Left-arm spinner Shahbaz (3/30 in 10 overs) and pacer Akash (3/35 in 10 overs) have been each parsimonious whereas getting breakthroughs at common intervals to bowl out Central for 207 in 50 overs.
Solely Rinku Singh, who lately earned his maiden call-up to the nationwide staff for Asian Video games, regarded in good nick, scoring 54 off 63 balls on a observe that wasn’t conducive for stroke-play.
In reply, East have been by no means in a tearing hurry as they exacted a candy revenge for his or her Duleep Trophy loss, by surpassing the goal in 46.1 overs.
Left-handed opener Utkarsh Singh anchored the chase with a well-compiled 89 off 104 balls and a 91-run opening stand with the skilled Abhimanyu Easwaran (38 off 55 balls) put them on track for victory.
With actually no scoreboard stress, East batters did not take a lot danger though Utkarsh had 11 fours and three sixes to his credit score.
Nevertheless it was the bowlers, who set it up properly on a observe the place the ball often stopped whereas approaching to the bat.
It did not assist when one of many openers Aryan Juyal (39 not out) needed to retire harm in the course of the first Powerplay earlier than Shahbaz’s wicket-to-wicket bowling did not enable the Central batters to get away.
Even Rinku could not actually play huge photographs as he focused on singles and had solely two sixes — one every off left-arm spinner Avinav Choudhary and off-spinner Utkarsh. As soon as Mani Shankar Mura Singh (Three wickets) bought Rinku, the final 4 wickets fell for under 31 runs.
Transient Scores: Central Zone 207 in 50 overs (Rinku Singh 54 off 63 balls, Aksh Deep 3/35, Shahbaz Ahmed 3/30). East Zone 208/four in 46.1 overs (Utkarsh Singh 89, Karn Sharma 3/35).