Chandigarh: A six-wicket haul from Nishunk Birla helped Chandigarh restrict Delhi to 276 runs on the first day of a Ranji Trophy league match against Delhi being played at GMSSS-26 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, a century knock from Yash Dhul saved the day for visitors.
Earlier, Delhi won the toss and elected to bat first. Jagjit Singh Sandhu drew the first blood when he dismissed Anuj Rawat (4) cheaply. Later, 82 run partnership between Yash Dhull and Sanat Sangwan compensated the loss. Nishunk Birla took his first wicket in the form of Sangwan (23) with 82/2 on the board. In the very next over, Vishu sent back skipper Himmat Singh for a duck. Yash, once again proved vital for his team when he stitched 96-run partnership with Ayush Badoni and brought the team out from trouble. Baduni (49), who missed his half-century, accounted for Birla, taking the score to 183/4. Nishunk dismissed Kshitij Sharma (2) in the same spell followed by the dismissal of Sumit Mathur (15) by Vishu. Delhi was on the complete backfoot with 213/6 on the scoreboard. Three runs later, Raj Angad Bawa found Yash (121) short of his crease and took control over the match. Yash smashed 21 centuries. Meanwhile, Nishunk continued his wicket-taking spree and wrapped up tailenders – Siddhant (14), Shivank Vashisht (31) and Himanshu Chauhan (0) and bundled out Delhi for 276 in 71.4 overs. Nishunk (6/72) took six wickets while Vishu (2/100) clinched two. In reply, Chandigarh scored 63 runs at the loss of Arsalan Khan (0) before the stumps were drawn. Unbeaten Shivam Bhambri (42) and Manan Vohra (17) are on the crease.
Cooch Behar Trophy : Meghalaya collapsed early at 218 , Chandigarh scored 38/1
Chandigarh, The deadly bowling spell from Yuvraj and Ishan reduced Meghalaya at 218 runs on the first day of the Cooch Behar Trophy match being played at PCA Mohali. Chandigarh won the toss and invited Meghalaya to bat first. The half centuries by Manthan (80) and RS Rathore (59) took their score to past 200 while no other batter could even cross the score of 16. Yuvraj (4/43) and Ishaan (4/49) shared four wickets each. Chandigarh got off to a poor start losing skipper Balraj Singh (0) . UT boys were 38/1 with the help of Aksh Rana (25) and Ranvijay Singh (13) before the stumps were drawn
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