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East's chase drifted into the woods as S.S. Das dragged Amit Bhandari on to his stumps in the very first over and two deliveries later M.S. Dhoni snicked Amit Unyal. The openers had left with just eight on the board and despite Debang Gandhi's cameo (36, 28b, 6x4), East's chase ebbed away as lack of effective partnerships strangled the innings. Debang Gandhi was stumped by Ajay Ratra off Sarandeep with East's score reading 57 for three. Skipper Rohan Gavaskar (29) along with Prabhanjan Mallick (22) and Subhomoy Das (42) failed to cash in on their starts. Mallick provided the lone thrust in the middle overs, hoisting Sarandeep twice over the ropes but North skipper Reetinder Singh Sodhi trapped him leg before when he tried to whip one past square-leg. Amit Mishra, from the BEML end, bowled a good length and with the East batsmen remaining tentative in their footwork, his job was rendered easy. Earlier, North trundled on and though opener Gautam Gambhir (23) failed to beat an S.S. Das' throw from square-leg, his partner Akash Chopra (60, 95b, 5x4) held firm and guided the innings past the 100-run mark. Akash was however castled by left-arm spinner Rohan Gavaskar (two for 46), who bowled a steady line. North inched past the 200 mark as Mithun Minhas (77 n.o., 92b, 3x4) held the innings together before the overs ran out. Minhas played a `wait and watch' game and used his feet only in the slog overs, despatching Rohan past covers. North's 238 for five did appear meagre especially after Sunday's high-scoring game between the West and South Zones. But its spinners delivered the knock-out punch. North has five points from one match while East has five from two outings. East will clash with South at Visakhapatnam on January 9 while North will face-off against Central at Goa on the same day. The scores: North Zone: Akash Chopra b Rohan Gavaskar 60, Gautam Gambhir (run out) 23, R.S. Sodhi c M.S. Dhoni b Ranadeb Bose 0, Mithun Minhas (not out) 77, Pankaj Dharmani st. M.S. Dhoni b Sanjay Raul 1, Sangram Singh c R. Bose b Rohan Gavaskar 28, Ajay Ratra (not out) 28. Extras (lb-4, w-10, nb-7) 21. Total: (for five in 50 overs) 238. Fall of wickets: 1-59, 2-62, 3-130, 4-131, 5-185. East Zone bowling: Debasish Mohanty 6-0-36-0, Ranadeb Bose 10-1-33-1, Javed Zaman 5-0-27-0, Utpal Chatterjee 9-0-43-0, Prabhanjan Mallick 4-0-20-0, R. Gavaskar 10-0-46-2, Sanjay Raul 6-0-29-1. East Zone: S.S. Das b Amit Bhandari 0, M.S. Dhoni c Ratra b Amit Unyal 1, Debang Gandhi st. Ratra b Sarandeep Singh 36, Rohan Gavaskar c Ratra b A. Mishra 29, P. Mallick lbw b R.S. Sodhi 22, Subhomoy Das c Akash Chopra b A. Mishra 42, Sanjay Raul b Mithun Minhas 11, Utpal Chatterjee st. Ratra b A. Mishra 3, Ranadeb Bose st. Ratra b A. Mishra 7, Debashish Mohanty c Sarandeep b A. Mishra 2, Javed Zaman (not out) 0. Extras (lb-1, nb-11, w-6) 18. Total: (all out in 42.2 overs) 171. Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-8, 3-57, 4-85, 5-125, 6-155, 7-160, 8-162, 9-166. North Zone bowling: Amit Bhandari 7-0-35-1, A. Unyal 3-0-28-1, S. Singh 7-0-28-1, R.S. Sodhi 7-0-31-1, A. Mishra 9.2-1-20-5, Minhas 9-1-28-1.
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