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October 11, 2011
India Green 348 for 9 (Uthappa 132, Anirudha 111, Sangwan 4-58) beat India Red 269 (Tiwary 74, Fallah 3-59) by 79 runs
A blistering opening partnership between Robin Uthappa and S Anirudha set up an impressive win for India Green against India Blue in Nagpur, and secured their place in the final of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy. India Green were asked to bat first once again, however, this time they made better use of the fine platform laid by their openers and piled up 348 for 9 in their 50 overs to all but shut India Blue out of the match at the halfway stage.
Form Uthappa took the first game in the game, starting with an aggressive shot with a loft for four long-off and well executed pull out Irfan Pathan. Anirudh was to support the role of a century stand for a couple of the previous game, but here he found Uthappa fired a shot. He hit two boundaries and Pathan, before depositing the ball a short walk from Pradeep Sangwan range in the long run.
The couple was helped by some rebel Pathan bowling first, as they repeatedly lost in platelets, in an attempt to get the ball to swing in India Blue captain S Badrinath tried to stop the flow of racing so the Amit Mishra in the fifth, but Uthappa and Anirudh continued to rise on all fours and sixes at will. After the two openers beaten runs 34 overs, India Green, who at 86 after eight years. Unlike Red against India, however, do not lose their purpose and begins to grow for centuries, so the 200 instead of 23 again.
Players finally found some relief after retirement Uthappa. Mohammad Kaif struggled to maintain momentum before jumping to the track and playing the hand all the wrong Mishra his first wicket. Anirudh talent out of turn, bringing full of a lot of leg strain midwicket for part-time M Vijay. Uthappa after India turned green and Mohnish Mishra Ishank Jaggi lost in quick succession, but could not match his pace in the beginning, reaching only four before P Parameswaran was upset. Sangwan claimed wickets at the end of the sleeves looked batters to end quick runs from 4 to 58 are ten.
India Blue, which is necessary to win the final, made a poor start in the hunt as Tanmay Srivastava edged behind off left-arm medium pacer Samad Fallah, CM Gautham completed with a spectacular dive. Saurabh Tiwary and Vijay did not ask for rate out of range, however, in a 87 run stand for the second door to a thousand-a-ball. After Vijay fell, struck by Iqbal Abdullah Dinesh Karthik Tiwary planned route with the appropriate support. The pair added 48 before Tiwary hit directly Jaggi long-offs, cutting short his sleeves promising 74 from 70th India Blue was the latest blow to a target through Karthik and Manish Pandey, before Karthik was IPN was awarded to 49 out Abhimanyu Mithun
Therefore, the windows fell at regular intervals and increased the required rate, and India Green finished the game with more courtesy of the 42 nd very well capture Kaif Sangwan somersaults to get rid of. Badrinath, who had come off the field during the first drinks break of the green sleeves of India, not worried. Uthappa was named Man of the Match.
Green will play India in India in the red last Thursday in the same place.
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