Wednesday 23 December 2015

Himachal Pradesh, Delhi Enter Vijay Hazare Trophy Semifinals

The principal round of the quarterfinal conflicts of the continuous Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015-16 Bengaluru saw the Harbhajan Singh-drove Punjab get thumped out of the one-day competition in an exciting challenge at the Alur Cricket Stadium. At the other venue, the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Delhi raged into the semis as the Ishant Sharma-drove assault offered the group some assistance with triumphing over Jharkhand.

Highlights of the day:

Jharkhand versus Delhi: Delhi 225/10 in 50 overs (N Rana 44, P Negi 38*, R Shukla 3/60) beat Jharkhand 126/10 in 38 overs (MS Dhoni 70 not out, S Bhati 4/21, N Saini 3/31, Ishant Sharma 2/21) by 99 runs.

MS Dhoni was left stranded on 70 as the Delhi pacers played the Gautam Gambhir-drove group to a reverberating win.

After Ankit Dabas had asserted both the Delhi openers to leave the group at 61 for two, Varun Aaron had caught up with the wickets of Milind and Unmukt Chand to leave Delhi on 100 for five. Be that as it may, Nitish Rana's 76-ball 44 and Pawan Negi's brisk flame 16-ball 38 not out lifted the group to a focused score before being rocked the bowling alley out off the last ball.

Shielding the 225-run all out, Navdeep Saini and Ishant Sharma asserted two wickets each to leave Jharkhand reeling at nine for four. The group never recuperated from the early blows as Dhoni continued coming up short on accomplices. With his lady four-for in List A cricket, Subodh Bhati wrapped-up the Jharkhand innings for 126 runs.

The longest organization for the Varun Aaron-drove side was for the last wicket for 29 keeps running as Vikash endeavored to accomplice Dhoni in amplifying the innings.

Himachal Pradesh versus Punjab: Punjab 263/8 in 50 overs (M Singh 119, G Mann 35, P Jaswal 3/50, R Dhawan 3/60) lost to HP 266/5 in 49.2 overs (R Bist 109*, R Dhawan 41, S Kaul 3/42) by 5 wickets

Mandeep Singh's century went futile as Robin Bist secured Himachal Pradesh to a five-wicket win with an unbeaten 109-run thump.

Going to the wrinkle in the fourth over with 18 keeps running on the board, the top-request batsman manufactured valuable organizations with the center request to keep HP on course for the objective. His 102-run stand with Rishi Dhawan (41) kept equalization to support HP. Bist then sewed a 64-run organization with N Gangta and afterward took the group over the line with B Sharma. With wickets close by, the group was serenely put as the match entered the demise overs and guaranteed triumph with four balls to save.

Prior, after HP had chosen to field, Rishi Dhawan and P Jaswal asserted three wickets each as that kept Punjab from uniting organizations. While wickets fell at the flip side, Mandeep, who had come into bat three balls into the match held the innings together with a 145-ball thump until leaving with three balls left in the innings. Captain Harbhajan Singh's late assault (25 off 13) gave the group a late help to set HP a focused target.

Take after the stars:

Yuvraj Singh scored five off 16 balls against HP and surrendered 29 keeps running in five overs.

Harbhajan Singh asserted the main wicket of Paras Dogra.

Gautam Gambhir scored 20 keeps running in Delhi's quarterfinal conflict against Jharkhand.

Shikhar Dhawan made 27 off 42 balls before being baffled by MS Dhoni off Ankit Dabas.
source bcci.tv

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