May 2, 2006	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 3, 1427

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KARACHI, May 1: Pacemen Rudra Pratap Singh and Vikram Singh shared the spoils evenly as India ‘A’ continued their unbeaten run in the EurAsia Cricket Series with a 126-run rout of UAE at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

Both picked up five-wicket hauls as UAE crashed to 70 all out in the 16th over while chasing a modest target of 197.

In fact, the Indians too struggled for runs after choosing to bat first. They lost openers Robin Uthappa, Shikhar Dhawan and skipper Venugopal Rao with only 20 runs on the board. All three fell to opening bowler Ali Asad.

Wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik and Rohit Sharma, however, restored parity by sharing a fourth-wicket partnership of 123 in shade over 24 overs.

Karthik stroked five fours and two sixes in scoring 75 off 87 deliveries, a knock that earned the Man-of-the-Match award.

After the departure of Sharma, who hit a 68-ball 56, including four boundaries, and Karthik, India ‘A’ lost their last six wickets for just 44 runs.

Sri Lanka ‘A’ also maintained their winning sequence in the six-nation tournament by thrashing Holland ‘A’ convincingly by 157 runs on Saturday.

Scoreboard

INDIA ‘A’:

A.R. Uthappa c Arshad b Ali Asad 2

S. Dhawan c A. Rehman b Ali Asad 1

Y. Venugopal Rao c A. Rehman b Ali Asad 7

K.K.D. Karthik c Naeem b Zahid 75

Rohit Sharma c A. Rehman b Zahid 56

A. Jhunjhunwala c A. Rehman b Arshad 12

R.A. Jadeja st A. Rehman b Khurram 16

Piyush Chawla run out 10

V.R. Singh c Amjad b Tauqir 4

R.P. Singh not out 3

S.S. Paul lbw b Khurram 0

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-8, NB-1) 10

TOTAL (all out, 46.5 overs) 196

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-6, 3-20, 4-143, 5-152, 6-169, 7-182, 9-196.

BOWLING: Ali Asad 10-3-30-3 (1w); Zahid Shah 10-0-34-2 (1nb, 3w); Ahmed Raza 5-0-24-0 (1w); Mohammad Tauqir 10-0-40-1; Khurram Khan 2.5-0-23-2; Arshad Ali 9-0-44-1 (2w).

UAE:

Amjad Javed b R.P. Singh 4

Arshad Ali b V.R. Singh 1

Abdul Rehman lbw b R.P. Singh 0

Saqib Ali c Karthik b V.R. Singh 10

Khurram Khan c Uthappa b R.P. Singh 0

Naeemuddin c Sharma b V.R. Singh 0

Fahad Usman c J’jhunwala b R.P. Singh 12

Mohammad Tauqir not out 7

Ali Asad lbw b R.P. Singh 0

Zahid Shah b V.R. Singh 1

Ahmed Raza lbw b V.R. Singh 17

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-11, NB-5) 18

TOTAL (all out, 15.1 overs) 70

FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-5, 3-15, 4-19, 5-22, 6-60, 7-50, 8-50, 9-51.

BOWLING: R.P. Singh 8-1-30-5 (5w); V.R. Singh 7.1-0-38-5 (5nb, 6w).

UMPIRES: R. Martinesz (Sri Lanka) and Riaz Chaudhry (UAE).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Dinesh Karthik.

Result of match played on Saturday:

Sri Lanka ‘A’ beat Holland ‘A’ by 157 runs.

SRI LANKA ‘A’ 302-8 in 50 overs (G. Wijekoon 68, L.P.C. Silva 56, D.A. Gunawardene 38, L.H.D. Dilhara 35,U.D.U. Chandana 26 not out, B.S.M. Warnapura 23; P.W. Borren 2-28, M.B.S. Jonkman 2-56, E.S. van Giezen 2-57); HOLLAND ‘A’ 145 in 48.3 overs (M.W.A. van Nierop 32, Mudassar Bukhari 21, E.S. Szwarczynski 20; U.D.U. Chandana 4-28, W.C.A. Ganegama 4-35).