Propelled by a fine 117 by opener Rajat Jaswal, North Zone outplayedSouth Zone by 92 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy (under-16) crickettournament at the KL Saini stadium in Jaipur on Monday

31-Jan-2000Propelled by a fine 117 by opener Rajat Jaswal, North Zone outplayedSouth Zone by 92 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy (under-16) crickettournament at the KL Saini stadium in Jaipur on Monday.Opting to bat first on winning the toss, North Zone were given a soundstart by Jaswal and his partner Manik Kohli (34) who put on 91 runsoff 19.2 overs. Then Jaswal and Bhuvnesh Sharma (50) built upon thiswith a second wicket partnership of 107 runs off 17.4 overs. Jaswal,who had dominated both the stands was the second batsman to bedismissed. He faced only 114 balls and hit eleven fours. There was norespite for South Zone after his departure for Bhuvnesh Sharma andskipper Joginder Sharma (45) then got entrenched in a third wicketassociation that yielded 74 runs off 9.2 overs. Both fell offsuccessive deliveries in the 47th over. While Bhuvnesh was run outafter facing 72 balls and hitting two fours, Joginder was out toStuart Binny after facing 31 balls and hitting six of them to theropes. Thanks to their top order, North Zone ultimately were able topost an imposing total of 286 for six in 50 overs. Binny took three ofthe five wickets to fall to bowlers for 72 runs.The match was virtually decided when South Zone lost the first threewickets for 43 runs. After that, all that some rearguard action fromskipper Gnaneswara Rao (34) and DS Chougule (75 not out) could do wasto delay the inevitable. The defiant Chougule batted till the end,facing 103 balls and hitting two fours. But South Zone, never reallyin the game, were all out for 194 in the 46th over.