Match 5
Close on the heels of his
more illustrious senior Ishant Sharma, Abhishek Vats too has started his career
impressively for Delhi U-19s. The state team playing in one-dayers for
the Vinoo Mankad Trophy beat Himachal Pradesh by four wickets on Thursday.
Medium pacer Vats, who like Ishant plays for Rohtak Road Gymkhana, took five
for 28 while Sarthak Ranjan (58) and Himmat Singh (34) put up impressive
batting performances in Jhajjar. This was Delhi’s second successive win.
Delhi got 4 points to move to 8 points from 2 matches. Himachal are yet
to open their account.
Toss: Delhi captain Pratyush
Singh who elected to field.
Brief Scores: Himachal
Pradesh 156 all out in 47.2 overs (KN Panta 50, P Khandari 39, Abhishek Vats
5/28, Sarang Rawat 2/23, Rajesh Sharma 2/22)
Delhi:161 for 6
in 36.1 overs (Sarthak Ranjan 60, Himmat Singh 34, PP Jaiswal 2/37, AP Sharma
2/26)
Previous games
October 21
Match 1: J&K vs
Himachal Pradesh Opener SP Khajuria scored 103* while Abrar Farooq took
2/29 as Jammu and Kashmir shocked Himachal Pradesh by six wickets in the first
match of the U-19 domestic one-dayers for Vinoo Mankad Trophy.
Match 2: Haryana beat
Punjab In a low-scoring match played at Lahli, Haryana beat Punjab by two
wickets. Punjab were all out for 145 in 44.2 overs while Haryana chased it in
46.2 overs. HJ Rana took 3/15.
October 22
Match 3: Delhi beat Punjab
In another low-scoring match at Jhajjar where run-making was not that easy
Delhi triumphed over Punjab by 4 runs. Himmat Singh top-scored with 62. Delhi
made 217 all out in their 50 overs and restricted Punjab at 213/9 to seal the
win. It was a closely-fought match that hung in balance till the latter half of
the Punjab innings. Delhi showed nerves to stop them just short of their total.
Match 4: J&K beat
Haryana Jammu and Kashmir beat Haryana colts by 32 runs at Lahli. SP
Khajuria top-scored for J&K with 72 runs while Lone Nasir, RK Sharma,
AM Mangnoo took three wickets each.
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