Central Zone v North Zone - Duleep Trophy - 2nd Semi-Final - Day 2 – Live Score and Update
North Zone 451 v Central Zone 146/5 (58.0 ov) - Central Zone trail by 305 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
On the second day at stumps of the ongoing four-day http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792.
The day began with North Zone resuming their first innings from an overnight tally of 346 for four.
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364 standing on 133 alongside P Dogra on 30, the Norths had a mighty chance of finishing the innings with a massive total on the board.
However, before the duo could sink their claws in, Central Zone made inroads by nabbing the wicket of Dogra, who perished with a knock of 37 to his name.
With the dangerous partnership coming to an end, it was Central Zone’s moment to make a strong comeback in order to prevent the batting side from reaching a gigantic total.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Kumar-c2143 and M Kartik, who had taken a wicket each a day earlier, rose to the occasion on Monday, as they bagged three more wickets to secure a four-wicket haul and wreak havoc on their rivals.
North Zone hit troubling waters when with only 357 they lost their second wicket of the day as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dhawan-c82968 fell to Kumar on three, followed by the wicket of Mishra on three as well. At the time of this wicket, North had managed to post 386 runs on the board.
The batting side was then rattled once more when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajendra-Sharma-c83498 had his stumps obliterated by Kartik for nil. By this time, North had piled 390 runs but had lost pace in their innings.
Nonetheless, with Yuvraj Singh playing a splendid knock of 208, North posted an intimidating first innings score of 451.
Central Zone then had a terrible first day of batting as they kept losing wickets and managed to post only 146 for the loss of five wickets by the end of the day.
With M Kaif unbeaten on 34 and M Rawat batting on 14, Centrail Zone have a long way to go before overcoming North’s lead.
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