Markande picks four as North Zone trounce North East by nine wickets

Mayank Markande. Pic/AFP

North Zone produced a dominating all-round display to hand North East Zone a crushing nine-wicket loss in a round-robin match of the Deodhar Trophy here on Tuesday.

After bowling out North East Zone for a mere 101 in 32.1 overs, the North Zone team knocked off the target in 12.5 overs, scoring 102 for the loss of one wicket.

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Spinner Mayank Markande and pacer Mayank Yadav shared seven wickets between them after North East Zone elected to bat.

Markande returned with impressive figures of 9.1-1-14-4, while Yadav took 3 for 21 from his six overs to rip apart the North East Zone batting line-up, ably supported by seamers Vaibhav Arora, Rishi Dhawan and left-arm orthodox spinner Nishant Sindhu, who all chipped in with one wicket apiece. Larry Sangma was Markande's first wicket in the 12th over.

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