After selecting to bat first, North East Zone struggled to seek out their footing and have been bundled out for a paltry complete of 101 runs in simply 32.1 overs.
The North Zone bowlers wreaked havoc, with spinner Mayank Markande and pacer Mayank Yadav being the chief destroyers.
Markande claimed a formidable four-wicket haul, conceding solely 14 runs in his 9.1 overs, whereas Yadav took three wickets, freely giving 21 runs in his six-over spell.
Seamers Vaibhav Arora, Rishi Dhawan, and left-arm orthodox spinner Nishant Sindhu contributed with one wicket every.
North East Zone’s batting woes have been evident from the start, with opener Ashish Thapa dismissed for a duck by Arora, and Palzor Tamang caught behind by Prabhsimran Singh for 10 runs off Dhawan’s bowling.
Markande’s essential breakthrough got here when he dismissed North East Zone’s captain, Langlonyamba Meitan Keishangbam, for a hard-fought 36 runs from 69 balls – the best particular person rating for his crew.
Yadav wreaked havoc within the lower-middle order, taking three fast wickets of Kangabam Priyojit (1), Kamsha Yangfo (0), and Rex Rajkumar (1), leaving North East Zone reeling at 61 for six within the 17th over. Markande added two extra wickets to finish his four-wicket haul.
Chasing the modest goal, North Zone confronted an early setback when opener Shubham Khajuria was run out for six within the third over. Nonetheless, Prabhsimran and Himanshu Rana teamed as much as take cost of the innings and information their crew to victory.
Prabhsimran performed an aggressive knock of 40 not out off simply 35 balls, together with seven fours and a six. Rana proved to be much more damaging, smashing 52 not out off 33 balls, comprising 9 fours and a six, as they comfortably reached the goal of 102 in simply 12.5 overs.
Their unbeaten partnership of 93 runs for the second wicket proved to be the match-winning contribution for North Zone. Regardless of attempting out six totally different bowling choices, North East Zone failed to interrupt the partnership and succumbed to yet one more defeat.
This victory was solely the second for North Zone within the 50-over competitors, serving to them climb to the fourth spot within the factors desk. In distinction, North East Zone continued to wrestle, having misplaced all 5 of their matches, and are languishing on the backside of the desk.
(With PTI inputs)
