Deodhar Trophy | Axar Patel is the hero in India-C’s big victory
The HinduAxar Patel’s excellent all-round show guided India-C to a convincing 136-run victory over India-B in the inconsequential last league engagement of the Deodhar Trophy at the JSCA Stadium here on Saturday. Axar’s blistering unbeaten 98, his highest List-A score and ninth half-century, enabled India-C recover from a precarious situation and register a competitive 280 for five after skipper Shubman Gill opted to bat. The scores: India-C: Shubman Gill c Kalaria b Vijay Shankar 1, Anmolpreet Singh lbw b Nadeem 23, Priyam Garg lbw b Siraj 18, Virat Singh 76, Suryakumar Yadav b Nadeem 10, Dinesh Karthik b Rana 34, Axar Patel 98; Extras : 20; Total : 280. India-B: Yashasvi Jaiswal c Axar b Jalaj 28, Ruturaj Gaikwad b Pathania 20, B. Aparajith b Porel 53, Kedar Jadhav c Porel b Jalaj 5, Nitish Rana lbw b Markande 1, Parthiv Patel c Anmolpreet b Markande 1, Vijay Shankar lbw b Axar 9, Anukul Roy c Karthik b Markande 1, Shahbaz Nadeem c Pathania b Markande 12, Rush Kalaria c Gill b Porel 6, Mohammed Siraj 1; Extras : 7; Total : 144.