da imperador bet： Central Zone were struggling at 169 for 6 against South Zone at the end ofthe second day in the CK Nayudu Trophy (under-19) final at the BarabatiStadium in Cuttack on Monday
Staff Reporter29-Jan-2001Central Zone were struggling at 169 for 6 against South Zone at the end ofthe second day in the CK Nayudu Trophy (under-19) final at the BarabatiStadium in Cuttack on Monday. South Zone who were comfortably placed at 303for 6 on the first day were restricted to a first innings total of 377.Central were off to a bad start losing opener Anshu Kapoor (12) in thefourth over of the innings. Kapoor was caught by ASK Varma off the TamilNadu seamer L Balaji. Amit Deshpande soon joined his partner in thepavilion. Off the last ball of the fifth over bowled by Kerala pacemanSteve Lazarus, Deshpande was bowled leaving Central Zone in a spot ofbother at 26 for 2. But Sachin Dholpure (31) and Raza Ali (44) cametogether to take the score to 75. Sachin was the next to be dismissed whenhe lost his defences to G Shankar Rao.Raza Ali and Afroj Khan (35) forged a 51-run stand for the fourth wicketbefore Raza Ali was run out. And at the fag end of the day Central Zonelost two quick wickets which brought the pressure back on them. Mohd Faiqfirst had Manoj Srivastava bowled for 14. Then Balaji came back to pick upthe wicket of Afroj Khan by shattering his stumps. Surender Singh (4) andChandrashekar Atram (0) were manning the crease at stumps.Earlier, the South Zone overnight batsmen Mohd Faiq (9) and Vijay Sai Suri(29) were separated in the fourth over of the day. Sai Suri was the firstto be dismissed when he was bowled by Sunil Upadhay. Then Shankar Rao (23)joined Faiq to take the score to 335. Faiq was then run out. Lazarus, whoreplaced him, lasted exactly five balls and was then bowled by Atram for aduck. However, the last wicket pair of Shankar Rao and L Balaji (24 notout) added 41 useful runs before Shankar Rao was bowled by Raza Ali. SunilUpadhay (4 for 89) was the most successful bowler for Central Zone.