Agarwal and Vihari star in thrilling chase as South be a part of West in Duleep Trophy ultimate
What was clean crusing for many of the journey changed into a rocky journey in the direction of the top, as South Zone, in pursuit of 215 in opposition to North Zone, slipped from 191 for 4 to 213 for 8 of their run chase. Eventually although, Sai Kishore saved his calm and deposited the opposition captain Jayant Yadav for a straight six to steer South to a two-wicket win, and with it, a spot within the Duleep Trophy ultimate. South hunted down their goal at higher than a run a ball in Bengaluru, the place there have been two prolonged rain delays on the fourth and ultimate day.
Heading into day 4, South wanted one other 194 to win with all ten wickets in hand, and the free-stroking Agarwal dominated his opening stand off 44 with Sai Sudharsan. Vaibhav Arora then eliminated Sudharsan and R Samarth in fast succession to depart South 59 for two. That introduced their captain Vihari to the crease, and with darkish clouds overhead and rain within the air, he bought into counterattack mode alongside Agarwal.
Bhui and Varma then added 50 off simply 33 deliveries, earlier than Bhui’s wicket for 34 opened the floodgates, with Rana and Baltej Singh placing twice every within the area of three.4 overs. In the top, South simply scraped by means of, with defending champions West Zone ready for them in a replay of the final Duleep Trophy ultimate.
Central by no means threatened to chase down 390. They misplaced their openers, Himanshu Mantri and Vivek Singh, for single-digit scores. Dhruv Jurel and Amandeep Khare took them previous 50 earlier than Dharmendrasinh Jadeja had the previous stumped for 25.
Rain, although, allowed solely six overs within the second session, forcing each captains to shake fingers round 2.20pm native time.