yadav 13.5-1-46-3, Kartik 1-0-3-1
Central Zone (1st Innings): J P Yadav run out 8; Gagan Khoda batting 87; Khurasia c Bharadwaj b Aasish Kapoor 51; Mohd Kaif batting 28; Extras: 4; Total: (For 2 wkts) 178
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-106
Bowling: Srinath 8-1-33-0, Prasad 12-2-40-0, Aasish Kapoor 12-1-57-1, Sunil Joshi 7-2-26-0, Raju 5-2-13-0, Bharadwaj 1-0-5-0