Ranji Trophy 2014-15, Delhi vs Gujarat, Round 4: Varun Sood’s 10 wickets script outright win for Delhi

New Delhi: Jan 1, 2015

Left-arm spinner Varun Sood took a 10-wicket match haul as Delhi posted an innings-and-109-run win over Gujarat on the fourth and final day of their Ranji Trophy Group B cricket match.

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Having registered their third outright win in as many games and their second with a bonus point today, Delhi have managed to collect 20 points so far and are placed at the top of the Group B table.

In reply to Delhi’s first innings total of 425 for six declared, Gujarat were all out for 150 in their first essay. Following-on, the visitors were struggling at 152 for seven at the close of play yesterday, with a deficit of 123 runs.

Resuming today, Gujarat were expected to put up some resistance but the host bowlers hardly gave their opponents a chance to settle down. Gujarat could add only 14 runs to their overnight total before being dismissed for 166 in just 5.4 overs.

Shivam Sharma took two of the three wickets to fall today, dismissing the overnight pair of Jesal Karia (37) and Pranjal Sutaria (8) within four balls. In the next over, Sood saw off Kushang Patel (4) to seal of the match in Delhi’s favour in no time at all.

Sood ended with a match tally of 10 for 93 (4 for 50 in first and 6 for 43 in second innings), while Shivam’s four for 52 in the second essay took his match figures to six for 91.

Brief scores:

Delhi 425 for 6 Decl ( Umukt Chand 105, Virender Sehwag 105; Jesal Karia 2 for 81, Pranjal Sutaria 2 for 103) beat Gujarat 150 (Priyank Kirit Panachal 22; Varun Sood 4 for 50, Shivam Sharma 2 for 39) and 166 (Samit Gohel 37, Jesal Karia 37; Varun Sood 6 for 43, Shivam Sharma 4 for 52) by an innings and 109 runs