da cassino： It has been cat and mouse between East and Central Zone over the vitalfirst innings lead at Green Park, Kanpur in their Duleep Trophy match
Staff Reporter13-Jan-2001It has been cat and mouse between East and Central Zone over the vitalfirst innings lead at Green Park, Kanpur in their Duleep Trophy match.Fluctuating fortunes all through the day saw the third day’s play end onSaturday with East on 230/4 trailing Central by 191 runs. Rohan Gavaskarwith an unbeaten 51 is leading the East charge with Rajiv Kumar on 20.The morning did not start too well for Central who started on 417/8 andwere bowled out for 421 in the third over of the day. Right arm mediumpacer Javed Zaman finished with 5/99 to take the bowling honours.East Zone got off to a flying start thanks to India opening batsman ShivSunder Das and Nikhil Haldipur. The pair added 68 runs in 12.4 overs. Daswas first to depart, trapped in front of the wicket by JP Yadav. Hisquickfire innings of 40 in 50 balls included 8 boundaries. Left handerHaldipur also fell to Yadav at 96 after making 34 runs.SS Raul was bowled by Kulamani Parida for just 11 and East were reduced to120/3 in the 28th over. Rashmi Parida and Rohan Gavaskar steadied theinnings for a while with a partnership of 61 for the fourth wicket. Paridawas trapped LBW by Murali Kartik as soon as he got to his half century. Hemade 53 runs off 110 balls hitting a six and six boundaries.East were precariously placed at 181/4, but Gavaskar and Rajiv Kumar playedsensibly for 19.3 overs adding 49 runs for the unbeaten fifth wicket whenplay was called off for the day. Gavaskar carried on with his impressiveform, knocking the ball for two sixes and four boundaries so far in hisunbeaten innings.