Deodhar Trophy 2023 Highlights, Round 4: Dube, Kathan help West to six-wicket win; South qualifies for final

Dube smacks one over the mid-wicket fence. HUGE SIX!!!

Mayank Markande with the penultimate over and Dube welcomes him by thumping him over long on for another massive six. Just a run needed now and Dube taps one to the off side.

West Zone and East Zone will now face off on Tuesday, with the winner assured of progression to the final.

Kathan too gets to his fifty with a powerful cut shot for boundary, as West Zone slash down the target even further. He adds another boundary with a delicate late cut.

West needs 21 runs in four overs.

West still has Sarfaraz Khan in its ranks. But Dube and Kathan are looking like they will finish off this chase.

West needs 36 runs in six overs.

West Zone needs 60 runs from 64 balls. It has a well-set Shivam Dube, who is being backed by Kathan. Can the CSK star guide his team to a win?

Shivam Dube is racing to his fifty. With Kathan providing support to the left-hander, West Zone is hunting down the target.

Kathan Patel and Shivam Dube steadies the ship for West Zone. Another close game on the cards. Drinks Break taken!

Rishi Dhawan thumps one onto Harvik Desai’s pads. North Zone players jump up in appeal, but the umpire isn’t interested. Meanwhile, Desai jumps out of his crease, not aware where the ball is. Rana shows great awareness to pop in from point to knock down the stumps. Harvik Desai has to walk back after a soild fifty.

West Zone 122/4 in 25.3 overs

Nitish Rana strikes in his first over. Pitches on outside off and cuts it in sharply. Samarth Vyas misses it completely and is bowled.

West Zone 90/3 in 18.4 overs.

New batter Samarth Vyas has settled in nicely, while Harvik Desai continue to chip away. North Zone will be looking to make further inroads to stay in the game.

Fast and accurate from Mayank and Rahul Tripathi’s middle stump goes for a stroll.

West Zone loses its second!!

West has slowed down a tinge. New batter Rahul Tripathi takes his time to settle down. But Harvik Desai is steady at the other end.

Mishit from Priyank Panchal against Rishi Dhawan and Abhishek Sharma takes a good running catch.

West 32/1 in 5.3 overs

Harvik Desai and Priyank Panchal help West to 23/0 in four overs. West will be hoping that the duo will keep it going for a while.

Harvik Desai and Priyank Panchal begin the chase for West. Harshit Rana with the new ball for North.

North Zone sets 260-run target for West Zone after a fine half-century from Shubham Rohilla helps the side with a late flourish.

WICKET!

Mayank: Nishant Sindhu succumbed under pressure as he fell on 11 against another part-timer in Rahul Tripathi while attempting to slash the outside off-stump ball straight to Shams Mulani at point.

Nishant Sindhu 11(19) ct Shams Mulani b R A Tripathi

Dipak: South Zone beats East Zone by 5 wickets and has qualified for the finals of the Deodhar Trophy. If West wins today vs North, the final league game between East vs west will be the virtual semifinal.

If West lose today, North, East and West can end up with three wins each on Tuesday and net run rate could come into play.

WICKET!

Mayank: Mulani continues to wreak havoc on North’s innings, dismissing Nitish Rana after his fifty. Rana attempted a lofted sweep and offered a regulation catch to Shivam Dube at wide long-on.

Nitish Rana 54(58) ct Shivam Dube b Shams Mulani

FIFTY off 50 deliveries for Nitish Rana as he shepherds the North side with a crucial hand.

WICKET! Mandeep Singh is stumped off Shams Mulani. Finds another start but the Punjab batter fails to build on.

Mandeep Singh 13(12) st H Desai b Shams Mulani

WICKET!

Dipak: Just like that jagadeesan throws it away. Caught at long off off Mura Singh for 32. Arun Karthick joins Rohit Rayudu.

N Jagadeesan 32(36) ct M B Mura Singh b Avinav Choudhury

WICKET!

