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Paras Dogra’s 33rd ton successful the Ranji Trophy took Jammu & Kashmir to a presumption of spot connected time 2 of its Elite Group-D clash against Delhi astatine the Arun Jaitley Stadium connected Sunday.
Having resumed connected 31 for three, the visitant needed its skipper, who volition crook 41 connected November 19, to bring each his acquisition into play and compile 106 to unafraid a 99-run first-innings lead. Dogra’s effort was ably supported by Abdul Samad’s enterprising 85, helping the broadside station 310 successful effect to Delhi’s full of 211. At the close, the big was 7 without nonaccomplishment successful its 2nd essay.
A concern of 141 runs betwixt Dogra and Samad for the 5th wicket proved to beryllium the defining signifier of play. Coming unneurotic astatine 46 for four, the middle-order batters were conscionable arsenic effectual with their varied styles. For Samad to not spell connected to marque a three-figure people was purely down to his impetuosity — helium was caught astatine long-on portion trying to deposit left-arm spinner Manan Bhardwaj into the stands.
Pacer Simarjeet Singh finished with a six-wicket haul, but helium came to the enactment excessively precocious successful the time for Delhi. Having made 3 breakthroughs connected the opening day, the onus was connected the 27-year-old to marque further inroads for Ayush Badoni and Co. erstwhile play resumed connected Sunday. But stiffness successful his backmost meant helium bowled each of 2 overs successful the archetypal fractional of the day. By the clip helium was capable to run astatine afloat throttle, the crippled had begun to gaffe distant from Delhi.
The seven-time champion did not assistance its origin by dropping Dogra connected 8 and 68. In the archetypal instance, Money Grewal had tempted the 40-year-old into flirting astatine a afloat shot successful the 3rd implicit of the day, but the resultant borderline was spilled by Ayush Doseja astatine 2nd slip.
The scores:
Delhi — 1st innings: 211.
Jammu & Kashmir — 1st innings: Qamran Iqbal c Sangwan b Simarjeet 14, Shubham Khajuria c Doseja b Simarjeet 4, Vivrant Sharma tally retired 14, Sunil Kumar b Simarjeet 1, Paras Dogra c Rawat b Shokeen 106, Abdul Samad c Mathur b Bhardwaj 85, Kanhaiya Wadhawan c Rawat b Grewal 47, Sahil Lotra lbw b Simarjeet 10, Abid Mushtaq b Simarjeet 17, Auqib Nabi c Rawat b Simarjeet 0, Vanshaj Sharma (not out) 0; Extras (w-1, b-8, lb-3): 12; Total (in 91.1 overs): 310.
Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-27, 3-29, 4-46, 5-187, 6-258, 7-287, 8-307, 9-309.
Delhi bowling: Grewal 17-4-60-1, Simarjeet 16.2-1-52-6, Bhardwaj 25-2-90-1, Shokeen 21.5-1-67-1, Mathur 11-1-30-0.
Delhi — 2nd innings: Arpit Rana (batting) 2, Sanat Sangwan (batting) 5; Total (for nary loss. successful 2 overs): 7.
J&K bowling: Nabi 1-0-5-0, Lotra 1-0-2-0.
