Dhawan fails again, Delhi lose to Punjab in Mushtaq Ali T20 meet

India opener Shikhar Dhawan's poor run with the willow continued as Delhi went down to Punjab by two wickets in a thrilling Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament North Zone tie here on Monday.

Dhawan's opening partner Gautam Gambhir, who made a return to the India team in Tests after a two-year gap against New Zealand, too got out for just five as Delhi could never stitch together a healthy partnership and were bundled out for a meagre 103/9 with Milind Kumar top-scoring with 26.

It was relatively smooth sailing in another match for Mumbai who beat just-crowned Ranji Trophy champions Gujarat by five wickets with 10 balls to spare.

In reply to Gujarat's 131, Shreyas Iyer's 79 off just 49 deliveries sealed the deal for Mumbai in Vadodara. Elsewhere, Madhya Pradesh beat Rajasthan in Jaipur by 17 runs while Andhra won by six wickets against Goa in Chennai. Agencies