Narwal fifer, Nehra double help Delhi put skids on Gujarat in Ranji

For long Sumit Narwal has lived under the shadow of Ashish Nehra and even Parvinder Awana. While Nehra had been an India pacer for long, Awana paid a brief visit to the national team before he was unceremoniously thrown back to domestic fold.

Narwal has never been considered an international material and perhaps may never make it. But he sure will be remembered for being a top Delhi bowler and being part of one of the most potent pace attacks in domestic cricket.

On Thursday, his five wicket haul helped Delhi put the skids on Gujarat in the all-important Ranji Trophy second round match in Surat. The right-arm medium pacer ran through the Gujarat middle-order to reduce hosts to 281 for 7. The hosts were never in the game, thanks to regular fall of wickets. While Narwal took 5 for 56, Nehra got the other two wickets for 47. Y Venugopal Rao made 107 while Manprit Juneja, who plays for Delhi Daredevils, scored 50.  

An elated Narwal told Delhi Cricket, “I stuck to the basics.”

Brief scores

Gujarat 281/7 (Y Venugopala Rao 107, M Juneja 50, Narwal 5/56, Nehra 2/47)