BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sahil Kukreja	b Mishra	28	92	143	3	0	30.43

Wasim Jaffer	c †Kaul b Singh	23	32	42	5	0	71.87

Ajinkya Rahane	lbw b Malik	91	112	161	18	0	81.25

Parthiv Patel (c)†	c †Kaul b Singh	1	4	12	0	0	25.00

Cheteshwar Pujara	b Singh	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Rakesh Solanki	c Manhas b Singh	38	81	117	6	0	46.91

Yusuf Pathan	c Singh b Mishra	27	26	37	4	0	103.84

Rakesh Dhurv	not out	20	48	70	4	0	41.66
Sandeep Jobanputra	c Chopra b Singh	6	9	11	1	0	66.66

Ashraf Makda	run out (Malik)	14	14	17	3	0	100.00

Siddharth Trivedi	c Manhas b Mishra	0	5	6	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 11, nb 14, w 1)	26
TOTAL	68.2 Ov (RR: 4.00, 313 Mins)	274
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Wasim Jaffer, 8.4 ov), 2-122 (Sahil Kukreja, 30.6 ov), 3-139 (Parthiv Patel, 33.1 ov), 4-139 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 33.2 ov), 5-170 (Ajinkya Rahane, 45.1 ov), 6-217 (Yusuf Pathan, 52.4 ov), 7-238 (Rakesh Solanki, 61.1 ov), 8-247 (Sandeep Jobanputra, 63.4 ov), 9-270 (Ashraf Makda, 66.3 ov), 10-274 (Siddharth Trivedi, 68.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Vikram Singh	20	4	91	5	4.55	90	15	0	1	8
8.4 to W Jaffer, finally a wicket. And it is Jaffer who has the fatal flirt. It landed on a length, outside off and held its line. An unsure Jaffer hung his bat out and feathered a edge behind. They have been bowling well but it appeared that the batsmen have seen off the worst times when VRV breaks through. Now, game on. Let's see how the new batsmen face up to the moving cherry.. 34/1 33.1 to PA Patel, Parthiv is gone. Huge wicket. He doesn't look too happy though. It kicked from a length, Parthiv stabbed at it and the ball went close to the outside edge. The bowler and the 'keeper were absolutely sure that it was out. They didn't even appeal too vociferously and up went the umpire's finger. Parthiv stalled a brief while before walking off. No replays yet to confirm Parthiv's doubts or the bowler's conviction. If there is, i will let you know.. 139/3 33.2 to CA Pujara, What a screaming yorker from VRV! A peach of a delivery to face up. Poor Cheteshwar Pujara. It was hurled in full, Pujara shaped to jab it away but it swung away late too - too good for the batsman on a duck and it took out the middle stump. North have roared back into the game. 139/4 61.1 to RK Solanki, done in by the sharp bouncer. VRV's golden day continues. It was banged in short, at the body and Solanki, who was troubled through the day by the extra bounce of VRV, fended at it in an ungainly manner and lobbed a easy catch to the man who ran in from covers.. 238/7 63.4 to SP Jobanputra, sharp catch by Chopra at third slip. Full and outside off, Jobanputra had a wild swing and it flew chest-high to Chopra. VRV gets a five-for in the Duleep Trophy final.. 247/8
Vikramjeet Malik	13	3	32	1	2.46	62	4	0	0	4
45.1 to AM Rahane, Reverse swing does Rahane in! What a gem of a knock it has been, though. It was full and came in late in the air, Rahane pushed across and before the bat comes around the pad the ball struck him in front of middle and leg. It would have taken out leg stump, only doubt was it looked a touch high. We have no hawk eye here, may be ... just may be it would have gone over. Fab knock.. 170/5
Ashok Thakur	12	1	49	0	4.08	54	8	0	0	0
Rajat Bhatia	6	1	34	0	5.66	30	7	0	0	1
Amit Mishra	17.2	6	57	3	3.28	74	10	0	0	1
30.6 to SO Kukreja, Gone! cleaned up! Flighted delivery, just outside off stump, hint of turn and Sahil jabs at it, the bat comes outside the line, gets an inside-edge and runs on to the off stump. 122/2 52.4 to YK Pathan, flighted outside leg, Pathan gives him the charge, goes for the loft over the on side but fails to get the desired elevation. He ends up hitting low to VRV Singh at mid-on who dives forward and claims the catch. 217/6 68.2 to SK Trivedi, That's it, West Zone have been bowled out for 274. Flighted delivery, on the middle stump, Trivedi has a wild slog across the line but can only edge it to covers.. 274/10

