MOHD Faiz missed his century by seven runs, Neel Athaley helped himself to a half-century and Jagjot Sasan made 46 as the U-23 CK Nayudu match between Vidarbha and Haryana ended in a draw at Gurugram Cricket Ground (SRNCC) in Gurgaon on Thursday. Vidarbha won on first innings lead. Having secured a slender 16-run lead on Day 3, Vidarbha resumed their second innings at 63-1 and their batters capitalised on the opportunity to score useful runs. They declared on 260-6.

 

Brief scores: Vidarbha 1st innings 455 all out in 125.4 overs (Neel Athaley 107, Shree Choudhary 74, Mohd Faiz 73, Jagjot Sasan 26, Sanskar Chavate 43, Pratham Maheswari 79; Mayank Shandilya 4-52). Haryana 1st innings 439 all out in 122 overs (Arsh Ranga 44, Yuvraj Singh 128, Dinesh Bana 55, Moksh Mudgil 96, Sammy Kadian 44; Jagjyot Sasam 4-83, Mandar Ghodmare 3-97, Shree Choudhary 2-29). Vidarbha 2nd innings 260-6 decl. in 79 overs (Neel Athaley 58, Mohd Faiz 93, Jagjot Sasan 46, Shree Choudhary 32). Result: Match drawn; Vidarbha won on first innings.