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MUMBAI: Seasoned pace bowler Irfan Pathan and up and coming swashbuckling batsman Ishan Kishan played stellar roles in West and East Zone’s comprehensive wins over North and Central Zone respectively in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 Inter Zonal tournament here today. Pathan grabbed 3 for 10 in four overs as West stopped North, in spite of captain Gautam Gambhir’s second fifty (60) in as many days, at 107 for 8, and then romped home by eight wickets in just 12.4 overs by making 108 for 2 at the Wankhede Stadium. Captain Parthiv Patel led from the front with a 35-ball 56 with nine fours and also added 80 for the first wicket with Shreyas Iyer (30) in nine overs to pave the way for West’s first win after the loss to Central yesterday. North, who had beaten South yesterday, were reduced to 39 for five after the burst from the 32-year-old Pathan whose victims included Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant and Yuvraj Singh. They recovered later but the total was not enough to trouble West. In the second game of the day, Bihar-born Jharkhand wicket keeper batsman Kishan, who led India to the finals of the Junior World Cup in Bangladesh last year, lashed seven sixes and a four in his 36-ball 67 as East easily overtook Central’s 151 for 7 by making 154 for 3 and won by seven wickets with 17 balls to spare. Kishan, dropped on 10, took full toll of the Central attack by carting left arm spinners Sohraab Dhaliwal and Mahipal Lamlor for two sixes each but perished in trying to hit the latter for the third one in as many balls.
All four teams on view today have won one game apiece and have four points each in their kitty.
score board
Central Zone innings
NV Ojha*† c †Ishan Kishan b Ghosh 51
MK Lomror run out (SS Tiwary) 01
AT Rayudu c †Ishan Kishan b Dinda 00
Harpreet Singh c Samantray b Chatterjee 48
S Dhaliwal c SS Tiwary b Das 11
AV Wankhade c Das b Ghosh 13
KV Sharma b Dinda 05
M Rawat not out 17
Extras 05
Total 151/7
East Zone innings
SP Goswami run out (Sharma) 15
Ishan Kishan† c Dhaliwal b Lomror 67
IR Jaggi not out 51
SS Tiwary c Harpreet Singh b Lomror 06
MK Tiwary* not out 10
Extras 05
Total 154/3
score board
North Zone innings
S Dhawan c Jadhav b Pathan 03
G Gambhir c Tambe b Thakur 60
RR Pant† c Hooda b Pathan 02
Yuvraj Singh c Hooda b Pathan 00
AR Pachhara run out (Hooda) 05
Parvez Rasool c Pathan b Nayar 05
MJ Dagar run out (Hooda) 11
Harbhajan Singh* c Pathan b Chaudhary 07
PJ Sangwan not out 10
MM Sharma not out 01
Extras 03
Total 107/8
West Zone innings
SS Iyer lbw b Parvez Rasool 30
PA Patel*† b Sharma 56
AP Tare not out 14
AR Bawne not out 04
Extras 04
Total 108/2