Delhi displayed a clinical all-rounder as they beat Uttar Pradesh by nine wickets in a Group E match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament here on Saturday to register their second successive win. Invited to bat, Uttar Pradesh could manage only 108 for 8 in their 20 overs with a Delhi pace quartet led by Deepak Punia (3/15) tormenting them throughout their innings. .
Simarjit Singh and Pradeep Sangwan took two wickets each while Navdeep Saini took one wicket. For Uttar Pradesh, Madhav Kaushik scored 30 off 37 balls while fellow opener Abhishek Goswami scored 21 runs.
Delhi then chased down the target of 109 with opener Anuj Rawat scoring 50 off 32 balls with 40 balls to spare. Second openers Dhruv Shourie and Nitish Rana remained unbeaten on 38 and 14 respectively as Delhi reached 109 for 1 wicket. 13.2 overs. On Friday, Delhi beat Chandigarh by seven wickets.
In another Group E match at Sultanpur, Manan Vohra’s unbeaten century (106 not out off 64 balls) went in vain as Hyderabad – riding on fifties from Hanuma Vihari (57) and Tilak Verma (61 not out) beat Chandigarh by eight Wicket. In the last Group E match of the day too, Saurashtra beat Uttarakhand by two runs in Sultanpur.
Brief Scores:
Uttar Pradesh 108 for 8 in 20 overs (Madhav Kaushik 30; Deepak Punia 3/15) lost to Delhi by 109 wickets (Anuj Rawat 50) by 9 wickets in 13.2 overs.
CHANDIGARH: 162 for 5 in 20 overs (Manan Vohra 106 not out; Ravi Teja 2/19) lost to Hyderabad (Hanuma Vihari 57, Tilak Verma 61 not out; Arpit Pannu 1/17) by eight wickets.
Saurashtra: 146 for 3 in 20 overs (Sheldon Jackson 62 not out, Sheldon Jackson 47; Agrim Tiwary 2/32) beat Uttarakhand 144 for 5 in 20 overs (Robin Bisht 45 not out; Jaydev Unadkat 2/21) 2 by run.
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