Bagul, Jadeja steer West Zone home
An unbeaten fourth wicket partnership of 135 runs off 21.4 overs between SP Bagul (78) and Padhmanabh Jadeja (61) steered West Zone to a seven wicket victory over North Zone in the Vijay Hazare Trophy (under-16) tournament at the SJ Public school in
An unbeaten fourth wicket partnership of 135 runs off 21.4 overs between SP Bagul (78) and Padhmanabh Jadeja (61) steered West Zone to a seven wicket victory over North Zone in the Vijay Hazare Trophy (under-16) tournament at the SJ Public school in Jaipur on Sunday.
Batting first, North Zone were given a good start by openers Manik Kholi (47) and Rajat Jaswal (22) who put on 54 runs off 9.4 overs. Kholi, who was the top scorer, faced 67 balls and hit nine fours. But there was little substance in the rest of the batting and they were all out for 201 in 47.3 overs.
West Zone in reply lost three wickets for 70 but Bagul and Jadeja batted confidently to take their team to a facile victory without any further loss. Bagul faced 93 balls and hit ten of them to the ropes while Jadeja had eight boundary hits in facing 67 balls. West Zone were home in the 41st over.
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