Delhi today bulldozed Tripura by nine wickets in a thoroughly one-sided group C encounter of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, here on Monday. This is Delhi's third win in four matches and the hosts are favourites to seal one of the two quarter-final spots up for grabs from this group.
Currently, Delhi are second behind Maharashtra in the group C table, with 12 points from 4 games. Maharahstra also have 12 points but have played a match less.
The bowlers led by left-arm pacer Pawan Suyal (3/14 in 10 overs) and Navdeep Saini (2/28 in 9 overs) skittled out Tripura for 100 in 39.3 overs with former UP batsman Parvinder Singh top-scoring with 20. left-arm spinners Manan Sharma (2/24) and Pawan Negi (2/2) also did their bit.
In reply, Delhi romped home in 16 overs losing only two wickets. Young Nitish Rana slammed 48-ball-67 with 10 boundaries and three huge sixes. Openers Unmukt Chand (14) and Dhruv Shorey (1) were dismissed cheaply but the meagre target never posed any threats for the Delhi batsmen.
Brief Scores
Tripura: 100 (Parvinder Singh 20, Pawan Suyal 3/14, Pawan Negi 2/2, Navdeep Saini 2/28) lose to Delhi: 101/2 (Nitish Rana 67*).
K’taka win against Guj
Alur (Karnataka): Karnataka defeated Gujarat by 15 runs under the VJD method in their Group B Vijay Hazare cricket match here.
Sent into bat by Gujarat skipper Axar Patel, Karnataka were restricted to 233 for eight in the allotted 50 overs at the KSCA Cricket Ground.
In reply, Gujarat, chasing a revised target of 205 in 44 overs, could manage only 189 for eight.
Karnataka's innings was built around Manish Pandey's knock of 94, which came off 123 balls. During his stay at the crease, Pandey put on 72 runs for the third wicket with opener Mayank Agarwal, who was the second best scorer for the home team with 58 off 77 balls.
Elsewhere
Punjab: 327/8 (Mandeep 117*, Amit 2/61) beat Assam: 326/8 (Purkayastha 125, Kaul 3/74) by 1 run; Services: 192/8 (Yashpal 58, Mohammed 5/50) lost to TN: 193/3 (Mukund 85, Pathania 3/41) by 7 wickets; K’taka: 233/8 (Manish Pandey 94*, Mehul Patel 2/24) beat Guj: 189/8 (Panchal 52, Suchith 2/25) by 18 runs. (VJD Method); Maha: 241/8 (Jadhav 101, Stephen 3/54) beat AP: 194 (Koripalli 74, Kazi 4/36) by 47 runs; Saurashtra: 195 (Pujara 73, More 3/44) lost to HP: 197/3 (Bains 76) by three wickets; Baroda: 225 (Waghmode 111, Ankit Yadav 4/44) beat Odisha: 169 (Behera 67) by 56 runs; Raj: 250/8 (Menaria 55, Ravi Kiran 4/57) beat Hyd: 148 (TM Ul Haq 4/44) by 102 runs; UP: 211 (Akshdeep 67, Datey 2/32) lost to MP: 212/2 (Ojha 114) by 8 wickets; J&K: 130 (Bandeep 31, Fabid Ahmed 3/24) lost to Kerala: 134/3 (Surendran 85*, Rasool 3/33) by 7 wickets; Hry: 133 (Dagar 38, Rahul 3/33) lost to Jharkhand: 134/1 (Jaggi 62) by 9 wickets.