da lvbet： The other match between North Zone and West Zone at the MaharajaJayachamaraja Wodayar Sports Centre in Bangalore was decided on runrate
da pinup bet： Staff Reporter28-Jun-2001The other match between North Zone and West Zone at the MaharajaJayachamaraja Wodayar Sports Centre in Bangalore was decided on runrate. The match was interrupted due to rain at 3.47 pm and was calledoff at 4.40 pm. West Zone were declared winners on having the betterrun rate.West Zone were clearly the better team on the day’s proceedings.Winning the toss, they rattled up 265 before being all out in 49overs. The highlight was a fine 126 by opener PC Valthaty. He facedonly 102 balls and hit 13 fours and six sixes. With SO Kukreja (52),he put on 128 runs off 23 overs. Valthaty was second out at 197 in the33rd over. Before he left, he added 69 runs for the second wicket off9.5 overs. The rest of the batsmen however could not build upon thisgood start. Abhishek Sharma finished with four wickets for 37 runsfrom nine overs.Losing three wickets for 25 runs, North Zone were never really in witha chance of reaching their imposing target. Opening batsman SumeetSharma (53) and Rahul Arora (25) added 64 runs for the fourth wicketoff 16.2 overs. Sharma was sixth out at 114 in the 29th over. He faced78 balls and hit six fours. Valthaty then followed his century withsome quick wickets and North Zone were reeling at 135 for eight off35.1 overs when the rain came down. Valthaty took three for 23 offseven overs to play a leading role in his team’s victory.
