Dhawan falls for duck but Himmat scores hundred in comfortable Delhi victory over Jharkhand

Batting
first,
Jharkhand
scored
263
for
8
with
skipper
Virat
Singh
contributing
a
patient
79
and
Kaushal
Singh
chipping
in
with
69.
Delhi
skipper
Pradeep
Sangwan
scalped
three
for
46.

In
reply,
opener
Dhawan,
who
is
due
to
go
to
South
Africa
for
the
ODI
series,
was
snapped
by
Anukul
Roy
off
Varun
Aaron’s
bowling.
But
Dhruv
Shorey
(64
off
82
balls)
and
Himmat
(113
not
out
off
124
balls)
added
127
for
the
second
wicket
inside
25
overs
to
bring
things
under
control.

While
Shorey
hit
seven
boundaries,
Himmat,
considered
one
of
the
best
talents
to
have
come
out
of
Delhi
stable,
had
11
fours
and
a
six
to
his
credit.
Delhi
did
wobble
a
bit
at
183
for
4
but
Himmat
had
company
from
Khsitiz
Sharma
(43
not
out
off
39
balls)
as
their
unbroken
stand
of
81
ensured
that
they
reached
home
with
as
many
as
three
overs
to
spare.

In
other
matches
of
the
group,
Saurashtra
beat
UP
by
32
runs
at
Sector
16
Stadium
in
Chandigarh
while
Hyderabad
beat
Haryana
by
five
wickets
in
the
third
game
of
the
group
in
Mullanpur.

Brief
Scores:

Jharkhand
263/8
(Virat
Singh
79,
Kaushal
Singh
69,
Pradeep
Sangwan
3/46)

Delhi
264/4
in
47
overs
(Himmat
Singh
113,
Dhruv
Shorey
64,
Shikhar
Dhawan
0).
Delhi
won
by
6
wickets.

Saurashtra
223
(Jaydev
Unadkat
33,
Shivam
Mavi
4/26).

UP
191
(Rinku
Sigh
65,
Chirag
Jani
5/35).
Saurashtra
won
by
32
runs.

Haryana
162
(Yashu
Sharma
68,
Tilak
Verma
4/23).

Hyderabad
167/5
(Tanmay
Agarwal
77).
Hyderabad
won
by
5
wickets.