Pagnis and Yadav put Central on top

Central Zone 299 for 3 (Pagnis 142, Jyoti Yadav 87) v South Zone
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Amit Pagnis's century helped Central Zone, the defending champions, make an emphatic start to their Duleep Trophy campaign and finish with 299 for 3 at the end of the opening day against South at Surat. Hemang Badani's decision to field first backfired as Pagnis and Jyoti Prasad Yadav, who made 87, put the South bowlers to the sword. Lakshmipathy Balaji didn't have any success in his 14 overs and it was left to Ramakrishnan Ramkumar, the left-arm spinner from Tamil Nadu, to snap up two wickets.

North Zone 62 for 0 trail Zimbabwe President's XI 94 (Joginder 6-21, Mishra 4-16) by 32 runs
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Joginder Sharma and Amit Mishra, the duo from Haryana, routed the visiting Zimbabwe President's XI for just 94 on the first day at the Wankhede Stadium. Joginder, the medium-pacer, ripped through the top order and finished with a rich haul of 6 for 21 while Mishra, the legspinner, mopped up the tail. North added 62 by the end of the day and, after the reverse against East in the earlier game, were well on their way to gaining a much needed bonus point.