North Zone 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aakash Chopra	c Pujara b Trivedi	35	51	67	6	0	68.62

Shikhar Dhawan	b Trivedi	30	76	105	6	0	39.47

Karan Goel	c †Patel b Trivedi	0	3	2	0	0	0.00

Mithun Manhas (c)	c †Patel b Trivedi	26	36	55	5	0	72.22

Yashpal Singh	c Jobanputra b Dhurv	59	125	190	9	0	47.20

Rajat Bhatia	c Makda b Trivedi	84	159	234	9	1	52.83

Uday Kaul †	c †Patel b Dhurv	15	21	23	2	0	71.42

Amit Mishra	c †Patel b Trivedi	15	23	20	3	0	65.21

Vikramjeet Malik	c †Patel b Jobanputra	3	9	15	0	0	33.33

Ashok Thakur	not out	33	57	73	4	0	57.89
Vikram Singh	st †Patel b Dhurv	33	41	67	4	1	80.48

Extras	(lb 4, w 3)	7
TOTAL	100 Ov (RR: 3.40, 435 Mins)	340
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Aakash Chopra, 16.1 ov), 2-53 (Karan Goel, 16.4 ov), 3-88 (Shikhar Dhawan, 26.3 ov), 4-97 (Mithun Manhas, 28.1 ov), 5-225 (Yashpal Singh, 69.6 ov), 6-249 (Uday Kaul, 75.5 ov), 7-268 (Amit Mishra, 80.5 ov), 8-271 (Rajat Bhatia, 82.6 ov), 9-274 (Vikramjeet Malik, 83.6 ov), 10-340 (Vikram Singh, 99.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Siddharth Trivedi	27	6	67	6	2.48	128	9	0	1	0
16.1 to A Chopra, What a start! Trivedi removes Chopra first ball! It landed on a length, just outside the off stump and shaped away a touch. Chopra, on the walk, pushes at it and the outside edge is snapped up in the third slip. He batted so well yesterday but gone first ball today.. 53/1 16.4 to K Goel, What did they have for breakfast? Trivedi strikes again and West have roared back into the game. This one again shapes away from the left-hander Goel who has a fatal poke at it.. 53/2 26.3 to S Dhawan, Trivedi is on a roll and North are tottering here. This one kicks up from just a length and it shapes in a touch. Dhawan shapes to cut but is cramped up as the ball comes in and also beaten by the extra bounce. He gets a inside edge that takes the ball on to the off stump. 88/3 28.1 to M Manhas, Trivedi on a demolition job here. What a morning he has had. Another key wicket. Manhas gone. teasing line outside off stump and Manhas lunges forward but the ball curves away, taking a bit of outside edge along with it. 97/4 80.5 to A Mishra, Trivedi gets a five-for. Mishra succumbs. Full and swinging away and Mishra chases it. North trail by 6 runs. 268/7 82.6 to R Bhatia, Bhatia finally falls after a gritty fighting knock. They still trail by three. Another wicket for Trivedi. It was banged in short and Bhatia top-edged his pull to fine leg. 271/8
Ashraf Makda	17	6	55	0	3.23	80	10	0	0	0
Yusuf Pathan	12	0	54	0	4.50	46	8	0	0	0
Rakesh Dhurv	24	3	87	3	3.62	99	8	2	0	0
69.6 to Yashpal Singh, And that outside-leg theory works! Yashpal comes out of the track and tries to drive inside-out but can only send it towards mid-off where Jobanputra jumps up to take the catch. They kept padding Dhruv away for two overs but suddenly this over, they started to play at those outside-leg deliveries and have lost a wicket. 225/5 75.5 to U Kaul, And one more down. Outside off stump and Kaul goes for a cut and feathers an edge to Parthiv. Kaul, though, doesn't look too happy. There was a noise though. North trail by 25 runs. 249/6 99.6 to VRV Singh, and he is stumped. He just didn't try to get back; he must have thought his back foot was in . He had lunged forward and dragged his back foot out and PAtel whipped the bails off . The last wicket partnership was 66 and that's North's lead too.. 340/10
Sandeep Jobanputra	20	4	73	1	3.65	91	12	0	2	0
83.6 to VS Malik, Jobanputra gets his first wicket and North lose their ninth. Full and outside off induces another loose drive and Patel snaps him up.. 274/9

West Zone 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sahil Kukreja	c †Kaul b Singh	4	11	12	1	0	36.36

