Delhi lose to Odisha for first defeat in Vijay Hazare Trophy

NEW DELHI: The star-studded Delhi batting line-up failed to chase 250 against Odisha to suffer their first loss in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Wednesday.

Biplab Samantaray (63 off 81) and Subhransu Senapati (59 not out off 50) took Odisha to 249 for four in 48-over a side Group B contest at Palam.

Chasing the target, Gautam Gambhir-led Delhi were 240 all out in 48 overs.

Suboth Bhati (42 not out off 36) and Navdeep Saini took Delhi on the brink of victory with a 66-run stand for the 10th wicket but they were left with too much to do.

Gambhir (44 off 56) at the top and Rishabh Pant (39 off 33) in the middle order were unable to capitalise on starts, leading to the team’s downfall. Papu Roy and Deepak Behera were the pick of the bowlers for Odisha, taking a couple of wickets each.

Brief scores: Odisha 249/4 in 48 overs (Samantaray 63, Senapati 59) bt Delhi 240 all out in 48 overs (Gambhir 44, Bhati 42*; Roy 2/37, Behera 2/25) by 9 runs; MP 136 all out in 45.5 overs (Jain 32; Unadkat 4/23, Jadeja 3/33) lost to Saurashtra 137/4 in 40.3 overs (Pujara 36 not out, Vasavada 38 not out) by 6 wkts; Railways 180 all out in 48.2 ovs (M Devdhar 64, A Sanklecha 2/16) lost to Maharashtra 186/3 in 41.4 ovs (R Gaikwad 84) by four wickets; Karnataka 237 all out in 50 ovs (R Samarth 102, A Sheth 4/42) lost to Baroda 230/3 in 43.3 ovs (K Devdhar 123, D Hooda 62*) by 7 wkts