Bengaluru, Dec 23:
India's limited overs captain MS Dhoni struck
his first half century (70 not out) of this year's Vijay Hazare Trophy
but his effort went in vain as Delhi defeated Jharkhand by 99 runs to
enter the semi-finals today.
At the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday (December 23), Jharkhand were
set a target of 226 by the Gautam Gambhir-led side, in the
quarter-final. But the run chase was rocked early on by the pace duo of
Ishant Sharma and Navdeep Saini who reduced Jharkhand to 9/4 in 5.1
overs.
Jharkhand never recovered from those blows and it was left to Dhoni
to wage a lone battle but it was always going to be tough. Dhoni kept
losing partners and finally the innings folded at 126 in 38 overs on a
slow pitch.
Dhoni, who struggled to score even a single half century in the league
phase, today came out with an unbeaten 70 off 108 balls (5x4, 4x6). The
next best score for Jharkhand was 16 by Ankit Dabas. Opening batsman
Ishan Kishan, who will lead India Under-19 team at next year's World
Cup, fell for just 1 run, bowled by Ishant.
For Delhi, right-arm medium paceman Subodh Bhati was the highest
wicket-taker with figures of 4/21 in 10 overs (2 maidens). Ishant was
outstanding, bowling 4 maidens in his 7-over spell with 2/21 returns.
Navdeep took 3/31 in 8 overs.
Earlier, Nitish Rana topscored with 44 as Delhi posted 225 all out in 50
overs. From 178/7, Delhi were helped past the 200-mark thanks to Pawan
Negi's 38 not out.
Scores in brief :
Delhi 225 all out in 50 overs (Nitish Rana 44, Pawan Negi 38 not out,
Shikhar Dhawan 27, Rishabh Pant 24, Manan Sharma 21, Gautam Gambhir 20,
Rahul Shukla 3/60, Varun Aaron 2/43, Ankit Dabas 2/46) beat Jharkhand
126 all out in 38 overs (MS Dhoni 70 not out, Ankit Dabas 16, Subodh
Bhati 4/21, Navdeep Saini 3/31, Ishant Sharma 2/21, Pawan Negi 1/21).
Result: Delhi won by 99 runs and entered the semi-finals
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