JOIN USAt Hosur, Combined U-16 resumed their second innings at 377 for seven, an overall lead of 64, and were bowled out for 441, Nikhil Naik unfortunate to miss out on his century by four runs.
Needing 129 for an outright victory, South cruised to their target with plenty in hand, scoring at just under seven an over to reach 129 for one in only 19.2 overs. Agarwal remained unconquered on 74 while Karun Nair made 42 not out.
The matches, between ZCA West and AIU in Anantapur, and ZCA Central and East in
Mysore, ended in draws
Brief scores: At Hosur: Combined U-16: 161 all out in 71.3 overs and 441 all out in 113 overs (B Aparjith 140, Nikhil Naik 96, Rakshan Faraz 38, Shravan Kumar 33; Ashish Reddy 2-51, B Goutham 2-51, Shrawan Krishna 2-79) lt to ZCA South: 474/7 decl in 108.2 overs and 129/1 in 19.2 overs (Mayank Agarwal 74 n.o., Karun Nair 42 n.o.).
At Anantapur: ZCA West: 328 all out in 121 overs and 272/6 in 161 overs (Avi Barot 59, Hitesh Solanki 84; Sunojith Banerjee 3-79) drew AIU: 220 all out in 76.2 overs.
At Gangotri Glades, Mysore: ZCA Central: 480/8 decl in 143 overs and 288/8 in 66 overs (Md Zahid Ali 69 n.o., Aksdeepnath 55, Manoj Singh 45, Ashok Maneria 40; Dominic Rex 3-53, Krishna Das 2-64, Kundan Singh 2-96) drew ZCA East: 345 all out in 139.1 overs (Abhilash Mallick 186, Avishek Das 38, Rajdeep Das 30; Gagandeep Singh 3-67, Gaurav Sharma 3-83).