DEL 201/4 in overs 41.1, Live Cricket Score, Vijay Hazare Trohy 2015-16, Delhi v Himachal Pradesh, 1st semi-final at Bengaluru: Delhi win by 6 wickets
DEL 201/4 in overs 41.1, Live Cricket Score, Vijay Hazare Trohy 2015-16, Delhi v Himachal Pradesh, 1st semi-final at Bengaluru: Delhi win by 6 wickets
Good Morning! Hello and Welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the 2015-16 Vijay Hazare Trophy, second semi-final game between Delhi and Himachal Pradesh at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday, as we bring you the live updates of all the action from this game. Delhi would look forward to win this tie desperately as this seems to be their genuine chance to clinch the title after years, following some shaky performanc ein the recent past, while Himachal Pradesh too have come up with stellar performanc ein the recent past as they aim for their maiden titkle and a win here would keep them just a win away from the title. Vijay Hazare 2015-16: Full coverage here
LIVE CRICKET SCORE, Delhi 201/4 in overs 41.1, Batting: Nitish Rana 19(39), Unmukt Chand 80(86): Unmukt Chand turned the hero for Delhi and guided them to an easy victory. Unmukt scored 80 runs, highest for his side and the match as well and Delhi has qualified for the final of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015-16. The Delhi bowling attack were successful to restrict the Himachal side within an achievable target and Unmukt Chand took care of the rest. Delhi won the contest by 6 wickets. Man of the match: Unmukt Chand
LIVE CRICKET SCORE, Delhi 138/3 in overs 38, Batting: Nitish Rana 11(11), Unmukt Chand 53(67): 50 for Unmukt Chand and he is doing really great with the bat. He is the one man army and needs support now as Delhi is constantly losing wickets at the other end. The Delhi side is fully dominating the Himachal Pradesh side. Himachal needed more runs on board for their bowlers to defend.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE, Delhi 138/3 in overs 28, Batting: Milind 9(9), Unmukt Chand 43(49): It looks really easy for Delhi as they have 22 overs in their hand and 7 wickets to score 63 runs more. Unmukt Chand is all set to score his half century and looks set. The target was not very big and Himachal bowlers needed to perform exceptionally to make it hard for the Delhi team but they failed to do so.
OUT! Gautam Gambhir lbw N R Gangta 16(29)
OUT! S Dhawan b Bipul Sharma 39 (53)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE, Delhi 87/1 in overs 16, Batting: Shikhar Dhawan 36(45), Unmukt Chand 27(23): Himachal has managed to get a wicket as Pant tried to drive a full-legth outside off delivery but it landed in the hands of the fielder. Dhawa is still out there and Himachal need a few more wickets.
OUT! Rishabh Pant c Dagar b More 18 (28)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE, Delhi 26/0 in overs 5, Batting: Shikhar Dhawan 8(10), Rishabh Pant 16(20): Delhi have started off well with openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant. Dhawan is expected to contribute majorly to the team’s scorecard and if that happens, Delhi can easily snatch the match away from Himachal as the score is not very high. Himachal bowlers must look for early wickets as Delhi has a long batting line-up.
*Delhi’s innings starts*
LIVE CRICKET SCORE, Himachal Pradesh 200/9 in overs 50, Batting: Pankaj Jaiswal 7(4): Skipper Bipul Sharma gets out off the last ball as Himachal Pradesh complete their batting innings with 200 runs on the board. Himachal came back in the game nicely with a massive help from their skipper Bipul Sharma who played a heroic 45-ball 51 to turn savior for his side while most of the batsmen failed. Now it will be up to the bowlers if they can prevent the Delhi batsmen from getting to the total.
OUT! Bipul Sharma c Chand b Sharma 51 (45)
OUT! MJ Dagar c Negi b Bhati 21 (33)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE, Himachal Pradesh 159/7 in overs 43, Batting: Bipul Sharma 33(28), Mayank Dagar 10(12): 150 up for Himachal Pradesh but they have lost two wickets in between. Skipper Bipul Sharma is leaving no stone unturned and is doing great to push the score beyond 200. Himachal Pradesh are in a much better position now as it seems they can get to their 200 by the end of their innings which will be relieving.