Mayank: Sarfaraz with the golden arm. He removes set-batter Himanshu Rana on 54. A flighted delivery in the middle line lured Rana to play a lofted sweep that ended up in the hands of Samarth Vyas at deep mid-wicket.

H J Rana 54(63) ct Samarth Vyas b S N Khan

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WICKET! Sai Sudharsan falls.

Double blow. Sai Sudharsan plays on as Shahbaz Ahmed strikes for East.

B Sai Sudharsan 53(67) b Shahbaz

WICKET! Mayank misses another century!

Dipak: Finally East zone takes a catch. Mayank out at slip for 84. Avinav gives the breakthrough. Meanwhile, Sai Sudharsan, has made another 50. Scratchy innings but has survived. 118-run stand broken. 65 needed off 21 overs.

Mayank Agarwal 84(88) ct Riyan Parag b Avinav Choudhury

Dipak: East Zone has been poor on the field. Third drop of the day. Mayank dropped on 13 and 71. The first one is a tough c&b but the second sitter at slip. Parag the bowler. Sai dropped by Tiwary on 14.

Now, Sai is caught off a no-ball because 5 fielders were outside the circle. He was on 43. Poor stuff from East Zone.

Shivam Chaudhary’s unbeaten 85 and Yash Dubey’s 72 help Central Zone earn its first points in the tournament after a breezy chase against North East Zone.

WICKET. Abhishek Sharma’s sluggish knock comes to an end. Change of pace from Mulani as Abhishek steps out and mistimes the slog-sweep to deep mid-wicket. Nitish Rana walks in at 4.

Abhishek Sharma 29(53) ct Shivam Dube b Shams Mulani

FIFTY for Mayank Agarwal as he leads South past 100 in its 230-run chase. Solid knock up top from the captain so far.

Mayank: Fifty up for North Zone inside the first PowerPlay. West was able to get a big breakthrough of Prabhsimran, however, Himanshu Rana, the new batter, in at no. 3, alongside opener Abhishek, has taken the team forward with control.

Mayank Agarwal moves to 39 off 41 deliveries with the help of three fours and a six. Sai Sudharsan also gently settles in as South continues to rapidly reduce the deficit.

Yash Dubey follows Chaudhary with his half-century. Central in cruise control at the moment.

WICKET! Spoke too soon?

Mayank: Hangargekar strikes for West! He gets Prabhsimran with a full-length ball which went straight to captain Priyank at covers. He goes for run-a-ball 26.

Prabhsimran Singh 26(26) ct P K Panchal b R S Hangargekar

Positive start from the North openers.

FIFTY for Shivam Chaudhary off 51 balls. He lost his partner early but has done well to prevent further inroads for the North East bowlers.

WICKET!

Dipak: Akash Deep strikes. Rohan Kunnummal bowled. Cut in sharply at pace and middle stump pegged back.

Rohan S Kunnummal 18(22) b Akash Deep

Shivam Chaudhary leads an excellent recovery for Central with the help of four fours and a six. Central reaches the 50-run mark in quick time and builds steadily towards its first win.

Dipak: Mayank Agarwal is caught behind off a no-ball from Mura Singh. Could have been a huge moment for East Zone. And Mayank lofts the free hit for a six over cover.

Abhishek Sharma and Prabhsimran Singh open the batting for North Zone. The in-form Atit Sheth takes the new ball for West. Atit starts with a maiden.

Mayank Agarwal and Rohan Kunnummal open South Zone’s 230-run chase.

TOSS: North Zone opts to bat

West Zone XI: Arzan Nagwaswalla, Atit Sheth, Harvik Desai, Priyank Panchal, Kathan Patel, Rahul Tripathi, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Sarfaraz Khan, Samarth Vyas, Shams Mulani, Shivam Dube.

