At stumps, Delhi were 60 for three chasing a tough target of 327 after Punjab scored 402 in their second innings with significant contributions from skipper Mandeep Singh (60), Gitansh Khera (49) and Siddharth Kaul (32 not out).
This was after opener Jiwanjot Singh (147) had laid the foundation scoring an impressive century Monday. It will be an interesting final day as Delhi will require to score 267 runs on the final day with only seven wickets in hand. Unmukt Chand (0) made a poor judgement as he didn’t offer a stroke to an inswinger from Sandeep Sharma.
Vaibhav Rawal (35) looked good during his hour-long stay before he was played on off Manpreet Gony. Mithun Manhas (0) had a poor match as he was bowled by an incoming delivery from seamer Jaskaran Singh. Skipper Gautam Gambhir (22, 71 balls, 3x4) is battling it out in the middle with nightwatchman Ashish Nehra for company.
Virender Sehwag hasn’t yet come out but is expected to bat at the fall of the next wicket Wednesday morning. It was day when Punjab batsmen totally dominated the proceedings with skipper Mandeep Singh playing an important role.
While Jiwanjot played his defensive game chipping away with singles and odd boundaries, Mandeep started attacking Delhi bowlers. He took on Nehra (4/101), pulling him for a six over mid-wicket and then lofted Rajat Bhatia in the next over for boundary over mid-on. Mandeep’s 80 came off 113 balls with eight fours and a six. Mandeep was unlucky when a delivery from Navdeep kept really low and he was trapped leg before.
Brief Scores
Group A
Karnataka 251 all out and 287 for 8 in 74 overs (Ravikumar Samarth 75, Manish Pandey 119, Lokesh Rahul 32, Javed Khan 2 for 68, Saurabh Netravalkar 2 for 42, Vishal Dabholkar 2 for 89) vs Mumbai (1st innings): 269 all out in 89.4 overs (Hiken Shah 44, Siddhesh Lad 93, Javed Khan 48, Sharath HS 5 for 57, Shreyas Gopal 3 for 52)
Delhi 150 and 60/3 (Gambhir 22*) vs Punjab 74 and 402 (Jiwanjot 147)
Odisha 345/8 (Nataraj 106) v Gujarat 479 for 8 dec (Rao 177)
Jharkhand 332 and 83 for 3 (Wagh 3-20) v Vidarbha 218 all out
Group B
Baroda 400 and 207/6 (Wakaskar 69, Jaidev Unadkat 4-30) v Saurashtra 311 all out (Utkarsh 5-70)
Rajasthan 307/4 (Saxena 83, Ashok Menaria 62) v Tamil Nadu 318
Uttar Pradesh 250 and 78/3 (Raina 41 not out, Datey 2-34) v Madhya Pradesh 115 (Rajpoot 5-37)
Railways 107 and 219/6 (Rawat 62 not out) v Services 153 (Yashpal Singh 67, Anureet Singh 4-44)
Group C
Goa 242 and 82/5 (Vaz 33 not out) v Kerala 273 and 147 (Prasanth 46)
Jammu & Kashmir 198/6 (Mehdi 3-55) v Hyderabad 514/8 dec (Ravi Teja 179, Vihari 109)
Himachal Pradesh 228 and 98/1 v Maharashtra 488/6 dec
Andhra Prdesh 163 and 104 for no loss (Bharat 64 not out) beat Tripura 179 and 86 (Sivakumar 4-24) by 10 wickets.
This was after opener Jiwanjot Singh (147) had laid the foundation scoring an impressive century Monday. It will be an interesting final day as Delhi will require to score 267 runs on the final day with only seven wickets in hand. Unmukt Chand (0) made a poor judgement as he didn’t offer a stroke to an inswinger from Sandeep Sharma.
Vaibhav Rawal (35) looked good during his hour-long stay before he was played on off Manpreet Gony. Mithun Manhas (0) had a poor match as he was bowled by an incoming delivery from seamer Jaskaran Singh. Skipper Gautam Gambhir (22, 71 balls, 3x4) is battling it out in the middle with nightwatchman Ashish Nehra for company.
Virender Sehwag hasn’t yet come out but is expected to bat at the fall of the next wicket Wednesday morning. It was day when Punjab batsmen totally dominated the proceedings with skipper Mandeep Singh playing an important role.
While Jiwanjot played his defensive game chipping away with singles and odd boundaries, Mandeep started attacking Delhi bowlers. He took on Nehra (4/101), pulling him for a six over mid-wicket and then lofted Rajat Bhatia in the next over for boundary over mid-on. Mandeep’s 80 came off 113 balls with eight fours and a six. Mandeep was unlucky when a delivery from Navdeep kept really low and he was trapped leg before.
Brief Scores
Group A
Karnataka 251 all out and 287 for 8 in 74 overs (Ravikumar Samarth 75, Manish Pandey 119, Lokesh Rahul 32, Javed Khan 2 for 68, Saurabh Netravalkar 2 for 42, Vishal Dabholkar 2 for 89) vs Mumbai (1st innings): 269 all out in 89.4 overs (Hiken Shah 44, Siddhesh Lad 93, Javed Khan 48, Sharath HS 5 for 57, Shreyas Gopal 3 for 52)
Delhi 150 and 60/3 (Gambhir 22*) vs Punjab 74 and 402 (Jiwanjot 147)
Odisha 345/8 (Nataraj 106) v Gujarat 479 for 8 dec (Rao 177)
Jharkhand 332 and 83 for 3 (Wagh 3-20) v Vidarbha 218 all out
Group B
Baroda 400 and 207/6 (Wakaskar 69, Jaidev Unadkat 4-30) v Saurashtra 311 all out (Utkarsh 5-70)
Rajasthan 307/4 (Saxena 83, Ashok Menaria 62) v Tamil Nadu 318
Uttar Pradesh 250 and 78/3 (Raina 41 not out, Datey 2-34) v Madhya Pradesh 115 (Rajpoot 5-37)
Railways 107 and 219/6 (Rawat 62 not out) v Services 153 (Yashpal Singh 67, Anureet Singh 4-44)
Group C
Goa 242 and 82/5 (Vaz 33 not out) v Kerala 273 and 147 (Prasanth 46)
Jammu & Kashmir 198/6 (Mehdi 3-55) v Hyderabad 514/8 dec (Ravi Teja 179, Vihari 109)
Himachal Pradesh 228 and 98/1 v Maharashtra 488/6 dec
Andhra Prdesh 163 and 104 for no loss (Bharat 64 not out) beat Tripura 179 and 86 (Sivakumar 4-24) by 10 wickets.