Batting by choice, West rode on Abhishek Nayar’s unbeaten 102 and a string of half-centuries from Parthiv Patel (55), Cheteshwar Pujara (77), Rohit Sharma (63) and Ravindra Jadeja (55 n.o.) as North bowlers came in for some stick.
SCORE BOARD
WEST ZONE (I Innings): Wasim Jaffer lbw Malik 12, Ajinkya Rahane c Kaul b Awana 34, Parthiv Patel b Gony 55, Cheteshwar Pujara b Bhatia 77, Rohit Sharma b Mishra 63, Abhishek Nayar 102 batting, Ravindra Jadeja 55 batting. Extras (LB-5, W-1, NB-21) 27. Total (for 5 wkts, 90 overs) 425.
Fall of wickets: 1-39, 2-55, 3-152, 4-221, 5-285.
Bowling: MS Gony 18-2-85-1, Vikramjeet Singh Malik 14-2-71-1, Parvinder Awana 14-0-73-1, Rajat Bhatia 10-2-36-1, Vikas Mishra 20-1-111-1, Ravi Inder Singh 8-1-30-0, Rahul Dewan 6-1-14-0.
Published 26 January 2010, 16:47 IST