Skipper Himmat Singh’s brisk 109 and his unfinished 134-run sixth-wicket stand with Lakshay Thareja (36 batting) saved Delhi from the ignominy of a potential innings-defeat inside two days and ensured the staff lived to battle one other day in opposition to Uttarakhand right here on Saturday.
Trailing by 94 runs after first innings, after Uttarakhand dramatically misplaced its final 5 wickets within the house of 15 runs, Delhi misplaced its 5 batters – all with out scoring – with simply 11 runs on the board.
The resurrection course of involving Himmat and Thareja not solely helped Delhi wipe out the primary innings deficit but in addition transfer 53 runs forward with 5 wickets in hand.
Himmat’s second century within the competitors in 25 matches additionally proved his finest, surpassing the 104 scored in opposition to Andhra in January final yr. He counter-attacked by smashing a six and 16 boundaries throughout his 91-ball keep. Thareja performed the second fiddle with an 87-ball 36 together with three hits to the fence.
Delhi’s batting woes continued as Arpit Rana, Yash Dhull and Kshitiz Sharma fell to Deepak Dhapola with no run on the board. Devendra Bora cleaned up opener Vaibhav Sharma to make it 10/4 and shortly Dhapola despatched again Vaibhav Kandpal to depart Delhi reeling at 11/5.
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Earlier, Uttarakhand resumed at 98 for 4 and reached 224 for 5 whereas dropping opener Avneesh Sudha on the best way. Throughout this era, former Mumbai skipper Aditya Tare (83) and Swapnil Singh (47) raised 114 runs for the sixth wicket. However thereafter, the facet misplaced 5 wickets shortly and was bowled out for 239.
Scores
Delhi-1st innings: 147.
Uttarakhand_1st innings: Avneesh Sudha b Saini 64, Jiwanjot Singh c Rana b Chauhan 0, Kunal Chandela c Thareja b Saini 19, Yuvraj Choudhary c Thareja b Saini 12, Abhay Negi c Himmat b Saini 1, Aditya Tare c Prince Yadav b Chauhan 83, Swapnil Singh c Dhull b Shokeen 47, Akhil Rawat lbw b Shokeen 3, Akash Madhwal b Yadav 0, Deepak Dhapola c Kandpal b Shokeen 4, Devendra Singh Bora (not out) 1, Extras (lb-4, w-1) 5, Whole (in 69.1 overs) 239.
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-46, 3-73, 4-77, 5-110, 6-224, 7-233, 8-234, 9-236.
Delhi bowling: Prince Yadav 19-2-67-1, Himanshu Chauhan 20-4-54-2, Navdeep Saini 15-2-57-4, Hrithik Shokeen 15.1-2-57-3.
Delhi_2nd innings: Arpit Rana b Dhapola 0, Vaibhav Sharma b Bora 0, Yash Dhull lbw b Dhapola 0, Kshitiz Sharma b Dhapola 0, Himmat Singh (batting) 109, Vaibhav Kandpal c Tare b Dhapola 0, Lakshya Thareja (batting) 36, Whole (for 5 wickets in 33 overs) 145.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-10, 5-11.
Uttarakhand bowling: Deepak Dhapola 11-1-43-4, Devendra Bora 9-1-32-1, Abhay Negi 5-0-30-0, Akash Madhwal 4-0-17-0, Swapnil Singh 4-0-23-0.