Published: Dec 13, 2015, 08:30 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 12:27 PM (IST)
Namaste! Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015-16 match between Delhi and Odisha at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, New Delhi. Both, Delhi and Odisha have played two matches each and have won one and lost a game. They both have four points but Delhi is sitting above in the points table of Group C due to a better net run rate. Delhi are at fourth position while Odisha is two places below at sixth spot just above Tripura which is at the bottom of the group. Both teams suffered defeats in their last matches. Odisha lost against Maharashtra by 40 runs while Vidarbha defeated Delhi by 18 runs. Hence, no team has a clear psychological edge going into this match. Complete Coverage: Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015-16
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Delhi 228/5| Overs 46.3 | Target 226 | BATTING: Milind 62(89), Manan Sharma 10(8): Milind Sharma and Manan Sharma take Delhi to victory. Delhi win by five wickets with 21 balls remaining. Milind remianed unbeaten on 62 with the help of six shots to the fence. This is second victory for Delhi in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015-16.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Delhi 203/5| Overs 43.4 | Target 226 | BATTING: Milind 46(78), Manan Sharma 1(2): Vaibhav Rawal gets out after a brisk 40. Milind is just four runs short of his half century. Manan Sharma is the new man at the crease. Delhi requires 23 more runs to win in 38 balls. Odisha needs quick wickets or this match is mostly over for them. OUT! Vaibhav Rawal c Rajesh Dhuper b Alok Sahoo 40(48)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Delhi 171/4| Overs 37 | Target 226 | BATTING: Milind 39(57), Vaibhav Rawal 22(32): Milind and Viabhav Rawal have struck a rapport and are batting well in tandem. Their partnership has fetched Delhi 42 runs and they are going strong. Milind is approaching his fifty while Rawal is batting on 22. Delhi is the favourites to win the game from here on. They require 55 runs off 78 balls with six wickets to go.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Delhi 135/4| Overs 29.3 | Target 226 | BATTING: Milind 24(37), Vaibhav Rawal 3(7): Nitish Rana gets out for a second ball duck. Milind and Rawal are batting on 24 and three respectively. Milind has also struck two shots to the fence. Delhi now requires 91 runs off 123 balls to win; they have six wickets left. Match can go either side. OUT! Nitish Rana c Rajesh Dhuper b Subham Nayak 0(2)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Delhi 91/3| Overs 19.3 | Target 226 | BATTING: Nitish Rana 0(1), Milind 1(4): The key wicket of Gautam Gambhir is taken by Shubham Nayak. Gambhir got out soon after reaching his fifty. Dhruv Shorey is unlucky to get run out when he was looking to change gear. Two new batters— Nitish Rana and Milind are in the middle now. Delhi needs 135 runs to win off 183 deliveries with seven wickets in hand. Delhi requires a partnership. The match is more or less in balance as of now. OUT! Gautam Gambhir c Rajesh Dhuper b Shubham Nayak 51(65), OUT! Dhruv Shorey run out Govinda Poddar 25(33)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Delhi 50/1| Overs 9.4 | Target 226 | BATTING: Gautam Gambhir 26(30), Dhruv Shorey 10(11): Unmukt Chand slams two boundaries but departs soon after for 11. Skipper Gautam Gambhir is now batting along with Dhruv Shorey for 26 and 10 runs respectively. Gambhir has struck five boundaries in his innings so far. Delhi requires 176 runs off 242 balls with nine wickets in hand. OUT! Unmukt Chand c Ranjit Singh b Alok Sahoo 11(18)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Delhi 0/0| Over 1 | Target 226 | BATTING: Unmukt Chand 0(6), Gautam Gambhir 0(0): Unmukt Chand faces the first over of the innings bowled by right-arm medium-pace bowler Basant Mohanty. It’s a maiden over. Gautam Gambhir will now face the first ball of the next over. Delhi are chasing 225, which is not a big score and they can afford to get a feel of the pitch before they start playing more freely.