OUT! Sumeet Verma st Pant(wk) b Rana 2 (9)
OUT! Nikhil Gangta c Sharma b Rana 13 (22)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE, Himachal Pradesh 123/5 in overs 36, Batting: Bipul Sharma 15(15), Nikhil Gangta 13(21): Two wickets for Delhi and skipper Bipul Sharma walks out to bat. Himachal Pradesh look in serious trouble now as reaching 200 looks difficult. A score below 180 will be an easy one to chase looking at the long batting line up that Delhi have. To go beyond 200, they need a good boost of runs from any of the tail-enders and the rest of the batsmen will have to take responsibility.
OUT! Paras Dogra ct Unmukt Chand b Pawan Negi 28(65)
OUT! Rishi Dhawan b Pawan Negi 9(21)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE, Himachal Pradesh 78/3 in overs 26, Batting: Paras Dogra 17(47), Rishi Dhawan 1(8): Himachal lose another wicket as Prashant Chopra gets out for 33. He tries to hit the short ball towards the cover but it gets and edge and lands in Negi’s hands at backward point. There was no need to play the shot as both the batsmen were looking sorted and could build a good partnership which is more needed currently. 26 overs gone and Himachal haven’t still reached their 100, the run rate is going down with every wicket.
OUT! Prashant Chopra c Negi b Bhati 33 (69)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE, Himachal Pradesh 59/2 in overs 20, Batting: Paras Dogra 9(33), Prashant Chopra 26(56): Both the batsmen are taking their time to settle down which is good as they have already lost a couple of early wickets which ay affect their batting badly. The Himachal side needs a steady partnership now which these two will have to build for a good total. 50 Comes up for them.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE, Himachal Pradesh 37/2 in overs 14, Batting: Paras Dogra 2(15), Prashant Chopra 12(37): Another wicket for Delhi. Not at all a good display of footwork here by Bist as he did not move at all. The ball gets outside edged and the keeper takes an easy catch. Bist has played well in the tournament and was expected to carry that form forward which he failed to do on a crucial day.
OUT! Robin Bist ct Rishabh Pant b Navdeep Amarjeet Saini 6(13)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE, Himachal Pradesh 19/1 in overs 5, Batting: Robin Bist 0(0), Prashant Chopra 2(11): A misunderstanding and a wicket. There was never a run but Bains went for it and a wicket for Delhi. Beautiful work there by the Delhi skipper Gautam Gambhir as his direct throw dislodges the bails.
OUT! Ankush Bains run out 6(19)
Playing XI:
Delhi: Rishabh Pant(wk), Gautam Gambhir(c), Unmukt Chand, Milind, Nitish Rana, Pawan Negi, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Navdeep Amarjeet Saini, Manan Sharma, Subodh Bhati
Himachal Pradesh: Ankush Bains(wk), Mayank Dagar, Pankaj Jaswal, Rishi Dhawan, Robin Bist, Bipul Sharma (c), Nikhil Gangta, Paras Dogra, Prashant Chopra, Sumeet Verma, Ronit More
TOSS: Delhi won the toss and elected to field
Delhi, who won their quarterfinal tie against Jharkhand had come up with a commanding performance as they ensured a big 99-run victory ove the Eastern Indian team, while Himachal Pradesh, who too won convincingly their previous quaretr-final tie against Punjab, as they registered a five-wicket win and ensured that they keep themselves well in the hunt and persuit for the title. With a start studded side, both the teams would battle it out until the end.
Squads:
Delhi: Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Unmukt Chand, Gautam Gambhir (c), Milind Kumar, Manan Sharma, Nitish Rana, Pawan Negi, Ishant Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Suboth Bhati, Rahul Yadav, Dhruv Shorey, Vaibhav Rawal, Vikas Tokas, Parvinder Awana.
Himachal Pradesh: Ankush Bains (wk), Prashant Chopra, Robin Bist, Paras Dogra, Rishi Dhawan, Nikhil Gangta, Bipul Sharma (c), Sumeet Verma, Pankaj Jaiswal, Ronit More, Rahul Singh, Abhimanyu Rana, Raghav Dhawan, Akshay Chauhan, Amit Kumar.