Ian Bell’s fine form with the bat continued as he scored a wonderful century against New Delhi XI in the second warm-up match against Delhi.
Not many people turn up at the state team's net session the very next afternoon after having played a day-night game for the country but probably Gautam Gambhir has no option but to seriously think about ironing out the flaws that has crept into his batting.
Delhi produced a menacing bowling display to storm into the quarter-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, thrashing minnows Assam by eight wickets.
Delhi's spin trio of Dhruv Shorey Varun Sood and Manan Sharma bowled their team to a crucial 63-run first innings lead against Tamil Nadu thereby ensuring a semi-final spot in the U-22 National Cricket Championship for the Col C K Nayudu Trophy.
In a truncated match, Delhi were 272 for six in 123 overs at close on the second day of their three-day quarterfinal under-22 cricket match for the Col. C K Nayudu Trophy.