North Zone vs North East Zone
On Day 3 at the Chinnasamy Stadium, North East were reduced to 58 for 3 while chasing an enormous 666 to win.
In the first innings of the day, North East was dismissed for 134 thanks to three-wicket hauls by Pulkit Narag and Siddarth Kaul. Nilesh Lamichaney’s 44 runs were the only notable contribution to their innings. North elected not to enforce the follow-on and scored 259 for six before declaring for a second time in the match. Ankit Kumar, Prabhsimran Singh and Jayant Yadav caressed sprightly half-centuries.
North East’s pursuit got off to a steady start, but they lost three wickets before the conclusion of the day.
Brief Scores: North Zone 540/8 decl. & 259/6 decl. (Ankit Kumar 70, Prabhsimran Singh 59, Jayant Yadav 55*) lead North East Zone 134 (Nilesh Lamichaney 44; Siddarth Kaul 3-16, Pulkit Narag 3-27) & 58/3 by 607 runs
Central Zone vs East Zone
Friday, at the conclusion of the third day of play in Alur, East Zone was reduced to 69 for 6 in its run pursuit against Central Zone.
Himanshu Mantri and Vivek Singh, the Central Zone openers, reached their respective half-centuries and extended the first wicket partnership to 124 runs before Ishan Porel precipitated a collapse. Central was bowled out for 239 thanks to the efforts of the pacer and the spin trio of Shahbaz Nadeem, Shahbaz Ahmed, and Riyan Parag.
In pursuit of 300 to win, East lost Abhimanyu Easwaran and Sudip Gharami cheaply early on. Four wickets were taken by left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar as he sliced through the top order.
Brief Scores: Central Zone 182 & 239 (Himanshu Mantri 68, Vivek Singh 56; Ishan Porel 3-15, Shahbaz Ahmed 3-66) lead East Zone 122 & 69/6 (Saurabh Kumar 4-33) by 230 runs
