da spicy bet： A gallant unbeaten 100 by BMV Uthappa followed by a mesmeric spell offour for eight from two overs by AT Rayudu helped South Zone defeatCombined XI by three runs in an inconsequential group B match in theinter-academy cricket tournament at
Staff Reporter30-Jun-2001A gallant unbeaten 100 by BMV Uthappa followed by a mesmeric spell offour for eight from two overs by AT Rayudu helped South Zone defeatCombined XI by three runs in an inconsequential group B match in theinter-academy cricket tournament at Bangalore on Saturday.Play started only at 12.28 pm because of rain. Put in to bat, SouthZone scored 180 for nine in the allotted 27 overs. The highlight wasUthappa’s knock. Coming in after four wickets had fallen for 34, hestayed on till the end, facing just 62 balls and hitting nine foursand five sixes. With N Reddy (25), Uthappa added 90 runs off 10.2overs for the seventh wicket after six wickets had gone down for 50.Combined XI with valuable contributions from skipper SM Dholpure (32),HTS Rao (48), Sushil Kumar (30) and SV Lazarus (24) seemed to beheaded for victory at 155 for three after 23 overs. But Rayudu’s spelland a couple of run outs saw Combined XI restricted to 177 for nine in27 overs.