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Delhi whipped Railways by six wickets astatine the Alur (2) grounds present connected Tuesday to drawback the apical spot successful Elite Group ‘D’ of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
After electing to bat, Railways crumbled to 179. Delhi accelerated bowler Navdeep Saini emerged arsenic the prime of the bowlers with 3 wickets, supported good by spinner Ayush Badoni (3/30).
Delhi made speedy enactment of the chase, getting the occupation done successful 21.4 overs. Opener Priyansh Arya smacked a 41-ball 80, portion Sarthak Ranjan (33) and Nitish Rana (38 n.o.) chipped successful with utile knocks. Captain Rishabh Pant, batting astatine four, made an entertaining 9-ball 24.
Delhi (20 points) moved 2 points wide of nearest rival Haryana, which was held to a necktie by Andhra. Himanshu Rana (112, 91b, 11x4, 1x6) shone for Haryana, but Andhra fought backmost done a valiant effort from C. Gnaneshwar (142 n.o., 141b, 15x4, 2x6).
Saurashtra (16 points) stayed successful contention for a knockout spot with a comfy 111-run triumph implicit Services astatine Alur (1). Harvik Desai (110, 114b, 9x4, 4x6) recorded his 2nd period of the tournament, batting good successful the institution of chap opener V. Jadeja (71) and fig 3 Prerak Mankad (53).
Ruchit Ahir’s unbeaten 18-ball 37 pushed Saurashtra to a commanding 349 for five. The Services top-order of Harsh Wardhan (41), D. Vineet (38) and Rajat Paliwal (44) made useful contributions, but it was not capable to forestall a 4th triumph for Saurashtra successful six outings.
At the BCCI CoE (3) ground, accelerated bowler Chintan Gaja (6/31) starred successful Gujarat’s 233-run triumph implicit Odisha.
Delhi takes connected Haryana successful the past radical signifier outing connected Thursday, successful a crippled that volition determine the radical topper.
Saurashtra faces a must-win crippled against Gujarat to support its hopes live of a last-eight berth.
