Rana, Gambhir help Delhi to 6-wicket win
Left-handed batsman Nitish Rana smashed an unbeaten 91 off 87 balls as Delhi notched up their second successive win in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, beating Hyderabad by six wickets here Friday.
Hyderabad were dismissed for 205 in 47.4 overs with left-arm spinner Manan Sharma taking four for 42. Due to a brief spell of showers, Delhi had a revised target of 176 in 39 overs but they surpassed it in only 30.4 overs.
Rana, who was unwell during the Saurashtra game, came back with a bang, hitting 12 boundaries and two huge sixes in the group B match. Skipper Gautam Gambhir was once again solid at the top of the order, scoring 41 off 47 balls with six boundaries.
From Delhi’s point of view, the only disappointment was Unmukt Chand (0), who looked completely out of sorts as he was bowled off the second delivery by Ravi Kiran.
Earlier, when Hyderabad batted, it was the burly Manan, who
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choked the run flow in the middle overs by bowling flat and on the stumps, to return with four wickets. Opening bowlers Navdeep Saini (2/45 in 10 overs) and Simarjeet Singh (1/21 in 7 overs) also bowled tight lines during the first spell as Hyderabad could never force the pace. It was Siraj’s cameo (36 off 24 balls), with two sixes, that helped them cross 200.
In the day’s other group B matches, Chhattisgarh beat Uttar Pradesh by four wickets, while Kerala defeated Odisha by six wickets.
BRIEF SCORES: Hyderabad: 205 all out in 47.4 overs ; Delhi: Revised target- 176 in 30.4 overs