Skipper Unmukt Chand anchored the chase to perfection with an unbeaten 77 to guide India B to a five-wicket victory against India A in the opening match of the Deodhar Trophy one-day cricket tournamen
Skipper Unmukt Chand anchored the chase to perfection with an unbeaten 77 to guide India B to a five-wicket victory against India A in the opening match of the Deodhar Trophy one-day cricket tournament.
Put in to bat, India A could manage only 161 in 44.2 overs with skipper Ambati Rayudu (58) and all-rounder Parvez Rasool (66) adding 104 runs for the sixth wicket after they were reeling at 29/5.
In reply, India B scored the runs in only 29.2 overs with skipper Unmukt remaining unbeaten from 82 balls, his innings laced with nine fours and a six. He had two partnerships — 56 for the opening stand with Shreyas Iyer (24) and 75 for the fifth wicket with veteran Dinesh Karthik (34). In the morning, Unmukt won an important toss as India A batsmen were all at sea on Green Park track that offered some help to the seam bowlers. Young Rajasthan pacer Nathu Singh (3-23) polished off the top-order with Test specialists Murali Vijay (0) failing to score off 22 deliveries. He was dismissed by Kulkarni.
Scores: India A 161 in 44.2 overs (P. Rasool 66, A. Rayudu 58; Nathu 3/23, P. Negi 3/50) lost to India B 162/5 in 29.2 overs (U. Chand 77*, Amit Mishra 3-62).
