Opener Unmukt Chand smashed an unbeaten 118 off 99 balls to fire Delhi to a nine wicket win over Andhra and reach the quarterfinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Friday.
Delhi ended Group C in second spot, having earned 12 points from five wins in six matches. Vidarbha topped the group with 12 points on a better run-rate.
Thanks to the fireworks provided by Chand, Delhi made short work of the 184-run target, reaching home in 34.1 overs.
Andhra ended their innings at 183 with left-arm spinner Pawan Negi (3/29) being the pick of Delhi bowlers. Chand hit top form after failing in his last three innings. His sublime knock comprised 14 fours and four sixes.
Delhi captain Gautam Gambhir was run out after making 30 runs off 60 balls. The southpaw's 67 against Odisha was his sole fifty plus knock in the league stage.
Brief scores
Andhra: 183 (D Siva Kumar 38; Pawan Negi 3/29) lose to Delhi: 184/1 (Unmukt Chand 118 not out).
yuvraj powers punjab through
Secunderabad: Out-of-favour India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh powered Punjab chase of 324 with a quickfire 98 as his team defeated Services by three wickets and qualify for knockout stages of Vijay Hazare tournament.
Opting to bowl, Punjab saw Services pile up 323 for seven with the help of twin centuries by Nakul Verma (113) and Soumya Swain (101) in the stipulated overs.
Verma hit nine boundaries and a six in his 125-ball knock, while Swain needed just 90 balls to score his runs and struck 10 fours.
In reply, Punjab were off to a solid start with openers Pargat Singh (49 off 39 balls) and Jiwanjot Singh (41 off 35) adding 82 runs for the first wicket in 10 overs. Mandeep Singh made 45 off 56 balls, while Mayank Sidhana scored 46 runs off 49 deliveries.
Brief scores
Services: 323/7 (Nakul Verma 113, Soumya Swain 101; Harbhajan Singh 1/41) lost to Punjab: 325 7 (Yuvraj Singh 98, Pargat Singh 49; Kamal Passi 2/66) by 3 wickets.
Elsewhere
Hyderabad: 217/7 (Vihari 95, Jaweed Ali 44*; Shardul Thakur 2/33, Rohan Raje 2-47) lost to Mumbai: 220/3 (Akhil Herwadkar 85, Shreyas Iyer 83; Mehdi Hasan 1-36) by 7 wickets; Karnataka: 349/5 (Gautam 109*, Manish Pandey 79) beat J&K: 142(Bandeep 42; Suchith 3/26) by 207 runs; Bengal: 243/5 (Abhimanyu Easwaran 48, Manoj Tiwary 43; Jadeja 3/46) lost to Saurashtra: 246/4 (Vyas 94, Pujara 50, Jackson 50; Aamir Gani 1/40) by 6 wickets; HP: 295/5 (Dhawan 117*, Bist 84; Sakure 1/37) beat MP: 254 (Iyer 57; Jaiswal 6/33) by 41 runs; Maha: 184 (Ankit 48; Kisanrao Karnewar 4/43) lose to Vidarbha: 185/6 (Ganesh Satish 71*; Kazi 3/45) by 4 wickets.