Visakhapatnam, March 25: India discard Shikhar Dhawan's belligerent century helped India 'Red' register a 23-run win over India 'Blue' in the Deodhar Trophy opener at the ACA-VDCA cricket stadium, here on Saturday, March 25.
Dhawan's 122-ball 128 helped India 'Red' post a mammoth 327/8 after being sent in to bat by Harbhajan Singh. In reply, India 'Blue' could only muster 304 runs before being bowled out in 48.2 overs.
India Red: 327/8 (Shikhar Dhawan 128, Ishank Jaggi 53, Parthiv Patel 50, Siddharth Kaul 5/59)
India Blue: 304 (Ambati Rayudu 92, Deepak Hooda 46, Manoj Tiwary 37, Akshay Karnewar 3/60, Dhawal Kulkarni 3/64).
IANS