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Ambati Rayudu guided West Zone to a five-wicket win over North Zone with a 78 not-out in the Prof D B Deodhar Trophy final at the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati. After captain Parthiv Patel and Manprit Juneja struck half-centuries to lay the platform for their team, Rayudu took his side across the line and was brilliantly supported by Kedar Jadhav’s quick-fire fifty. While chasing the 290-run target, West Zone lost opener Vijay Zol with just 24 runs on the board. Although skipper Parthiv Patel and Manprit Juneja stitched together a decent stand, their partnership was halted for 87 by Amit Mishra. The senior leg-spinner claimed the key wicket of Patel who had cruised to his 58 at a quick pace. And 46 runs later, Juneja offered a return catch to Manpreet Gony to walk back for 56. And then Unmukt Chand took a brilliant diving catch at backward point to send back the big-hitting Yusuf Pathan to leave West Zone on 175 for four. But with Ambati Rayudu and Kedar Jadhav at the crease and Abhi...

Yusuf Pathan continued his fine run in limited overs format as his smashing half-century helped West Zone crush South by five wickets as they entered the final of the Deodhar Trophy. West will now take on North Zone in tomorrow's summit clash. Put into bat, South made a decent 258 for five in their stipulated 50 overs riding on half-centuries from Stuart Binny (65) and Sachin Baby (58). In reply, West knocked off the runs in 41.1 overs courtesy Yusuf's 53-ball-68. The India discard hit eight boundaries and two mighty sixes -- one each of offie Baba Aparajith and left-arm spinner B Sudhakar. This is his third consecutive 60-plus score having scored a century and a half century in the successive matches in Vijay Hazare one day meet. India U-19 star Vijay Zol also hit a matured 75 off 88 balls with the help of 11 boundaries and a six. The only time that South looked like making a match of it was in the first seven overs when West were reduced to 26 for...

Half-centuries by senior pro Yuvraj Singh and the talented Unmukt Chand helped North Zone cruise to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Central Zone in Guwahati on Monday to enter the Deodhar Trophy final. North will meet the winner of the second semi-final between South Zone and West Zone scheduled to be played on Tuesday. North Zone captain Gautam Gambhir opted to field and his bowlers responded well by bundling out Central for a paltry 190 in 41.5 overs in match that was first curtailed to 45-overs-per side. Due to inclement weather, North's target was revised to 160 in 33 overs and the winners got their with 19 balls to spare. The highlight of the North chase was a partnership of 129 runs between Yuvraj (77) and Unmukt (56). While the youngster decided to drop anchor at one end facing 85 balls and hitting five fours, his senior partner looked in fluent touch as banged nine fours and three sixes. Out of the three, a couple were hit off Piyush Cha...

Young Baba Aparajith scored his maiden century in limited overs cricket as South Zone beat East by 11 runs in the Deodhar Trophy quarter-final in Guwahati on Sunday. South will now take on West Zone in the second semi-final slated for Tuesday. Opting to bat the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati, South Zone posted a healthy total of 284 for five in 50 overs riding on Aparajith's 121. The India colts player played 129 balls and hit 10 fours and three sixes in his innings. In reply, East managed to 273 for seven with skipper Wriddhiman Saha top-scoring with 77 and Ishank Jaggi managing to hit 55. It was the 89 runs given by the East Zone bowlers in the final 10 overs of the South innings that turned out to be decisive. Apart from Aparajith, the other notable contributer was former India opener Robin Uthappa who managed a patient 48 off 75 balls with six fours. Having lost other opener Lokesh Rahul (0) in the very second over, Uthappa and No 3 batsman Aparajith added 95 ...

