A sparkling century by Barrington Rowland helped South Zone beat East Zone by 13 runs with two balls to spare and earn four points in the Deodhar Trophy limited overs match played in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
After South Zone put up a challenging 280 for nine, East Zone came close but did not quite make as they were all out for 267 in 49.4 overs.
Rowland gave a lightning start to South Zone by scoring 104, studded with seven hits to the fence and one six before he was bowled by Ranade Bose.
The other opener Dinesh Karthik managed only 29 runs before being caught by Sanjib Sanyal off Deepak Mangaraj.
India middle order player VVS Laxman also gave a dismal performance with his bat as he was sent back to the pavilion after scoring just five runs.
The loss of Laxman was however compensated when S Sriram scored 69 runs with six boundaries in 90 minutes. Venugopal Rao made 27 runs.
East Zone began its innings on a disastrous note losing its opener S S Das for nil, while the other opener M S Dhoni was sent back to the pavilion after making a single run.
Sanjib Sanyal scored 60 runs with three sixes while Niranjan Behere made 73 with two sixes. Rohan Gavaskar chipped in with 49 till he was caught by Dinesh Karthik off R Jesuraj.
For South Zone Vishnuvardhan took four wickets while Jesuraj took three wickets.
