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Cricket
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While the South Zone champion posted an innings and 249-run win over Bihar, Madhya Pradesh allowed things to meander and won on first innings lead over Punjab. Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh will fight it out for the inaugural BCCI Under-25 tournament title at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, here from April 20 to 22. At the WAP Ground, Tamil Nadu's Noorul Riaz and J. Harish continued to send the Bihar fielders on a leather hunt. Resuming at 592 for three, Tamil Nadu batted on in the first session before pressing the declaration immediately after Noorul Riaz notched up his double century (200 n.o., 310b, 17x4). Tamil Nadu posted 681 for three in 137 overs. Tamil Nadu's 437-run first innings lead loomed large as the Bihar batsmen padded up for their second innings. And there was no respite as Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan (four for 54) continued to torment the batsmen. The left-arm spinner, after his 130 in the Tamil Nadu first innings, continued to be a stumbling block in Bihar's belated attempts to progress. The Bihar tail wagged briefly as Mihar Diwakar (50) and Kamal Kumar (32) indulged in lusty blows but the end came soon as the East Zone champion was bundled out for 188 in 45 overs. Meanwhile, at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, MP skipper Yogesh Golwalkar and the team's think-tank killed competitive interest in the match by prolonging the innings. Overnight 378 for three, the MP batsmen continued to plod around before being finally dismissed for 477 well into the second session on the third day, for an overall first innings lead of 276. Punjab left with about 150 minutes of play cruised along to 87 for the loss of promoted Ishan Malhotra, when the match was called off after the ninth mandatory over. "The wicket, unlike the first day, was flat and there was no help for the spinners. Also, with a big match against Tamil Nadu coming up, I wanted my middle order to spend some time at the crease,'' said Golwalkar on his decision to bat till the end. Stay in the middle his top order did, but once the overnight not out batsmen Rahul Bakshi (88; 195b, 13x4) and Mohnish Mishra (50; 97b, 3x4, 2x6) perished before lunch the end was quick. Punjab left-arm spinner Vipul Sharma pegged away tirelessly and though he was carted around for a couple of sixes, claimed seven MP scalps for 137 runs in his marathon 65 overs. Maninder Singh, the batting all rounder in the MP side, stood tall towards the end with a fine unbeaten 36 off 116 balls with five boundary hits. With nothing in the match, Ishan Malhotra walked in to open the Punjab second innings alongwith Ankur Sondhi instead of captain Ravneet Ricky, but did not last long holing out to fine leg Shantanu Pitre off Maninder Singh. But that was the only success MP achieved as Ankur Sondhi, who played some delectable drives and pulls for his unbeaten 55 (92b, 7x4) alongwith Amit Behl (21) denied further wickets. The scores: At M. Chinnaswamy stadium: Punjab 201 in 62 overs and 87 for one in 31 overs (Ankur Sondhi 55 n.o.) drew with Madhya Pradesh 477 in 169 overs (Mudassir Pasha 167, Rahul Bakshi 88, Mohnish Mishra 50, Nitin Menon 47, Maninder Singh 36 n.o., Sachin Dholpure 28, Vipul Sharma seven for 137). At WAP Grounds: Bihar 244 in 60.4 overs and 188 in 45 overs (Mihar Diwakar 50, Kamal Kumar 32, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan four for 54) lost to Tamil Nadu 681 for three declared in 137 overs (R. Satish 216, Noorul Riaz 200 n.o., Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan 130, J. Harish 59 n.o., Jesu Babu Honeymen 48).
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