Gautam Gambhir will lead North Zone in the DB Deodhar Trophy one-day limited overs inter zonal knock-out cricket tournament to be played from March 16 to 19 at Mohali and Dharamsala. South Zone squad: Gautam Gambhir (c), Parvinder Awana, Rishi Dhawan, Paras Dogra, Manpreet Gony, Ravi Inder Singh, Siddarth Kaul, Chandan Madan (wk), Mandeep Singh, Amit Mishra, Rajat Paliwal, Parvez Rasool, Sandeep Sharma, Rahul Sharma, Yuvraj Singh

\ Suresh Raina will lead Central Zone in the DB Deodhar Trophy one-day limited overs inter zonal knock-out cricket tournament to be played from March 16 to 19 at Mohali and Dharamsala. South Zone squad: Suresh Raina (c), Prashant Gupta. Akshdeep Nath, Robin Bist, Piyush Chawla, Imtiaz Ahmed, Mohammad Kaif, Ashok Menaria, Ali Murtaza, Naman Ojha (wk), Ishwar Pandey, Amit Paunikar, Ankit Rajpoot, Jalaj Saxena, Shrikant Wagh

Gujarat's Parthiv Patel will lead West Zone in the DB Deodhar Trophy one-day limited overs inter zonal knock-out cricket tournament to be played from March 16 to 19 at Mohali and Dharamsala.  Mumbai's Ajinkya Rahane would be his deputy, said zonal selection panel convener Nitin Dalal on Tuesday.  West would clash with East in the semifinal on March 17 at Mohali, the day after South and Central take on each other in the lone quarterfinal at the same venue.  The other semifinal, between North and the winners of the quarterfinal between South and Central, is to be held at Dharamsala which will also host the final on March 19.  West Zone squad:  Parthiv Patel (Capt), Sheldon Jackson, Ambati Rayudu, Siddesh Lad, Kedar Jadhav, Yusuf Pathan, Abhishek Nayar, Munaf Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Rush Kalaria, Rakesh Dhruv, Kamlesh Makwana, Manpreet Juneja, Akshay Darekar, Vijay Zol.

Bengal's Wriddhiman Saha will lead a 15– member East Zone squad for their quarter-final match against South Zone in the Deodhar Trophy on March 10 at Nehru Stadium in Guwahati. The side will reach Guwahati on March 7. S Saikia from Assam will be the coach of the team. East Zone Squad: Pallav Das and Shiv Shankar Roy (both Assam), Ishank Jaggi (Jharkhand), Gobind Poddar (Odisha), Saurabh Tiwari (Jharkhand), Mani Shankar Mura Singh ( Tripura), Pritam Das (Assam), Bassanta Mahanty (Odisha), Abu Nachim (Assam), Sami Ahmed (Bengal), Biplab Samantray (Odisha), Gokul Sharma (Assam), S Nadim (Jharkhand) and Iresh Saxena (Bengal).

Tamil Nadu's Dinesh Karthik will lead a 15-member South Zone squad in their quarter-final match against East Zone in the Deodhar Trophy in Guwahati on Sunday. South Zone squad: K Dinesh Karthik (capt, Tamil Nadu), R Vinay Kumar (vice-capt, Karnataka), Robin Uthappa (Karnataka), K L Rahul (Karnataka), Sachin Baby (Kerala), Stuart Binny (Karnataka), C M Gautam (wk, Karnataka), B Aparajith (Tamil Nadu), Abhimanyu Mithun (Karnataka), B Sudhakar (Andhra Pradesh), K Srikar Bharat (Andhra Pradesh), S Sandeep Warrier (Kerala), Ashish Reddy (Hyderabad), G H Vihari (Hyderabad) and Sanju S Viswanathan (Kerala). Reserves: Rohan Prem (Kerala), Sagun Kamat (Goa), Rahil S Shah (Tamil Nadu), Prasanth Parameswaran (Kerala). Team Officials: M Senthilnathan (Coach), R Ananth (Physio), K Manoj Kumar (Trainer) and K Sriram (Manager).

DEODHAR TROPHY 2013: DATE & TIME FIXTURES VENUE Mar 10 2013 04:00 GMT | 09:00 IST South Zone v East Zone QF 1 Knock Out  Guwahati  Mar 11 2013 04:00 GMT | 09:00 IST Central Zone v North Zone SF 1 Knock Out   Guwahati   Mar 12 2013 04:00 GMT | 09:00 IST West Zone v Winner of QF SF 2 Knock Out   Guwahati   Mar 13 2013 04:00 GMT | 09:00 IST TBC v TBC Final Knock Out   Guwahati