Happy bunch: The victorious East Zone staff with the trophy.
| Photo Credit: Lavanya L
Apart from these in the 2 dugouts, there have been beneath 20 folks in complete on the Maharashtra Cricket Stadium right here for the ultimate of the Inter-zonal Multi-Day Trophy. South Zone wanted one wicket to drag off a victory, East Zone wanted six runs.
The viewers
The viewers was scorers, the docs on name, floor workers, caterers, cameramen and logistics workers ready to run in with the BCCI hoarding for the presentation ceremony, however every part paused as everybody stood ready for the pendulum’s last swing.
Minnu Mani had the ball and was deftly utilizing the cracks in the floor to pose inquiries to the East batters. On strike, precariously so, had been Titas Sadhu and Annapurna Das.
It took 12 balls, a fortunate boundary and a few good operating for East to seal a too-close-for-comfort one-wicket win after three gruelling days in the solar.
East Zone coach Umesh Sethi needed to hold encouraging the gamers to speak extra to one another so the scorers might depart East’s wickets column alone.
Getting richer
Former India captain Shubhangi Kulkarni was in attendance to felicitate the winners, with East getting a cheque for ₹50 lakh for its triumph, whereas runner-up South obtained ₹20 lakh.
The scores:
South 133 and 179 misplaced to East 129 and 184/9 in 61.3 overs (Deepti Sharma 46, Richa Ghosh 33, Sahana Pawar 3/44, Minnu Mani 3/65).
PoM: Minnu Mani. Player-of-the-tournament: Deepti Sharma.
