Unmukt shines as India B beat India A in Deodhar Trophy

Kanpur, Jan 25:
Skipper Unmukt Chand anchored the chase to perfection with an unbeaten 77 to guide India B to a five-wicket victory against India A in the opening match of the Deodhar Trophy one-day cricket tournament, here today.
Put into bat, India A could manage only 161 in 44.2 overs with skipper Ambati Rayudu (58) and all-rounder Parvez Rasool (66) adding 104 runs for the sixth wicket after they were reeling at 29 for five.
In reply, India B scored the runs in only 29.2 overs with skipper Unmukt remaining unbeaten from 82 balls, his innings laced with nine fours and a six. He had two partnerships — 56 for the opening stand with Shreyas Iyer (24) and 75 for the fifth wicket with veteran Dinesh Karthik (34).
In the morning, Unmukt won an important toss as India A batsmen were all at sea on Green Park track that offered some help to the seam bowlers.
India discard Dhawal Kulkarni (2-9 in 7 overs) and young Rajasthan pacer Nathu Singh (3-23) polished off the top-order with Test specialists Murali Vijay (0) failing to score off 22 deliveries. He was dismissed by Kulkarni.(PTI)

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