da bet7： Vidarbha just about managed to stave off an innings defeat on the final day oftheir Central Zone under-22 match against Uttar Pradesh at Kamla Club, Kanpur onSunday
Partab Ramchand31-Dec-2000Vidarbha just about managed to stave off an innings defeat on the final day oftheir Central Zone under-22 match against Uttar Pradesh at Kamla Club, Kanpur onSunday. In arrears by 143 runs on the first innings, Vidarbha were 120 for ninewhen stumps were drawn.Put in to bat on Friday, Vidarbha were dismissed for 127 runs in 63.3 overs. Atone stage, they were 75 for one, thanks to a second wicket partnership of 61 off27.2 overs between Faiz Fazal (31) and A Janbandhan (45). But then S Pandey (4for 24) and V Pandey (4 for 25) brought about a sharp collapse and the last ninewickets fell for 52 runs. UP replied with 270 for eight declared. Openers AshrafAli (38) and Anshul Kapoor (61) put on 58 runs. Then Kapoor and Javed Anwar (80)consolidated by adding 71 runs for the fourth wicket off 89 balls. A sixthwicket partnership of 83 runs between Anwar and Arvind Solanki (59) helped UPtake a commanding lead. Anwar faced 102 balls and hit nine fours. On the finalday, Vidarbha were helped by the bad weather (about 300 minutes were totallylost because of this factor) but were still in danger of defeat when the eighthwicket fell at 67. The No 10 batsman Rupesh Shaikh hit a breezy 25 off 29 ballsand took the score to 105 with the No 8 batsman Anirudh Pathradkar. ThenPathradkar (15) and Atul Waghmare (3) held on for 13.4 overs to ensure thatVidarbha got three points. UP finished with five.