da apostaganha： A fourth wicket stand of 130 runs between I Srinivas Rao (89) and skipperAnoop Pai (80) helped South Zone end the first day at 255 for seven in theVijay Hazare Trophy (under-16) quarterfinal match against Central Zone atthe Maharaja Jayachamaraja
Staff Reporter31-Jan-2001A fourth wicket stand of 130 runs between I Srinivas Rao (89) and skipperAnoop Pai (80) helped South Zone end the first day at 255 for seven in theVijay Hazare Trophy (under-16) quarterfinal match against Central Zone atthe Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wodayar Sports Centre in Bangalore on Wednesday.South Zone started off on the wrong foot after they opted to bat. OpenerDinesh Kartik (7) was caught behind by Ali Akbar off Devendra Singh off thefirst ball of the fifth over. His partner Prasanth Peter (7) hung aroundtill the 12th over when he was bowled by Vivek Yadav. This brought SrinivasRao and Anoop Pai together. They took their time to settle down and thenset about rebuilding the innings. Before long both notched up halfcenturies, with Srinivas getting to the mark first.The partnership was broken when Srinivas was dismissed caught by TahirAbbas off Shivakanth Shukla in the 54th over. During a 203-minute stay inthe middle, Srinivas faced 147 balls and hit 15 boundaries. Then with thescore on 195, new batsman Srivasudeva Das also departed caught by Shuklaoff Rahat Ali. Anoop was finally out in the 78th over of the day when hewas caught by Tahir off Praveen Gupta. Anoop had batted a shade over fourhours, during which he faced 209 balls and found the boundary ropes eleventimes.Central Zone claimed the new ball after 83 overs and in the last stages ofthe day’s play Abhinav was trapped leg before by Devendra Singh. Two oversbefore the scheduled close of play, new batsman Manjunath also departed ina similar manner, the bowler this time being Vivek Yadav. I Varun (17) andS Yadav (9) were at the crease at stumps. The wickets were shared allaround with new ball bowlers Devendra Singh (2 for 55) and Vivek Yadav (2for 30) being the pick.