Wasim Jaffer	b Thakur	23	49	72	4	0	46.93

Ajinkya Rahane	lbw b Singh	43	73	122	6	0	58.90

Parthiv Patel (c)†	c Goel b Malik	3	13	16	0	0	23.07

Cheteshwar Pujara	b Malik	0	9	11	0	0	0.00

Yusuf Pathan	c sub (P Dogra) b Mishra	61	51	82	10	0	119.60

Rakesh Solanki	c Dhawan b Singh	33	78	130	3	0	42.30

Rakesh Dhurv	c Mishra b Singh	41	84	92	7	0	48.80

Sandeep Jobanputra	c Goel b Singh	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Ashraf Makda	c Goel b Bhatia	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Siddharth Trivedi	not out	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 8, nb 13)	23
TOTAL	60 Ov (RR: 3.85, 277 Mins)	231
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Sahil Kukreja, 2.3 ov), 2-56 (Wasim Jaffer, 15.2 ov), 3-66 (Parthiv Patel, 18.2 ov), 4-70 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 20.5 ov), 5-108 (Ajinkya Rahane, 27.3 ov), 6-167 (Yusuf Pathan, 38.1 ov), 7-222 (Rakesh Solanki, 57.5 ov), 8-222 (Sandeep Jobanputra, 57.6 ov), 9-227 (Ashraf Makda, 58.3 ov), 10-231 (Rakesh Dhurv, 59.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Vikram Singh	18	0	86	5	4.77	72	14	0	0	4
2.3 to SO Kukreja, VRV makes a early breakthrough. After slipping in two deliveries on the legs, he got this one full and just outside off and Sahil nicked a loose drive behind. The quality of the batting in the game, barring Rahane and Chopra, to an extent, has been pretty ordinary. Yes. Rajat Bhatia and Yashpal did put up a gritty partnership but the batsmanship left lots to be desired. Bhatia was still ok but .. the rest were pretty average.. 7/1 27.3 to AM Rahane, Rahane has been given out lbw. Looked high. It cut in from just a length, beat the defensive poke and hit him high on the thigh pad. It was in front but would have gone over.. 108/5 57.5 to RK Solanki, caught at wide third man. Banged in short and outside off, he went for the slash cut but hit it straight to Dhawan. 222/7 57.6 to SP Jobanputra, two in two. He kicks it up from a length, outside off stump and Jolly has a poke at it. Fatal. Edged to slips.. 222/8 59.6 to RV Dhurv, And North need 166 to win. VRV takes a five-for. Again. Short of length and Dhurv top edged his swipe to mid-on. 5 for 91 in the first and 5 for 86 in the second for VRV.. 231/10
Vikramjeet Malik	14	3	62	2	4.42	60	9	0	0	5
18.2 to PA Patel, and Patel is gone. Lovely delivery from Malik. It kicked up from a length and also, moved away sharply, taking the outside edge of the jab and straight to first slip. 66/3 20.5 to CA Pujara, cleaned up! Cracker of a inswinger, full and moving and Pujara plays an expansive off drive, the bat goes outside the line and the ball dips in to crash into the middle stump. The previous one didn't come in as much but to the horror of Pujara, this one curved in appreciably. The middle stump went on a walk.. 70/4
Ashok Thakur	11	3	21	1	1.90	56	2	0	0	3
15.2 to W Jaffer, timber.... Thakur pitches it on a good length on off stump and gets it to straighten, Jaffer gets forward half heartedly and fails to cover the line as the ball creeps between bat and pad and clips the off stump, the bails go for a spin. 56/2
Amit Mishra	15	2	45	1	3.00	64	5	0	0	1
38.1 to YK Pathan, caught at short fine leg! Mishra flights it outside leg and Yusuf went for his fav sweep shot but gets a top edge. Yusuf falls after a brisk 61. This is a big wicket and North can now get into the tail. 167/6
Rajat Bhatia	2	0	7	1	3.50	8	1	0	0	0
58.3 to AM Makda, North are rolling over West here. Full in length, outside off stump and he pushed hard at it and flew low to left of gully where Karan Goel takes a neat diving catch. 227/9

North Zone 2nd Innings (T: 166 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aakash Chopra	lbw b Trivedi	12	22	28	2	0	54.54

Shikhar Dhawan	not out	94	160	274	13	1	58.75
Karan Goel	c †Patel b Makda	1	8	14	0	0	12.50

