Stars align to put West in box seat

Stars align to put West in box seat

Cheteshwar Pujara looked solid while Suryakumar Yadav played his natural attacking game as their contrasting half-centuries put West Zone in complete control after left-arm medium-pacer Arzan Nagwaswalla’s five-wicket haul floored Central Zone on the second day of their Duleep Trophy semifinal here today.

At stumps, West reached 149/3 in their second essay, extending their overall lead to 241.

Earlier, Shivam Mavi (6/44) wrapped up West’s first innings for 220 as they added just four runs to their overnight score. But Central’s joy turned out to be short-lived as Nagwaswalla took 5/74 in 14.3 overs to decimate Central for 128 in just 31.3 overs.