North Zone XI: Abhishek Sharma, Himanshu Rana, Harshit Rana, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Markande, Nishant Sindhu, Nitish Rana, Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, SG Rohilla.

WICKET! A horrendous start to the chase for Central as Kothari falls for a two-ball duck. Khrievitso with the early scalp in the first over.

Y B Kothari 0(2) ct Jehu Anderson b Khrievitso

WICKET! Akash Deep misses his maiden List A fifty.

WICKET! Koushik wraps up the East innings as he dismisses Mukhtar Hussain on 33. Two fine cameos from Akash and Mukhtar have got East to a respectable total.

Akash Deep 44(26) ct Washington Sundar b Koushik V; Mukhtar Hussain 33(22) ct Washington Sundar b Koushik V

Dipak: 200 up for East Zone with a six from Akash Deep over fine leg. Swivel pulls Kaverappa and goes inside out the next ball over wide long off. Sensational hitting from Akash and Mukhtar. Kaverappa knocks off the top and middle order and now Akash Deep and Mukhtar has rattled him a bit. Third wide off the over.

Make it 4 wides. Sai Kishore had a chance at long-on but lost sight of the ball staring into the sun and falls well short of him.

Dipak: Akash Deep and Mukhtar Hussain ruin Sai Kishore’s figures for the day. Three sixes and a boundary in the last two overs. Sai finished with 3/45. The duo have added 45 runs in quick time.

Khrievitso is the last man to fall as Kothari finds his second wicket. Can Central storm through the chase and record its first win of the tournament?

Khrievitso 4(11) st Upendra Yadav b Y B Kothari

Some counter aggression from Akash Deep. The tailender has struck two sixes to hand the slightest bit of impetus to East Zone. Mukhtar Hussain is on four from 11 at the other end.

Saransh Jain gets Imliwati and Lee Yong Lepcha as Central gets within one wicket of wrapping up the innings.

Lee Yong Lepcha 0(6)lbw Saransh Jain

Imliwati 0(4) c A A Sarvate b Saransh Jain

The slide continues for East Zone. Manisankar Murasingh and Shahbaz Ahmed fall in the space of three deliveries to leave the innings reeling.

Dipak Ragav: Murasingh throws his wicket. Poor shot trying to loft Vyshak over the covers. Gets the toe-end of the bat and scoops to mid off. Mayank takes an easy catch.

M B Mura Singh 8(14)c Mayank Agarwal b V Vyshak

Shahbaz Ahmed 4(16)lbw R Sai Kishore

WICKET!

Third wicket for Sarvate as Rex Rajkumar falls after a promising 27.

Rex 27(39) ct Yash Dubey b A A Sarvate

WICKET!

Dipak: Like he did against North East, Kaverappa is doing it in his second spell. He removes Kumar Kushagra caught behind. Extra bounce does the trick. It is something he has done throughout this tournament.

Kumar Kushagra 2(11) ct N Jagadeesan b Vidwath Kaverappa

WICKET! Huge wicket for South as Kaverappa removes Riyan Parag. East in serious trouble now, losing three wickets in the span of six overs.

Riyan Parag 13(15) ct B Sai Sudharsan b Vidwath Kaverappa

WICKET!

Dipak: The spin choke continues. Sai Kishore gets Saurabh Tiwary. The Jharkhand batter tries to loft him over leg-side and is caught at wide long-on/mid-wicket.

Saurabh Tiwary 5(18) ct Vidwath Kaverappa b R Sai Kishore

WICKET! “Double blow for East. Virat Singh is now out. plays on trying to work Washington Sundar through the square,” says Dipak from the venue.

Virat Singh 49(67) b Washington Sundar

WICKET! Sai Kishore finds the breakthrough by dismissing Senapati on 44. Riyan Parag walks in at 4.

Subhransu Senapati 44(62) st N Jagadeesan b R Sai Kishore

WICKET! Second wicket for Sarvate as he traps leg-before on 14.

