Published: Nov 07, 2015, 08:30 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 04:10 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the Ranji Trophy 2015-16 game between Delhi and Vidarbha at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi. Delhi are presently the leaders in the Group A of the tornament as they sit comfortably atop the table with 10 points they gathered from the five games theybhave played so far, that includes three draws and a couple of wins, and they would be eager to maintain their stay at the top. Maharashtra, on the other hand, have had a shaky season so far, playing four games, drawing three and losing one as they are placed sixth in the table with nine points and would be desperate to earn their first victory of the season.
Live cricket scores Delhi | 157/4 | Overs 52 | Batting: Dhruv Shorey 54(129), Milind 8(32): At stumps of Day 1, Delhi lead the visitors by 77 runs with six wickets to spare. While Shrikant Mundhe bagged two wickets, the other Delhi wickets were taken by Samad Fallah, Akshay Darekar and C G Khurana. After bowling out their opponents to a mere total of 80 earlier in the day, Delhi had a poor start to their innings before Dhruv Shorey and Nitin Rana helped them recover. The latter scored a 118-ball 59 before getting dismissed in the 37th over, meanwhile Shorey remained unbeaten on 54. OUT! Rishabh Pant c Samad Fallah b Akshay Darekar 19(21) OUT! Nitish Rana LBW Shrikant Mundhe 59(118)
Live cricket scores Delhi | 39/2 | Overs 16 | Batting: Dhruv Shorey 12(40), Nitin Rana 14(40): Delhi did not have the greatest of the starts after bowling out Maharashtra for a miserable total of 80. Opener Harshad Khadiwale top-scored for the visitors with 21 from 36 balls. It was Navdeep Amarjeet Saini’s day who bagged six wickets, thereby tearing apart the opponents’ batting line-up. The other wickets were shared between Pradeep Sangwan and Manan Sharma, both claimed two wickets each. Delhi openers Gautam Gambhir and Unmukt Chand failed to give Delhi a good start as theyr were dismissed in two consecutive overs. Samad Fallah dismissed Gambhir as the former gave a simple catch to Sangram Atitkar and Chand was removed by Shrikant Mundhe. OUT! Unmukt Chand c Sangram Atitkar b Shrikant Mundhe 4(15) OUT! Gautam Gambhir b Samad Fallah 3(6)
Live cricket scores Maharashtra | 14/3 | Overs 8 | Batting: Harshad Khadiwale 0(20), Ankit Bawne 6(7): Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat. However, the won toss turned out to be a nightmare for the visitors as they lost three early wickets and were eight for 3 at one point. Delhi’s Navdeep Amarjeet Saini had a three-wicket haul to his name in the early hours of Day 1 of Round 5 of the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2015-16. The last batsman to get out was Kedar Jhadav.He faced four deliveries before giving a catch to Delhi’s Milind. OUT! Swapnil Gugale b Navdeep Amarjeet Saini 7(14) OUT! Rohit Motwani LBW Navdeep Amarjeet Saini 0(3) OUT! Kedar Jhadav t Milind b Navdeep Amarjeet Saini 0(4)
TOSS: Maharashtra have won the toss, will bat first.
Playing XI:
Delhi: Gautam Gambhir (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Unmukt Chand, Milind, Nitish Rana, Pawan Negi, Dhruv Shorey, Navdeep Amarjeet Saini, Pulkit Narang, Manan Sharma, Pradeep Sangwan.
Maharshtra: R H Motwani (c), Harshad Khadiwale, Shrikant Mundhe, A R Bawane, Akshay Darekar, K M Jadhav, C G Khurana, R A Tripathi, (wk), S M Fallah, S D Atitkar, S M Gugale.
In the previous game, Delhi suffered batting collapses as 18 wickets fell on the final day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match against Odisha, which ended in a draw. On the morning of the final day even the first innings of Odisha was not complete as the hosts resumed at 195 for four. However, quick wickets spiced up the day, preventing it from becoming a drab affair. It was Delhi paceman Pradeep Sangwan, who wreaked havoc by scalping five batsmen. He removed both overnight batsmen Anurag Sarangi (6) and Pratik Das (16) in his successive overs. Skipper Gautam Gambhir was dismissed first by Shiraj Singh while the other opener Dhruv Shorey (62) was run out. Nitish Rana also batted well for his 52 but mayhem followed after his dismissal. After Rana’s dismissal as fourth wicket, Delhi added only 23 runs to their total, declaring the innings at 193 for nine.
