It was the best pitch of the competition, not as bat-first-win-game as the previous fixtures, but a six-and-a-half-over spell early on in India C’s chase of India B’s 283 for 7, in which they lost four wickets, put paid to their chances of winning the Deodhar Trophy 2019-20 final in Ranchi.
That meant Ishan Porel‘s five-for for India C went in vain, and Kedar Jadhav‘s 86 for India B proved to be the defining knock of the match.
India C managed to bat out their overs despite sinking to 77 for 5 in 18 overs – Mayank Agarwal, Virat Singh, Suryakumar Yadav and Dinesh Karthik the batsmen dismissed in that phase – but were always behind the eight-ball, never quite looking like they would pull off an unexpected win with their tail-enders in charge of doing the job with the bat.
Priyam Garg, the 18-year-old batsman, did his bit, seeing out the collapse and batting on till the 30th over for an impressive 74 in 77 balls, with eight fours and a six, but he fell swinging wildly at a Mohammed Siraj delivery that hit leg stump. And then it was over to Axar Patel and Jalaj Saxena, who scored 30s, and Mayank Markande, who played an enterprising innings of 27, to delay the inevitable.
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