Published: Dec 18, 2015, 08:00 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 12:05 PM (IST)
Hello and Welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage and blog of the 215-16 Vijay Hazare Trophy, Group C match between Andhra and Delhi at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi. Andhra, who have played five games so far, possess eight points along with a couple of wins and three losses, while Delhi, on the other hand, too have played five games, but possess 16 points, along with four wins and a loss. Both the teams would aim for a win here, with Delhi, winning their previous game against Maharashtra by five wickets, while Andhra lost to Vidarbha, in their previous game, by 1 wickets.
Live Cricket Score: Delhi 184/1 | Overs 34.1 | Target 184 | BATSMEN: Unmukt Chand 118(99), Himmat Singh 29(46): Gautam Gambhir was the only batsman to get out. He scored a 60-ball 30 before getting run out in the 21st over. A superb bwoling from the Delhi side wad followed by the same effort from the batsmen as Delhi managed to win the contest by nine wickets. OUT! Gautam Gambhir run out Jyothisaikrishna 30(60)
Delhi 158/1 in 30 overs | Unmukt Chand 104(85), Himmat Singh 18(35): Gambhir’s run out makes no difference as Chand continues the run-riot. He has slammed his fourth List A hundred as win looks a formality for Delhi now.
Delhi 107/0 in 17 overs | Unmukt Chand 75(56), Gautam Gambhir 27(46): Delhi are cruising to a win here. Chand has been absolutely brutal with captain Gambhir lending a good support. A win here seems like a formality for Delhi. The DDCA row hasn’t affected the team as they have put on a ruthless display. Chand has struck nine fours and four sixes so far.
Andhra 183 all out in 49.2 overs | Stephen 0(2): It has been a disappointing show from Andhra but being reduced to six down for 99, they recovered to 183. Siva Kumar scored 38 to help them to that. All the Delhi bowlers got wickets with Negi picking up three. This shouldn’t be a difficult chase for Delhi.
OUT! Sirla Himasrinivas c Gautam Gambhir b Ishant Sharma 19(30)
OUT! Siva Kumar c Manan Sharma b Milind 38(60)
OUT! Ayyappa Bandaru c Ishant Sharma b Nitish Rana 15(31)
OUT! IK Rama run out (Negi) 5(13)
Andhra: 128/6 in 37 overs| Siva Kumar 18(38), Sirla Himasrinivas 11(28) | Andhra are in a serious spot of bother and face the threat of being bowled out now. Pawan Negi has now picked three wickets. They were 6 for 99 and are slowly recovering. OUT! B Prashanth Kumar lbw Manan Sharma 33(55)
Live Cricket Score: Andhra 95/5 | Overs 27 | BATSMEN: Prashanth Kumar 29(49), Siva Kumar 0(8): Delhi’s Pawan Negi has claimed three wickets already as Andhra look in trouble. Winning the toss, Dlehi put their opponets to bat first and have made full use of it. Andhra haven’t managed a run rate above four so far in their innings. After the first brekathrough in the eighth over, the wickets fell in quick succession to put Delhi ahead in the match. The otehr wickets were taken by Parvinder Awana and Subodh Bhati. OUT! K S Bharat c Himmat Singh b Subodh Bhati 25(45) OUT! Sreekanth Ramesh ct Dhruv Shorey b Parvinder Awana 20(23) OUT! A G Pradeep b Pawan Negi 0(7)Jyothisaikrishna c Gautam Gambhir b Pawan Negi 7(29)T K Ganesh Kumar LBW Pawan Negi 0(1)
Talented right-hander Milind Kumar successfully anchored a modest run-chase with an unbeaten 58 as Delhi beat Maharashtra by five wickets in a group C encounter to inch closer towards the quarter-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, here today. Delhi have 16 points from five matches with four victories to their credit and are currently third in the group behind Vidarbha (+1.426) and Baroda (+1.114), who are also on 16 points but enjoy a better Net Run Rate (NNR) than the hosts (+0.727), reports PTI.
Squads:
Andhra: Mohammad Kaif (c), Prasanth Kumar (vc), Murumulla Sriram, Ashwin Hebbar, Bandaru Ayyappa, Srikar Bharat (wk), Ricky Bhui, Kakani Harish, AG Pradeep, Jyothi Sai Krishna, KV Sasikanth, Hanumappa Shivraj, Duvvarapu Siva Kumar, Cheepurapalli Stephen, Bodavarapu Sudhakar, Bodapati Sumanth, Paidikalva Vijaykumar.
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.
Delhi 107/0 in 17 overs | Unmukt Chand 75(56), Gautam Gambhir 27(46): D
