f43408	Central Zone v East Zone
	Duleep Trophy 1997/98 (Semi-Final)
Venue	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th December 1997 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	East Zone won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Central Zone won on runs per wicket)
Umpires	R Nagarajan, SK Sharma
Referee	M Surendra Kumar
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	East Zone (1) 30/0 (Das 15*, Haldipur 14*)
Close of play day 3	East Zone (1) 59/1 (Haldipur 27*, Gandhi 13*)
Close of play day 4	East Zone (1) 337 all out

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East Zone first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SS Das	c Mudgal b Pandey	16
NL Haldipur	c Khurasiya b Bangar	34
DJ Gandhi	b Gandhe	158	278	362	14	6
RS Gavaskar	c Abbas Ali b Hirwani	0
*SS Raul	run out	31
Tariq-ur-Rehman	c Mudgal b Kartik	0
RF Morris	lbw b Gandhe	34
US Chatterjee	c Gandhe b Hirwani	24
AG Sarkar	not out	10
+VR Samant	lbw b Pandey	11
KVP Rao	lbw b Pandey	4
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 116 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-70, 3-85, 4-185, 5-185, 6-262, 7-311, 8-311, 9-331, 10-337 (116 ov)

Central Zone bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pandey	23	9	57	3	-	-
Bangar	17	6	51	1	-	-
Gandhe	21	3	59	2	-	-
Hirwani	28	4	99	2	-	-
Kartik	27	8	62	1	-	-

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Central Zone first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GK Khoda	b Sarkar	31
JP Yadav	not out	145	273	374	13	-
*AR Khurasiya	c Gandhi b Raul	18
R Shamshad	b Chatterjee	6
SB Bangar	c Chatterjee b Gandhi	1
S Abbas Ali	c Samant b Raul	28
+MS Mudgal	c Gandhi b Raul	12
ND Hirwani	c Rao b Chatterjee	16
PV Gandhe	not out	23
M Kartik	did not bat
SP Pandey	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	15
Total	(7 wickets, 90 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-94, 3-114, 4-115, 5-166, 6-198, 7-237

East Zone bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarkar	14	2	55	1	-	-
Morris	6	0	32	0	-	-
Chatterjee	29	5	71	2	-	-
Raul	19	1	68	3	-	-
Gandhi	14	3	30	1	-	-
Rao	7	0	30	0	-	-
Gavaskar	1	1	0	0	-	-

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