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NEW DELHI, FEB. 27. South Zone emerged as the best one-day team clinching the Deodhar Trophy with 14 points from four encounters, one more than West, at the Palam Ground here on Wednesday. After posting a modest 223, South needed to restrict North within 179 runs. It was achieved by a margin of three runs. Going into its last league match, South had nine points and its target was a victory with a bonus point - to avoid sharing the trophy with West. North's miserable performance continued and it almost gifted South the bonus point. Chasing 224, North lost an early wicket of in-form Munish Sharma (9). But Gautam Gambhir and Yuveraj Singh did well to negotiate the South Zone pace bowlers, Venkatesh Prasad and L. Balaji. But four run outs took the match away from the host. Gambhir was out for 24, after adding 39 for the second wicket with Yuveraj. He was caught by Suresh Kumar off Bhardwaj and that was when North's downfall started. Yuveraj followed soon when he was run out after making 24. Sangram Singh went in the same manner as North lost three wickets in a space of two runs. South's task was made simpler as West completed its win three hours before the scheduled end. As North crumbled under pressure, South tightened the noose and reduced North to 92 for six in the 28th over. Wicket-keeper batsman Ajay Ratra and Ashish Nehra then got into the act of salvaging the innings and added 44 for the seventh wicket. The scores: South Zone: J. Arun Kumar (run out) 0, M.S.K. Prasad c Ratra b Bhandari 15, Hemang Badani c Yuveraj b Mishra 25, Vinay Kumar c Ratra b Nehra 7, Vijay Bhardwaj lbw b Yuveraj 36, S. Sharath c Mongia b Sonu Sharma 52, Y. Venugopal (run out) 54, Arjun Yadav b Yuveraj 0, M. Suresh Kumar lbw b Sharma 16, Venkatesh Prasad lbw b Bhandari 0, L. Balaji (not out) 7, Extras (b-4, lb-5, w-2) 11, Total (in 49.5 overs) 223. Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-26, 3-33, 4-64, 5-108, 6-164, 7-165, 8-195, 9-204. North Zone bowling: Ashish Nehra 9.5-2- 35-1, Amit Bhandari 10-1-54-2, Amit Mishra 10-0-37-1, Sonu Sharma 10-0-37-2, Yuveraj Singh 10-0-51-2. North Zone: Gautam Gambhir c Suresh Kumar b Bhardwaj 24, Munish Sharma c Arun Kumar b Venkatesh Prasad 9, Yuveraj Singh (run out) 24, Sangram Singh (run out) 1, Dinesh Mongia lbw b Suresh 14, Vijay Dahiya b Bhardwaj 2, Ajay Ratra (run out) 51, Ashish Nehra b Badani 22, Amit Bhandari (run out) 0, Amit Mishra (not out) 20, Sonu Sharma lbw b Venkatesh Prasad 0, Extras (b-1, lb-5, nb-1, w-2) 9, Total (in 45 overs) 176. Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-61, 3-62, 4-62, 5-67, 6-92, 7-136, 8-137, 9-176. South Zone bowling: Venkatesh Prasad 8-0-27-2, L. Balaji 7-0-33-0, Vijay Bhardwaj 9-0-36-2, Y. Venugopal 10-2-23-0, Suresh Kumar 9-0-39-1, Hemang Badani 2-0-12- 1.
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