Vihari and spinners lead India B to victory in Deodhar's first match

Vihari leads India to a strong score © Getty

A full collective contest allowed India B to win a 43-point victory over India A in the opening match of the Deodhar Trophy against Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi Tuesday 23).

India On a victory of 87 undefeated Hanuma Vihari, half a century of Manoj Tiwary, as well as 40 useful years of Mayank Agarwal and Shreyas Iyer, the total number of 261 was 261., India A n had lost only half of his team for just 87 points, before Dinesh Karthik (99) and R Ashwin (54) led the rearguard. with spinsters Mayank Markande and Shahbaz Nadeem picking up seven wickets between them to form an opposition for 218.

Independent, India B loses Ruturaj Gaikwad early, but a positive badociation between 59 players between Agarwal and Iyer provides the same. team a good platform advantage. Agarwal also had a lucky chance, pushed back by Prithvi Shaw to the point, while Iyer was replaced by a missed opportunity by Karthik off Krunal Pandya. However, Agarwal and Iyer succumb quickly to Pandya and Ashwin's rotation respectively, leaving India B staggering to 95 for 3 out of 18.

But India A has to wait nearly 20 outs for its next wicket, at that time Vihari and Tiwary added 99 points. Tiwary evoked his half-century with a straight six off Pandya, while the fourth pair of wickets set a good base for the final bloom. But India A has returned to death, starting with the release of Tiwary, followed by Ankush Bains and Deepak Chahar until the refuge.

Vihari, who was undefeated at age 48 out of 65 at the time of Tiwary's dismissal loss, took it upon himself to help his team finish with a competitive total. Four of Vihari's nine borders followed one another after the 40th, including two in the final against Siddarth Kaul, which pushed India B above 260%.

When India A began to respond, all attention was focused on the young Shaw, who had just been successful. Series of tests against Windies. He took his time before dancing on the track towards Nadeem to mark a border with extra coverage. Unfortunately, the referee failed to spot an inside edge and was sidelined in the leg. Karun Nair was also trapped in front of the ball, and he did not question his dismissal.

Anmolpreet Singh and Karthik led the recovery for a brief moment, with both players finding the strings regularly. But Anmolpreet did not manage to take the ball in Chahar, which led to his dismissal at 16. While the borders remained behind Karthik's arm, Ankeet Bawne was defeated by the rhythm of Varun Aaron, also responsible for Pandya leaving India A reel.

The Karthik and Ashwin of Tamil Nadu went on to balance, but they also survived Chahar's scream before Chahar – another bad call from the referee. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Karthik crossed the 50-point mark, as did Ashwin, who won India with a record 200 points at the end of the 40th birthday.

Karthik and Ashwin, through their 123-yard stand for the sixth wicket, had sparked the hopes of India A. But they collapsed when Markande and Nadeem hit successively to account for Ashwin and Karthik , respectively. It did not take long for Markande to put order in the lower orders and pick up the last three wickets with India A managing to add only four more before being eliminated at the 47th minute.

Synopsis: India B 261/8 in 50 outs (Hanuma Vihari 87 *, Manoj Tiwary 52, Ravichandran Ashwin 2-39) defeated India A 218 in 46.4 over (Dinesh Karthik 99, Ashwin R 54, Mayank Markande 4-48, Shahbaz Nadeem 3-32) on 43 points .

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