DULEEP TROPHY
Bengaluru, Aug 28: Vidarbha’s Ranji Trophy hero Danish Malewar and Rajat Patidar made a mockery of a below-par North East Zone attack with respective tons as Central Zone raced to 432 for 2 in 77 overs before rain stopped play on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy quarter-final, here on Thursday.
The 21-year-old Malewar, who scored a big hundred in the Ranji Trophy final last season, was on a career-best 198 not out while RCB’s IPL winning skipper Patidar was more belligerent of the two in his 96-ball-125 on a day when they hit 56 boundaries between them.
Malewar, closing in on his maiden first-class double hundred, cracked 35 fours apart from a six while Patidar hit 21 fours and three maximums.Malewar and Patidar came together when opener Aryan Juyal (60 batting) was forced to retire hurt after being struck in abdominal region, adding 199 runs for the second wicket. (PTI)
