Delhi suffer shock loss to Kerala
Dharamsala, Feb. 13: Delhi’s unbeaten run in the Vijay Hazare Trophy was brought to a halt by Kerala, who produced a team effort to eke out a stunning two- wicket win in a weather- hit Group B match here.
Coming into the match with four wins from as many outings, fancied Delhi were shocked by Kerala in the game reduced to 42- over- a- side contest due to wet outfield.
The loss, however, will hardly have any affect on Delhi's knockout chances as they are sitting pretty at the top with 16 points Delhi 177 in 39.3 overs ( Dhruv Shorey 71, Nidheesh 4/ 41) lost to Kerala 178/ 8 in 35.4 ( Sachin Baby 52, Navdeep Saini 4/ 39).
from five games.
In another Group B match at Nadaun, Bengal defeated Tripura by 109 runs to taste their first win of the tournament in M. D. overs
Bengal 249 in 33 overs ( Vivek Singh 84, Abhishek Raman 76, Abhijit Chakraborty 7/ 40) bt Tripura 140 in 29 overs ( Joydeep Banik 51, Alok Pratap Singh 4/ 36).
Karnataka 353/ 6 in 50 overs ( Mayank Agarwal 102, Karun Nair 100, Pavan Deshpande 54*, K. Gowtham 47) bt Odisha 220 in 41 overs ( Rajesh Dhuper 53, Anurag Sarangi 58, Suchith J 5/ 34).
another curtailed affair.
Bengal scored 249 after the match was reduced to 33- over- a- side game because of wet outfield and then shot out Tripura for 140 in 29 overs.
At Alur, the inform MayankAgarwal and Karun Nair slammed centuries to power Karnataka to a crushing 133- run win over Odisha.
Coming into the game after a loss to Punjab, Karnataka piled up 353/ 6 in 50 overs after being put in and bowled Odisha out for 220 in 41 overs.
Baroda defeated Railways by 192 runs and Punjab beat Assam by 69 runs. Mayank Agarwal and Nair added 190 runs for the opening wicket to put Karnataka on track for a big score. ■