Continuing their brilliant run in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy, Delhi U-19 team beat Maharashtra by 35 runs to cruise into the semifinals of the tournament. Delhi began well, putting up 275 runs in their allotted 50 overs at Motera, near Ahmedabad. Himmat Singh and Prashant Bhandari made 57 each to top-score for Delhi.
Himmat, who was the captain of U-16 team last year,
has been consistent throughout. He hit two sixes and four fours in his innings
that took 87 balls. Prashant Bhandari, who has had to overcome questions over
his age, played a brisk knock off 59 balls, hitting five fours. Opener Sarthak
Ranjan had again set up a good platform, hitting 42 off 43 balls. In reply,
Maharashtra could make only 240 in 47.4 overs. Off-spinner Rajesh Sharma took 5
wickets for 51 runs. Paceman Sarang Rawat took 3 for 47. At a time, when
Maharashtra were cruising at 73/1 in the 14th over, Rajesh provided
the breakthrough. Although Prashant Bhandari and left-arm spinner Sumit Mathur got
just a wicket each, they were important breakthroughs. Then, Rajesh Sharma and Rawat
ran through the innings.
Scores
Delhi U-19 275/8
(Himmat Singh 57, Prashant Bhandari 57, Sarthak Ranjan 42) beat Maharashtra 240
all out in 47.4 overs (M Trunkwala 58, Rajesh Sharma 5/51, Sarang Rawat 3/47)
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