After inserting East Zone in, West Zone bowled the side out for 278 on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy quarterfinals here. In reply, West ended the day at 10 without loss.
In fact, East did well to reach its final total. Half the side had been dismissed when the score was 116.
But Manoj Tiwary and Laxmi Ratan Shukla added 69 in just 50 deliveries thereafter to enact a minor recovery. Although Shukla and Shahbaz Nadeem were dismissed in quick succession, Manoj Tiwary remained unbeaten till the end.
The 28-year-old Bengal batsman made exactly 100 off 140 deliveries with four boundaries and six sixes.
Shukla’s 54, interestingly, came off just 31 balls (six fours and three sixes). Dhawal Kulkarni was the pick of the bowlers picking up three wickets for 62.
The scores:
East Zone: Rameez Nemat c Bawne b Kulkarni 1, Natraj Behera c Yadav b Pathan 25, Sudip Chatterjee c Zol b Pathan 37, Manoj Tiwary (not out) 100, Saurabh Tiwary c Parthiv b Darekar 16, Wriddhiman Saha lbw b Thakur 4, Laxmi Ratan Shukla lbw b Mundhe 54, Shahbaz Nadeem c Yadav b Kulkarni 1, Rana Dutta b Kulkarni 17, Basant Mohanty b Mundhe 8, Ashoke Dinda run out 0; Extras (b-2, lb-6, w-1, nb-6): 15; Total (in 75 overs): 278.
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-56, 3-83, 4-107, 5-116, 6-185, 7-191, 8-254, 9-269.
West Zone bowling: Dhawal Kulkarni 21-7-62-3, Shrikant Mundhe 20-3-56-2, Shardul Thakur 15-4-59-1, Akshay Darekar 8-1-38-1, Yusuf Pathan 11-1-55-2.
West Zone: Aditya Tare (batting) 2, Vijay Zol (batting) 8; Total (for no loss in eight overs): 10.
East Zone bowling: Ashoke Dinda 4-2-7-0, Basant Mohanty 3-2-1-0, Laxmi Ratan Shukla 1-0-2-0.