INNINGS BREAK
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Odisha 225/9 |Overs 50| BATTING: Basant Mohanty 0(0), Shubham Nayak 0(3): Natraj Behera is caught by Nishant Rana on the bowling of Manan Sharma just after he reached his half century. Biplab Samantaray got out just three short of his fifty. Arabind Singh is unfortunate to get run out and Deepak Behera departs for 17. Manan Sharma takes a three-wicket-haul. Natraj Behera c Nishant Rana b Manan Sharma 50(56), OUT! Biplab Samantaray c Milind b Manan Sharma 47(67), OUT! Alok Sahoo c Dhruv Shorey b Pawan Negi 10(11), OUT! Arabind Singh run out Milind 2(4), OUT! Deepak Behera c Tokas b Pawan Negi 17(11)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Odisha 147/4 |Overs 39| BATTING: Natraj Behera 24(34), Biplab Samantaray 27(54): Natraj Behera, who got retired hurt at the start of the innings has come back after the fall of Govinda Poddar. Govinda made a patient 30 before he was caught by Unmukt Chand off Manan Sharma’s bowling. We will see a flurry of runs and wickets from here on as we have reached the climax of the match. OUT! Govinda Poddar c Unmukt Chand b Manan Sharma 30(61)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Odisha 101/3 |Overs 28.1 | BATTING: Govinda Poddar 24(53), Biplab Samantaray 11(27): Subhodh Bhati cleans up Shesdeep Patra for 15 runs. The fourth wicket partnership between Govinda Poddar and Biplab Samantaray is now worth 21 runs. Odisha would like this partnership to grow. OUT! Shesdeep Patra b Subodh Bhati 15(42)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Odisha 47/2 |Overs 11.2 | BATTING: Shesdeep Patra 6(15), Govinda Poddar 0(6): Odisha have lost two quick wickets early on in their innings; both were claimed by Navdeep Amarjeet Saini. Natraj Behear got retired hurt for a naught. Odisha will be hoping that the injury is not very serious. Retired-Hurt! Natraj Behera 0(3) OUT! Rajesh Dhuper b Navdeep Amarjeet Saini 16(32), OUT! Ranjit Singh b Navdeep Amarjeet Saini 10(12)
Toss: Delhi won the toss and decided to bowl first
Teams:
Delhi: Gautam Gambhir (c), Unmukt Chand (wk), Milind, Nitish Rana, Pawan Negi, V Tokas, Dhruv Shorey, Vaibhav Rawal, Navdeep Amarjeet Saini, Manan Sharma, Subodh Bhati
Odisha: Natraj Behera (c), Rajesh Dhuper (wk), Govinda Poddar, Basant Mohanty, Alok Sahoo, Arabind Singh, Biplab Samantaray, Deepak Behera, Ranjit Singh, Shesdeep Patra, Subham Nayak
Delhi will be captained by Gautam Gambhir while Odisha will be led by Natraj Behera. Both the teams performed poorly with the bat in their last encounter and thus will want to improve in the batting department this time around. Batting of both the teams crumbled in their previous match even though they were chasing small totals. Odisha would like Govinda Poddar to continue his good form in this match as well. Poddar scored 74 in his last match. They will also bank heavily on medium pace bowler Basant Mohanty, who picked three wickets against Maharashtra. Talking of Delhi, Ishant Sharma took a five-wicket-haul in his last match against Vidarbha. Hence, a lot will depend on his performance to help Delhi win this match. However, Ishant will require support from other bowlers too.
Squads:
Delhi: Gautam Gambhir (c), Suboth Bhati, Unmukt Chand, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Manan Sharma, Milind Kumar, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Nitish Rana, Navdeep Saini, Pradeep Sangwan, Ishant Sharma, Shivam Sharma, Rahul Yadav.
Odisha: Natraj Behera (c), Govinda Poddar, Basant Mohanty, Alok Sahoo, Anurag Sarangi, Arabind Singh, Biplab Samantaray, Deepak Behera, Dhiraj Singh, Paresh Patel, Rajesh Dhuper (wk), Anshuman Gope, Suryakant Pradhan, Shesdeep Patra, Ranjit Singh.
