da bet vitoria： Contrary to the manner in which their senior team caved in against EastZone in the just concluded Duleep Trophy match at Agartala, the South ZoneUnder-19 side had a comfortable opening day against Central Zone in thethree day CK Nayudu Trophy
Staff Reporter28-Jan-2001Contrary to the manner in which their senior team caved in against EastZone in the just concluded Duleep Trophy match at Agartala, the South ZoneUnder-19 side had a comfortable opening day against Central Zone in thethree day CK Nayudu Trophy final at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack onSunday. At stumps, South Zone were a healthy 303 for 6 with the Andhramiddle order batsman ASK Varma (72) and Karnataka all rounder DeepakChougule (61) leading the way.Opting to bat, South openers TS Suman (59) and stumper Tahir Hussain (34)put on 56 runs off 13.3 overs. Tahir was the first to be dismissed when hewas caught behind by Amit Deshpande off Chandrashekar Atram. This broughtChougule to the crease and he and Suman took the score to 103. Suman wasthe next to return to the confines of the pavilion, trapped leg before by SUpadhyaya. During his 114-minute stay at the crease, Suman faced 68 ballsand hit seven fours.The fall of Suman ushered in the South Zone skipper, Arjun Yadav (26) tothe middle. Chougule and Yadav added 54 runs for the third wicket beforethe captain was caught by the substitute fielder Jitender Singh off NChoudhury. With the scoreboard reading 193, Chougule himself perished to acatch by A Kapoor off Atram. During a 148-minute stay at the crease,Chougule faced 120 balls and hit eight fours and one six.ASK Varma then forged a 63-run fifth wicket stand with Stuart Binny (24).Binny was the next batsman to be dismissed, caught by Jitender Singh offUpadhyaya. Varma. who had by then crossed his half century, was motoringalong smoothly. But in the 75th over of the day, he was sent back to thepavilion, caught behind by Deshpande off Upadhyaya. Vijay Sai Suri (12)and Mohd Faiq (5) took the team to stumps with no further casualities. SUpadhyaya was the most successful bowler with figures of 3 for 59.