West Zone open account in last match

West Zone won their last league match against South Zone by four wickets in the Vijay Hazare (Under-16) Trophy Tournament at the SJ Public School ground in Jaipur on Friday. This was West Zone's only victory in the tournament and they ended with two points from four matches, while South Zone finished with two points from four matches.

West Zone, chasing a target of 216, were set on course by SP Bagul (73 not out of 101 balls) and his third wicket stand with Parthiv Patel (37 runs of 59 balls) which added 48 runs in 11 overs. Bagul was then helped by S Kamthe (25 runs of 36 balls) and HD Rawle (25 runs of 23 balls) as West reached the target in 46.4 overs.

Earlier, winning the toss and electing to bat, South Zone lost two wickets for 20. Y Gnaneswara Rao (21 runs of 32 balls) and Abhinav Kumar (40 runs of 67 balls) put on 36 runs for the third wicket off 7.5 overs. But South Zone were in trouble at 118 for 6 when MM Mathani (45 runs of 60 balls) joined Stuart Binny (38 runs of 47 balls). The two were involved in a 73 run partnership off 15.2 overs for the seventh wicket helping South Zone to recover and reach 215 for eight in 50 overs.