Tamil Nadu were staring at 139 targets in perhaps single-digit overs. In his 6 overs Delhi threw in his 50th minute, Tamil Nadu struck his 3 in his 54 but the dark lights brought the expected end.
Vaibav Rawal’s undefeated 95 stood out in a truly mindless beating from his Delhi teammates on Friday afternoon, as local
Tamil Nadu were staring at 139 targets in perhaps single-digit overs. In his 6 overs Delhi threw in his 50th minute, Tamil Nadu struck his 3 in his 54 but the dark lights brought the expected end.
Vaibab Rawal’s undefeated 95 stood out in a truly mindless beating from his Delhi teammates on Friday afternoon, as local Ferozzesharkotra . In his league match, Tamil helped prevent him from Nadu’s clear victory.
For the record, Tamil Nadu had beaten Delhi by his 262 margin and was looking for his 139 on target.
Finally, in his 6 overs that Delhi threw in his 50th minute, Tamil Nadu he hit 3 for 54 but the dark lights brought the expected end. The resulting tie meant 3 points for Tamil Nadu to take the first innings lead and 1 for unbeaten Delhi.
After three rounds, Group B of eight teams has Tamil Nadu (6 points) his sixth and Delhi (2) his seventh. Mumbai, Maharashtra (his 13th respectively), Saurashtra (12th) and Assam (10th) occupy the top four places. After seven rounds, the top two will advance to the quarterfinals.
Tamil Nadu started the day with Delhi’s earliest wicket of his nine wickets. Night watchman Vikas Mishra took the wicket easily, but good opener Dhruv Shorey (70, 115b, 11×4) and skipper Yash Dhull (37, 33b, 7×4) hit positives for 68 balls. Scored 51 runs from
With Delhi looking to score quickly as well as hold wickets, Shawley and Rawal (95 no outs, 142b, 13×4) added another 70 runs from just 84 balls, giving way to a tamed draw. It seemed likely.
Delhi also looked safe after Jonty Sidhu (14, 59b, 1×4) came in when Shawley crashed. A further 43 runs were made for 96 deliveries to increase the chance of a tie.
It was followed by a meltdown caused by Sidu’s ill-advised throw of failing to free Vijay Shankar from part-time weirdo Pradsh Paul. Rawal could only watch with five more wickets staggering for 30 runs to boost Tamil Nadu’s hopes of victory.
As expected, Delhi’s playful way of denying Tamil Nadu victory came to the fore. In the sixth over of the pace, openers B. Saisudarsan and N. Jagadeesan, and later the Washington Thunder, lived up to their reputation in whiteball cricket, hitting four sixes and two fours. Despair saw the dismissal of the opener and Baba Aparajit, but it made little sense.
SCORECARD
Delhi – 1st innings: 303.
Tamil Nadu – 1st innings: 427/8dec.
Delhi – 2nd innings: Dhruv Shorey v Jagadeesan b Warrier 70, Anuj Rawat b Sundar 14, Vikas Mishra c Indrajith b Vignesh 0, Yash Dhull lbw b Sai Kishore 37, Vaibhav Rawal (not out) 95, Jonty Sidhu c Vijay Shankar b Pradosh 14, Himmat Singh st. Jagadeesan b Sai Kishore 12, Lalit Yadav c Jagadeesan b Warrier 2, Pranshu Vijayran b Sundar 1, Harshit Rana lbw b Sundar 3, Kuldip Yadav b Sundar 0; Extras (b-6, lb-5, nb-1, w-2) 14; Total (in 79.5 overs) 262.
Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-45, 3-96, 4-166, 5-209, 6-232, 7-237. 8-242. 9-256.
Tamil Nadu bowling: Sundar 17.5-2-43-4, Sai Kishore 17-4-53-2, Warrier 17-0-1-64-2, Vignesh 14-4-43-1, Aswin Crist 2-0-13-0, Vijay Shankar 4-1-18-0, Pradosh Paul 8-2-17-1.
Tamil Nadu – 2nd innings: Sai Sudharshan c Shorey b Kuldip Yadav 24, N. Jagadeesan c Rawat b Rana 18, Washington Sundar (not out) 9, B. Aparajith c Rawat b Kuldip Yadav 0, B. Indrajith (not out) 1; Extras (nb-1, w-1) 2; Total (for three wkts. in six overs) 54.
Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-47, 3-47.
Delhi bowling: Rana 3-0-27-1, Kuldip Yadav 3-0-27-2.