da bet7： Vidarbha were in a position of considerable strength at stumps on theopening day of their Central Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16)match against Madhya Pradesh at Nagpur on Friday
11-Dec-1999Vidarbha were in a position of considerable strength at stumps on theopening day of their Central Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy (under-16)match against Madhya Pradesh at Nagpur on Friday. After dismissing MPfor 135 runs, Vidarbha scored 83 without loss from 23 overs at closeof play.Electing to bat, MP lost wickets at regular intervals and it was onlya valuable 31 by the No 8 batsman Amit Rajak which helped MP to get tothree figures. Chandrasekhar Atram and Azhar Sheikh took three wicketseach. By close of play, openers Fazal (20) and Akbar (57) had seenVidarbha get off to a fine start. The more aggressive Akbar faced 74balls and hit eleven fours.