The star-studded West Zone batting line-up fell like nine pins to the pace and spin combination of Sri Lanka 'A' and was bundled out for 149 on day 2 of the Duleep Trophy match played at the Barbati stadium in Cuttack on Saturday.
West conceded a first innings lead of 176 runs.
West began disastrously, losing opener and former Indian batsman Wasim Jaffer for a duck while his opening partner Dhiraj Yadav also fell for 1 to Sri Lankan opening bowlers A Ganegama and Dhamika Prasad.
They were reeling at 21 for 4 before Amol Mazumdar put up some resistance at one end. Ganegema had a brilliant opening spell, claiming four wickets for 47 runs before spinner Upul Chandana took over to claim 3 for 23 runs.
Mazumdar, with six hits to the fence, look solid while former Indian wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel played a breezy knock up 38, inclusive of four hits to the fence.
Ravindra Jadeja was the only other batsman from West Zone to reach double figure, scoring 16 runs.
The Sri Lankans, consolidating on their first innings lead of 176 runs, scored freely in their second knock and were 83 for 1 at close of the play.
Mahella Udatte returned to the pavilion on 10, while Michael Vendort and M Warnapura were not out on 38 and 34 runs respectively.
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 'A' (1st innings): 325
West Zone (st innings):
Dhiraj Yadav c Kaushal Silva b Dharmika Prasad 1
Wasim Jaffer b A Ganagama 0
Rohit Sharma lbw Dharmika Prasad 6
Amol Muzumdar lbw A Ganagama 51
Kiran Powar lbw A Ganagama 3
Parthiv Patel c Jehan Mubarak b A Ganegama 38
Ravinder Jadeja c & b Upul Chandana 16
Rajesh Pawar c Kaushal Silva b Jehan Mubarak 5
Zaheer Khan c Chamara Silva b Upul Chandana 9
Rohit Jadav c A Ganegama b Upul Chandana 0
S.Trivedi not out 7
Extras: (B-5, LB-8) 13
Total: (for 10 wickets in 51.5 overs) 149
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-1, 3-10, 4-21, 5-105, 6-108, 7-125, 8-138, 9-138, 10-149.
Bowling: A Ganegama 16-3-47-4, Dharmika Prasa 13-6-24-2, Jehan Mubarak 9-0-24-1, Rangana Herath 8-1-18-0, Upul Chandana 5.5-1-23-3.
Sri Lanka 'A' (2nd innings):
M Vandort not out 38
M Udawatte c Powar b Trivedi 10
B Warnapura not out 34
Extras: (B-1) 1
Total: (for 1 wicket; 28 overs) 83
Fall of wickets: 1-16
Bowling: Z Khan 7-1-23-0; S K Trivedi 6-1-14-1; R P Jadhav 8-3-7-0; R V Pawar 4-0-28-0; K R Powar 3-0-10-0.
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