Published: Dec 17, 2015, 08:30 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 12:08 PM (IST)
Namaste! Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015-16 match between Delhi and Maharashtra at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, New Delhi.Delhi cruised a eight-wicket win against Tripura in their previous match after they managed to bowl Tripura out for just 100. Pawan Suyal was outstanding with the ball for Delhi as he finished with 3 for 14 in his 10 overs. Barring the openers, the batting did not disappoint much Nitish Rana finished with an unbeaten 67 to ensure that there were no further hiccups. Maharashtra, on the other hand were handed an eight-wicket thrashing of their won as they were beaten by Baroda. Only Harshad Khadiwale, Rahul Tripathi and Kedar Jhadav managed to reach double digits for Maharashtra as they finished at 176 for 9 in their 50 overs. Vijay Hazare 2015-16: Full coverage here
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Delhi 197/5| Overs 48.4 | Target 195 | BATTING: Milind 58(59), Pawan Negi 28(28): Delhi win the match by five wickets with eight balls remaining. They gain four points from the game. Milind and Pawan Negi remained unbeaten on 58 and 28 respectively. Milind hit five boundaries and a six while Negi struck three fours and one shot for the maximum.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Delhi 179/5| Overs 47 | Target 195 | BATTING: Milind 47(55), Pawan Negi 21(22): Dhruv Shorey is run out after a patient 57. Swapnil Gugale then traps Vaibhav Rawal for two. Milind is just three short of his half century. Pawan Negi is batting well on 21 at just a run less than run a ball. Delhi needs 16 runs in 18 balls to win. OUT! Dhruv Shorey run out Rahul Tripathi 57(97), OUT! Vaibhav Rawal lbw Swapnil Gugale 2(6)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Delhi 130/3| Overs 38 | Target 195 | BATTING: Dhruv Shorey 56(94), Milind 26(32): Dhruv Shorey has went past his fifty. Batting on 56, he has faced 94 deliveries so far at a strike rate of approximately 60. He has carted five boundaries in his innings. On the other hand, Milind is batting quickly with a strike rate of around 77. Delhi now needs 65 runs in 72 balls with seven wickets in hand. They are still favourites to win the game.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Delhi 75/3| Overs 27 | Target 195 | BATTING: Dhruv Shorey 27(60), Milind 0(1): Delhi lose two key wickets— one of their skipper Gautam Gambhir. He was caught by More off Gugale’s bowling for 18 runs. Akshay Darekar then trapped Nitish Rana leg-before for 13 runs. Milind has come to the middle after the dismissal of Rana. Dhruv Shorey is batting very defencively on 27 having faced 60 balls. Delhi now needs 120 runs in 138 deliveries with seven wickets to go. OUT! Gautam Gambhir c More b Gugale 18(43), OUT! Nitish Rana lbw Akshay Darekar 13(39)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Delhi 37/1| Overs 11 | Target 195 | BATTING: Gautam Gambhir 15(34), Dhruv Shorey 5(12): Unmukt Chand fails to judge a Dominic Muthuswamy’s ball and is bowled for 11 runs. Gautam Gambhir is batting patiently with the new batsman Dhruv Shorey. After the end of 11 overs, Delhi now needs 158 runs to win in 234 balls with nine wickets in hand. OUT! Unmukt Chand b Muthuswamy 11(21)
INNINGS BREAK
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Maharashtra 194/9 | Overs 50 | BATTING: Nikit Dhumal 4(5), Dominic Muthuswamy 5(8): Maharashtra close their innings on 194 for the loss of nine wickets. Their top-scorer was Kedar Jadhav with 48 off 46 balls. Manan Sharma and Pawan Negi took three wickets each. It’s not a big score and Delhi are favourites to win the match. OUT! Swapnil Gugale c Unmukt Chand b Manan Sharma 44(88), OUT! Ankit Bawane b Manan Sharma 0(5), OUT! Nikhil Naik c Milind b Pawan Negi 17(40), OUT! Kedar Jadhav c Manan Sharma b Ashish Nehra 48(46), OUT! Akshay Darekar c Unmukt Chand b Pawan Negi 0(3), OUT! Shrikant Mundhe c Manan Sharma b Pawan Negi 17(36), OUT! Shamshuzama Kazi b Subodh Bhati 13(17)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: Maharashtra 54/2 | Overs 17.3 | BATTING: Swapnil Gugale 23(51), Ankit Bawane 0(3): It has not been a good start by Maharashtra. They have lost two wickets of Vishant More and Rahul Tripathi. Vishant was cleaned up by Navdeep Amarjeet Saini for 18. Rahul Tripathi was stumped by Unmukt Chand on the bowling of Manan Sharma. Swapnil Gugale is batting very patiently at the moment along with Ankit Bawane, who is new to the crease. OUT! Vishant More b Navdeep Amarjeet Saini 18(40), OUT! Rahul Tripathi st Unmukt Chand b Manan Sharma 5(12)
TOSS: Delhi (Field)
Teams:
Delhi: Gautam Gambhir (c), Unmukt Chand (wk), Milind, Nitish Rana, Pawan Negi, Dhruv Shorey, Vaibhav Rawal, Ashish Nehra, Navdeep Amarjeet Saini, Manan Sharma, Subodh Bhati
Maharashtra: Kedar Jadhav (c), Vishant More (wk), Shrikant Mundhe, Ankit Bawane, Akshay Darekar, Dominic Muthuswamy, Nikhil Naik, Nikit Dhumal, Rahul Tripathi, Shamshuzama Kazi, Swapnil Gugale
Maharashtra did manage to pick up a couple of early wickets, but since they did not have enough runs on the board, they could not pose much threat. Delhi and Maharashtra are tied at 12 points apiece in the Group C table that has Vidarbha on top of the table with 12 points as well. In fact, the the top four consists of team, who are on 12 points. A win for either Maharashtra or Delhi will perhaps take them to the top of the table, depending on other results.
Delhi have a superb team, but have struggled for most parts, but will look to win the last two games of the group stages convincingly and sail to the knockout stage. Maharashtra will be no pushovers as they will come all guns blazing into this match against Delhi.
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.
Maharashtra: Kedar Jadhav (c), Ankit Bawane, Akshay Darekar, Nikit Dhumal, Swapnil Gugale, Shamshuzama Kazi, Harshad Khadiwale, Vishant More (wk), Shrikant Mundhe, Domnic Muthuswami, Nikhil Naik, Anupam Sanklecha, Naushad Shaikh, Bharatkumar Solanki, Rahul Tripathi.
