Nayar leads run-feast against North Zone

West Zone dominated the opening day of the Duleep Trophy semifinal against North Zone scoring 425/5 at the Madhaovrao Scindia ground on Tuesday. The highlight of the day's play was an impressive unbeaten 102 by Abhishek Nayar. Batting at number six, the Mumbai batsmen started off aggressively to complete his fifty in 70 balls. Nayar continued to slam North bowlers, who could not extract any movement from the pitch. Earlier, after winning the toss West decided to bat first on a wicket which didn't offer much help to the bowlers. Skipper Wasim Jaffer (12) and Ajinkya Rahane (34) started off positively but did not last long and both got out early with the score at 55. But the 97-run partnership between Parthiv Patel (55 runs, 62 balls, 9x4, 1x6) and Cheteshwar Pujara (77 runs, 95 balls, 10x4) steadied the ship. Later, Rohit Sharma also chipped in with a fifty in 77 balls to strengthen West. But at the stroke of tea, Sharma dragged one on to his stumps off leg-spinner Vikas Mishra.
Scoreboard:
W Jaffer lbw Malik 12, A Rahane c Kaul b Awana 34, P Patel lbw Gony 55, C Pujara b Bhatia 77, R Sharma b Mishra 63, A Nayar not out 102, R Jadeja not out 55. Extras: 27 (1lb, 21nb, 5w) Total: 425 for five in 90 overs.
Fall of Wickets: 1-39, 2-55, 3-152, 4-221, 5-285
Bowling: Gony 18-2-85-1, Malik 14-2-71-1, Awana 14-0-73-1, Bhatia 10-2-36-1, Mishra 20-1-111-1, Inder Singh 8-1-30-0, Dewan 6-1-14-0.

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