Ahmedabad, Nov 28 (PTI) Yash Dhull made an explosive fifty, leading Delhi to a thrilling, last-ball six-wicket victory over Tamil Nadu in a Group D match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match here on Friday.
Once Tamil Nadu scored a competitive 198 for seven in 20 overs, Delhi needed a strong, collective batting effort to overhaul the target.
Dhull (71, 46b, 4×4, 4×6) glued together Delhi’s chase with his aggressive fifty, as they ended up with 203 for four in 20 overs.
During his stay, the 23-year-old engaged in three partnerships of considerable significance — a 52 for the opening wicket with Priyansh Arya (35, 15b), a 58 for the second wicket with skipper Nitish Rana (34, 26b) and then the most crucial 61-run alliance with Ayush Badoni (41, 23b) for the third wicket.
But Dhull fell to TN left-arm seamer T Natarajan, and Badoni departed, giving a catch to Shahrukh Khan off pacer Sonu Yadav.
Delhi still needed 12 runs off the last over and two runs off the last ball to register a win. Himmat Singh eased the worries in Delhi camp with a six off the final ball.
Earlier, India batter B Sai Sudharsan, who joined the TN squad after the second and final Test against South Africa at Guwahati recently, failed to get going.
Sudharsan was ousted by former India pacer Ishant Sharma for 13 off 10 balls.
But Tamil Nadu found other saviours on the day in openers Tushar Raheja (72, 41b, 7×4, 3×6) and Amit Sathvik (54, 40b, 8×4, 1×6), who added 115 runs in 12 overs.
It laid the platform for a near-200 total, and for Delhi pacer Prince Yadav took three wickets in the middle-overs, slowing Tamil Nadu a bit.
Anukul sparkles for Jharkhand ====================== Middle-order batter Anukul Roy marshalled Jharkhand’s chase of 158 with a composed unbeaten 95 (58b, 9×4, 5×6) as they edged out Karnataka by two wickets in a last-over finish.
Chasing Karnataka’s 157 for nine, Roy singlehandedly guided Jharkhand’s chase as only skipper Ishan Kishan (15) and Virat Singh (12) managed to find double digit scores.
Needing six runs to win from the final over with two wickets remaining, Roy took his side past in 19.4 overs.
Earlier, Roy had also taken two wickets in Karnataka’s innings to cap an excellent all-round outing.
Brief scores: Tamil Nadu: 198/7 in 20 overs (Tushar Raheja 72, Amit Sathvik 54; Prince Yadav 3/43) lost to Delhi: 203/4 in 20 overs (Yash Dhull 71, Priyansh Arya 35, Nitish Rana 34, Ayush Badoni 41) by 6 wickets.
Delhi: 4 points; TN: 0.
Tripura: 169/7 in 20 overs (Hanuma Vihari 36, M Murasingh 40, Sridam Paul 37; Kamlesh Nagarkoti 3/34) lost to Rajasthan: 171/5 in 18.5 overs (Shubham Garhwal 50, Kunal Rathore 33 not out; Swapnil Singh 3/42).
Rajasthan: 4 points (total: 8), Tripura: 0.
Saurashtra: 183/7 in 20 overs (Prerak Mankad 52, Jay Gohil 32, Ruchit Ahir 30 not out; J Suchith 3/20) lost to Uttarakhand: 184/4 in 18.1 overs (Kunal Chandela 94, Aanjaneya Suryavanshi 73 not out; Chetan Sakarya 2/37) by 6 wickets.
Uttarakhand: 4 points; Saurashtra: 0.
Karnataka: 157/9 in 20 overs (Mayank Agarwal 37, R Smaran 32; Anukul Roy 2/13, Sushant Mishra /39) lost to Jharkhand: 158/8 in 19.4 overs (Anukul Roy 95 not out; Vidyadhar Patil 3/45).
Jharkhand: 4 points; Karnataka: 0. PTI UNG AM UNG AH AH
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