Finally, the Delhi U-25 team showed some spine. The
team, which is playing Uttar Pradesh in a second round match in the Col CK
Nayudu Trophy in Moradabad, managed to take a slender lead and guarantee points
on first innings after the third day’s play. The hero of the day was
left-handed batsman Dhruv Shorey, who made 120 to lead a fightback and stitched
a crucial fourth partnership of 85 runs with Yogesh Nagar who made 45. Nagar, a
Ranji Trophy player, had been left out of the first game but was drafted in for
this game. The partnership helped Delhi tide over a shaky situation and carried
them from 142/3 to 227/4 and within striking distance of the UP total of 315. The
partnership may have taken them further but for an unlucky run out, when a
straight drive from Shorey brushed the bowler’s hands and hit the stumps
catching Nagar short. “The ball was turning so I had to be patient. Otherwise
things went smoothly. Yogesh bhaiyya
was a bit unlucky to get out that way,” said Shorey after the day’s play. Earlier,
resuming at 6 for 1, Mohit Sharma, who was brought to this squad from the Ranji
squad, had given them a solid start by making 66. There were steady
partnerships that helped Delhi throughout. There was a minor stutter when
Shorey was out with the team score at 287. From 287/5 they were reduced to 312
for 8. But skipper Shelly Shaurya and Rahul Yadav saw them through to 344 before
Shaurya was dismissed. Monday is the final day of the match.
Scores
Uttar Pradesh U-25 320
vs Delhi U-25 344/9 (Dhruv Shorey 120, Yogesh Nagar 45, Mohit Sharma 66, SRC
Kumar 4/88)
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