Mithun Manhas (c)	c Jaffer b Trivedi	1	4	3	0	0	25.00

Yashpal Singh	c Rahane b Makda	15	91	136	3	0	16.48

Rajat Bhatia	not out	33	68	89	5	0	48.52
Extras	(lb 1, nb 4, w 5)	10
TOTAL	58.1 Ov (RR: 2.85, 274 Mins)	166/4
Did not bat: Uday Kaul †, Amit Mishra, Ashok Thakur, Vikramjeet Malik, Vikram Singh
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Aakash Chopra, 6.3 ov), 2-39 (Karan Goel, 9.3 ov), 3-40 (Mithun Manhas, 10.1 ov), 4-103 (Yashpal Singh, 39.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Siddharth Trivedi	20	11	42	2	2.10	100	6	0	0	0
6.3 to A Chopra, gone lbw. Chopra is not happy and walks off shaking his head. It landed on a length, around off and came in, Chopra, is caught on the sideways shuffle, and is hit in front on the knee roll. Did he get an inside edge? Hmm... There was a noise.. 28/1 10.1 to M Manhas, third wicket goes down and West are in the game. It was a length delivery that held its line and had Manhas pushing hard at it and the resultant edge was snapped up low at second slip. 40/3
Sandeep Jobanputra	18	5	51	0	2.83	88	8	0	0	3
Ashraf Makda	18.1	4	59	2	3.24	86	8	1	0	1
9.3 to K Goel, Makda strikes in his first over. Probing line outside off and the shuffling Goel flirts. Gone! Caught behind. He never looked 'in'.. 39/2 39.3 to Yashpal Singh, now that ends the long stay of Yashpal, as out of character he flays at a ball wide outside the off stump to point where Rahane takes the sitter. Solid blow this for North. My Co-scorer, Raymond jumped up with glee as he saw the catch being completed. 103/4
Rakesh Dhurv	2	0	13	0	6.50	7	1	0	1	0

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Tue, 19 Feb - day 1 - North Zone 1st innings 53/0 (Aakash Chopra 35*, Shikhar Dhawan 17*, 16 ov)

Wed, 20 Feb - day 2 - West Zone 2nd innings 2/0 (Sahil Kukreja 0*, Wasim Jaffer 0*, 2 ov)

Thu, 21 Feb - day 3 - North Zone 2nd innings 74/3 (Shikhar Dhawan 44*, Yashpal Singh 15*, 26 ov)

Fri, 22 Feb - day 4 - North Zone 2nd innings 166/4 (58.1 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

North Zone innings: 1x7 ball over (43rd over, SP Jobanputra 9th over)

MATCH DETAILS

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Toss	North Zone, elected to field first
Series	Duleep Trophy
Season	2007/08
Series result	North Zone won the 2007/08 Duleep Trophy
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30
Match days	19,20,21,22 February 2008 - day (5-day match)
Umpires	Arani Jayaprakash Suhas Phadkar
TV Umpire	Vishwas Nerurkar
Match Referee	Divakar Vasu

Match Coverage

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Dhawan guides North to title

Shikhar Dhawan's unbeaten 94 led North Zone to their second consecutive Duleep Trophy title

North need 92 more to clinch trophy

West were bowled out in two sessions to set North Zone an easy 166 to get, with two days and a session to go

Trivedi's six can't prevent North lead

On a roller coaster day at the Wankhede Stadium, where fortunes kept swinging from one side to other, North Zone managed to grab a slight advantage with a 66-run lead

Brave decision to bowl first

Mithun Manhas made a brave decision in putting West Zone in on the Wankhede track which is reputed to be a good bat-first pitch

VRV five-for gives North the edge

VRV took his second five-wicket haul in two Duleep Trophy matches since his return from Australia, while Ajinkya Rahane followed his 172 in the previous game with an aggressive 91

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North Zone Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
A Chopra	lbw	12	22
S Dhawan	not out	94	160
K Goel	caught	1	8
M Manhas	caught	1	4
Yashpal Singh	caught	15	91
R Bhatia	not out	33	68
Extras	(lb 1, nb 4, w 5)
Total	166(4 wkts; 58.1 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
SK Trivedi	20	11	42	2	2.1
SP Jobanputra	18	5	51	0	2.83 (3 nb)
AM Makda	18.1	4	59	2	3.24 (1 nb)
RV Dhurv	2	0	13	0	6.5

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	28	Aakash Chopra	Shikhar Dhawan
2nd	10	Karan Goel	Shikhar Dhawan
3rd	1	Mithun Manhas	Shikhar Dhawan
4th	63	Shikhar Dhawan	Yashpal Singh
5th	63	Rajat Bhatia	Shikhar Dhawan

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Duleep Trophy

Group A

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	Quotient
NOZ	2	2	0	10	2.433
EAZ	2	1	1	5	0.592
SOZ	2	0	2	0	0.752

Group B

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
WEZ	2	1	0	1	8	1.503
LIONS	2	1	1	0	5	0.886
CEZ	2	0	1	1	1	0.743

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