da pixbet： Skipper R Jadhav, with a fighting 74, helped Vidarbha salvage a drawin their Central Zone Cooch Behar (under-19) Trophy league matchagainst Uttar Pradesh at the Vidarbha CA Ground in Nagpur on Tuesday
Natarajan Sriram24-Oct-2000Skipper R Jadhav, with a fighting 74, helped Vidarbha salvage a drawin their Central Zone Cooch Behar (under-19) Trophy league matchagainst Uttar Pradesh at the Vidarbha CA Ground in Nagpur on Tuesday.Following on, 177 runs in arrears, Vidarbha in their second inningsmade 239 for 8 when stumps were finally drawn.Resuming at the hopeless situation of 35 for 3, Vidarbha’s hopes wererevived when Choudhary (10) and Jadhav (74) added 49 runs for thefourth wicket in 19 overs. Choudary was dismissed when he was caughtby P Malviya off A Raza. Then HV Shitoot (58) joined Jadhav to takethe score to 168. The fifth wicket partnership of 107 runs whichlasted 23.2 overs, went a long way in helping Vidarbha earn a draw.Shitoot was the next to be dismissed stumped off Malviya off SanjeevMishra. He faced 76 balls and hit eight fours and a six.At 177, Jadhav was caught behind off Mishra. He batted 3-1/2 hours,faced 152 balls and hit six fours and three sixes. Then CE Atram (38not out) along with the tailenders batted out the rest of the overstill the match ended. Atram faced 146 balls and hit six fours.Vidarbha picked up three points while Uttar Pradesh got fivefrom the match.