Saxena helps Vidarbha gain points over MP

Vidarbha U-14 gained three points over Madhya Pradesh U-14 in their drawn Central Zone league match at the VCA Ground, Nagpur today. Madhya Pradesh won the toss and batted first. They were all out for 143 in 83.5 overs in their first innings with J Saxena being the only batsman to offer some resistance, making an unbeaten 69. Rahul Jangde was the pick of the Vidarbha bolwers having claimed 3 wickets for 31 runs. The first day's play ended with Vidarbha at 11 for no loss.

Vidarbha on the second day were helped by a 68 from Sachin Pimprikar and 31 from Jangde on their way in getting a lead thereby ending the day at 217 for 8 in 111 overs. Saxena was the hero again for MP as he took five wickets for 51 runs.

The third day didn't go well for Vidarbha as they lost the remaining two wickets to J Saxena for another 13 runs only and finished their first innings at 230 in 119.1 overs. J Saxena's final figures were 7 for 61. MP started their 2nd innings with an 87 run deficit, ending the match at 141 for 7 in 84 overs with a top score of 49 by M Hasan. For Vidarbha H Joshi took 3 wickets without conceeding a run in his 3 overs.