[caption id="attachment_676992" align="aligncenter" width="628"]<a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Yuvraj-Singh.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-676992" alt="Yuvraj Singh smashed unbeaten 50 runs Getty Images" src="https://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Yuvraj-Singh.jpg" width="628" height="355" /></a> Yuvraj Singh smashed unbeaten 50 runs Getty Images[/caption] <p></p> <p></p>Delhi and Punjab played their first game in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2018 at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, New Delhi. <p></p> <p></p>Delhi s newly appointed captain, <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/pradeep-sangwan/">Pradeep Sangwan</a>, elected to field first. <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/manan-vohra/">Manan Vohra</a> and Mandeep Singh added a fifty-run opening stand. Mandeep was soon out to <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/pawan-negi/">Pawan Negi,</a> but Vora went on to hit 74 of 50 balls. <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/yuvraj-singh/">Yuvraj Singh</a> scored an unbeaten 50, taking Punjab s total to 170. <p></p> <p></p>Negi took two wickets in his two overs, whereas Delhi s star bowlers in Ranji trophy, Navdeep Siani and Kulwant Khejroliya, went wicketless. <p></p> <p></p><a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/gautam-gambhir/">Gautam Gambhir</a> and former captain <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/rishabh-pant/">Rishabh Pant </a> started off strongly with a 73-run opening partnership. Gambhir fought hard with his 66 until he was run out by Siddharth Kaul a ball before the last over. Negi and Lalit Yadav could not finish it for Delhi as they lost to Punjab by 2 runs. <p></p> <p></p>Punjab, with this win, jumped to the second spot in the North Zone group behind Services. <p></p> <p></p><b>Brief Scores:</b> <p></p> <p></p><b>Punjab</b> 170 (Manan Vohra 74, Yuvraj Singh 50; Pawan Negi 2 for 8) won against<b> Delhi</b> 168 (Gautam Gambhir 66, Rishabh Pant 38; Sandeep Sharma 1 for 24) by 2 runs
