Saini bags four wickets before washout
VADODARA: India pacer Navdeep Saini helped Delhi bundle out Haryana for 154 but rain forced them to share points for the second day in a row in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. While no play was possible in all three games of Group B on Tuesday, rain played spoilsport soon after Delhi dismissed Haryana in 32.4 overs with Saini taking 4/36. Spinners Manan Sharma and Pawan Negi shared two wickets each.
Delhi could bat only for 1.3 overs before rain arrived at the Darshanam Sports and Education Academy Cricket Ground.
The games between Baroda and Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh and Punjab too were abandoned. Young opener Shubman Gill, who has been picked for the South Africa series, made 23 as Punjab struggled to 169/9 in 42 overs.
In response, Himachal were 22/1 in eight overs before rain stopped play.
At the Reliance Stadium, Baroda were reeling at 91/8 against Uttar Pradesh before play was called off.
MUMBAI SHARE POINTS
In Bengaluru, defending champions Mumbai’s second game against Jharkhand was also abandoned. Mumbai’s first game against Saurashtra in the Elite Group A of the national ODI championship was abandoned due to rains without a single ball being bowled.
Likewise, the two other Group A games—Kerala versus Chhattisgarh and Hyderabad versus Goa—were also abandoned.
Mumbai play Karnataka next on Sunday.
KARTHIK SHINES
Skipper Dinesh Karthik led from the front as Tamil Nadu thrashed Services by 212 runs in Jaipur. This was Tamil Nadu’s second successive win after they had opened their campaign by defeating Rajasthan.
Put into bat at the Sawai Mansingh stadium, Tamil Nadu posted 294/8 with Karthik topscoring with 95.
Tamil Nadu bowlers then produced a splendid show to bundle out Services for a paltry 82 with pacer K Vignesh taking a fifer.
Vignesh (5/41) ran through the Services line-up, while M Mohammed (3/10), T Natarajan (1/22) and R Sai Kishore (1/9) were the other wicket-takers. Brief scores
Tamil Nadu 294/8 (Dinesh Karthik 95, C Hari Nishaanath 73, Rajat Paliwal 2/26) beat Services 82 (Nakul Verma 20, Rahul Singh Gehlot 17, K Vignesh 5/41) by 212 runs. Points: Tamil Nadu: 4; Services 0.
Railways 289/6 in 50 overs beat Bihar 155/6 in 43 overs by 84 runs (VJD method). Points: Railways: 4; Bihar: 0. Tripura 268/8 in 50 overs beat Madhya Pradesh 86/6 in 20 overs by 104 runs (VJD method). Points: Tripura 4; MP 0.