Priyojit K 14(14) lbw A A Sarvate

Virat and Senapati continue to build their stand and have picked up on the scoring rat e as East moves past 100 before the halfway mark.

WICKET! Two wickets in succession and the captain Langlonyamba perishes. Aditya Sarvate bags his first wicket.

Langlonyamba M 24(40) ct Saransh Jain b A A Sarvate

WICKET! Karn Sharma finds the breakthrough. He sends Ashish Thapa back for 31.

Ashish Thapa 31(53) ct Y B Kothari b Karn Sharma

Langlonyamba and Thapa lift North East past 50 as Venkatesh Iyer calls on for his spinners to have a bowl.

Senapati and Virat help East stabilise after Easwaran’s early dismissal. The Karnataka seam trio rotate in the attack for South, but fails to provide further inroads up front.

WICKET. Abhimanyu Easwaran falls, trapped leg-before by Koushik. Subhransu Senapati is the new batter in.

A R Easwaran 12(24) lbw Koushik V

Shivam Mavi finds the first wicket for Central. He dismisses Nilesh Lamichaney caught-behind by Upendra Yadav.

Nilesh Lamichaney 4(11) ct Upendra Yadav b Shivam Mavi

Abhimanyu Easwaran and Virat Singh open for East Zone as Vidwath Kaverappa takes the new ball. Easwaran finds a boundary in the first over and gets off the mark.

TOSS: Central Zone opts to bowl

Central Zone XI: Aditya Sarvate, Karn Sharma, Rinku Singh, Saransh Jain, Shivam Chaudhary, Shivam Mavi, Upendra Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, YB Kothari, Yash Thakur, Yash Dubey

North East XI: Abhishek, Ashish Thapa, Imliwati, Jehu Anderson, Kamsha Yangfo, Khrievitso, Langlonyamba M, Lee Yong Lepcha, Nilesh Lamichaney, Priyojit, Rex Rajkumar.

TOSS: East Zone opts to bat

South Zone XI: Mayank Agarwal, Rohan Kunnummal, Sai Sudharsan, N Jagadeesan Rohit Rayudu, Arun Karthick, Washington Sundar, R Sai Kishore, V Koushik, Vidwath Kaverappa, V Vyshak

East Zone XI: Abimanyu Easwaran, Avinav Choudhary, Akash Deep, Kumar Kushagra, Manisankar Murasingh, Mukhtar Hussain, Riyan Parag, Saurabh Tiwary, Shahbaz Ahmed, Subhransu Senapati, Virat Singh

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With the race for a spot in the Deodhar Trophy final intensifying, North Zone faces West Zone in a crucial fourth-round match at the Siechem Stadium in Puducherry on Sunday.

While West has its fortunes in its hands with two wins in three games, North has ceded its mandate to other teams, having won only one game in its campaign so far. It is currently fourth in the six-team table and has a slender chance of making the summit clash.

Priyank Panchal’s men enter the clash after pulling off a thrilling heist against Central Zone, emerging victorious by just one wicket on Friday.

The team suffered a middle-order collapse for the second time in succession after a 12-run loss to South Zone in round three, where half the side perished under 100 in a 206-run chase.

However, against Central, Atit Sheth’s run-a-ball fifty, Rajvardhan Hangargekar’s quickfire knock (24 off 12), and Chintan Gaja’s valuable lower-order contribution helped West snatch four valuable points.

Domestic heavyweights Ankeet Bawane, Sarfaraz Khan and Rahul Tripathi, the backbone of West’s batting, have been mercurial. While Sarfaraz has looked good in patches, Bawane and Tripathi have failed to spend time in the middle. ​READ MORE​

- Mayank

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Deodhar Trophy: Round 3 Matches and where to watch

• South Zone vs East Zone - 9 AM IST
• Central Zone vs North East Zone - 9 AM IST
• North Zone vs West Zone - 1:30 PM IST (Streamed on BCCI website and app)