Duleep: South gets key lead of 111 over West

Indore, Oct 20 (UNI) Scalping five batsmen, Anil Kumble helped scuttle the West Zone's first innings at 180 runs giving South Zone a crucial lead of 111 on the second day of a Duleep Trophy encounter underway at the Usha Raje Cricket Ground here.

Replying to a total of first innings total of 291, the West was bundled out at 180/9 with one injury. S Sreesanth claimed 3 wickets while L Balaji took one.

At stumps, South was 65/2. Captain V V S Laxman (12) and Y Venugopal Rao (26) were at the crease. Zaheer Khan and S Trivedi took a wicket each for the West.

Brief scores South: first innings 291 second innings 65/2 West: first innings 180/9 (one hurt).

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