DHARAMSALA (India), Sept 30: India's domestic champions Uttar Pradesh scored a 316-run victory over their Pakistan counterparts Sialkot to claim the inaugural Mohammad Nissar Trophy on Saturday.

India paceman Rudra Pratap Singh took four wickets on the final day of the four-day match to bowl out the Quaid-i-Azam winners for 112 in their 2nd innings.

Three Pakistan players, including fast bowler Mohammad Asif, did not bat after the visitors were set a target of 429 for victory on the last day. Asif had been sidelined with back trouble on the opening day.

Ranji Trophy champions Uttar Pradesh declared their second innings at 373 for seven with Man-of-the-Match Rizwan Shamshad, India under-19 captain Ravikant Shukla, India batsman Suresh Raina and Jyoti Yadav scoring half centuries.

Scoreboard

UTTAR PRADESH (1st Innings) 316 (R. Shamshad 84, Ravikant Shukla 54).

SIALKOT (1st Innings) 261 (Imran Nazir 123).

UTTAR PRADESH (2nd Innings, overnight 361-7):

R.P. Srivastava c Shahid b Majid 33

S.K. Shukla c Shahid b Tahir 36

S.K. Raina b A. Rehman 54

Ravikant Shukla c Majid b Tahir 64

R. Shamshad c sub b Mansoor 88

Jyoti P. Yadav not out 53

P. Kumar c sub b Tahir 1

Piyush Chawla c and b Majid 8

Amir Khan not out 6

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-3, NB-17) 29

TOTAL (for seven decl, 100.2 overs) 373

FALL OF WKTS: 1-57, 2-95, 3-165, 4-238, 5-326, 6-336, 7-361.

BOWLING: Mohammad Asif 4-1-7-0 (1nb); Sarfraz Ahmed 22-4-68-0; Tahir Mughal 23.2-1-102-3 (2nb); Hafiz Majid Jahangir 9-0-30-2 (5nb); Abdur Rehman 27-1-108-1; Shoaib Malik 7-1-23-0 (1nb); Mansoor Amjad 5-1-16-1 (3nb); Shahzad Malik 2-0-3-0; Shahid Yousuf 1-0-4-0.

SIALKOT (2nd Innings):

Shahid Yousuf lbw b Kumar 5

Hafiz Majid c Amir b S.J. Srivastava 27

Mansoor Amjad c Shamshad b Singh 0

Abdur Rehman c Amir b Singh 7

Shahzad Malik not out 31

Tahir Mughal c Shukla b S.J. Srivastava 24

Shoaib Malik c Amir b Singh 11

Sarfraz Ahmed b Singh 0

Imran Nazir absent hurt -

Hafiz Khalid absent hurt -

Mohammad Asif absent hurt -

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3) 7

TOTAL (all out, 35.5 overs) 112

FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-14, 3-36, 4-43, 5-89, 6-112, 7-112.

BOWLING: R.P. Singh 9.5-2-26-4; Kumar 9-3-35-1; Piyush Chawla 6-2-13-0; S.J. Srivastava 9-3-25-2; Raina 2-0-6-0.

RESULT: Uttar Pradesh won by 316 runs.

UMPIRES: A.Y. Gokhale and F. Gomes.

TV UMPIRE: H.S. Sekhon.

MATCH REFEREE: S.K Bansal.

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Rizwan Shamshad.—Agencies

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