An out of kinds Delhi, suffering from some questionable crew picks, have been knocked out of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, dropping by 51 runs to Uttarakhand of their last group league stage recreation on Tuesday. With 4 defeats from seven video games, Delhi with 12 factors, completed fifth in Group C. Haryana, with 28 factors and an all-win file, completed with highest factors amongst all taking part states The six groups to immediately qualify for the quarterfinals are Haryana (28 factors), Rajasthan (24), Karnataka (24), Vidarbha (20), Mumbai (20) and Tamil Nadu (20). The 4 groups to qualify for the pre-quarterfinals are Bengal (20), Gujarat (20), Kerala (20) and Maharashtra (20).
Despite bowling out Uttarakhand for 221 in 45.5 overs with pacer Navdeep Saini (3/23) and left-arm spinner Harsh Tyagi (3/30) doing bulk of the harm, it was yet one more shoddy batting present by younger Delhi batters as they have been bowled out for 170 in 46.2 overs.
A state that has given batting stalwarts like Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant over the previous 20 years, it’s embarrassing to seek out somebody of Kshitiz Sharma’s (four off 18 balls) calibre being requested to open the batting.
The choice committee in addition to the crew administration may have some answering to do as to how Kshitiz, who has a mean of lower than 30 (29.86) in 22 List A video games with simply three fifty-plus scores, has been given the chance to open.
Kshitiz did not have the talents to sort out Mumbai Indians’ final season’s discover Akash Madhwal, who uncovered the batter’s lack of talent.
So naked is the cabinet {that a} dogged slow-coach red-ball participant like Jonty Sidhu (23 off 56 balls) has been entrusted with the obligation of opening the batting.
Save for Ayush Badoni (87 off 97 balls) and Himmat Singh, who failed right now however in any other case has been spectacular, not one of the Delhi batters have coated themselves in glory.
Skipper Yash Dhull, who ought to have been free of the burden of management and allowed to play his recreation, could not handle a single fifty in six innings that he batted.
In among the video games, he did not bat in top-four the place one must face new-ball bowlers with deliveries jagging a bit.
Brief scores: Uttarakhand 221 in 45.5 overs (Avneesh Sudha 85, Aditya Tare 58, Navdeep Saini 3/23, Harsh Tyagi 3/30).
Delhi 170 in 46.2 overs (Ayush Badoni 87, Akash Madhwal 2/37).
Mumbai certified for the quarterfinal stage regardless of dropping to a relatively weaker japanese cricketing state Odisha by 86 runs in a low-scoring last Group A league tie. This was after Mumbai had misplaced the final recreation to Tripura.
Odisha scored 199 for 9 in 50 overs and shot Mumbai out for 113 in 32.Three overs after being 89 for 9 at one stage. Royston Dias, with 24, was the highest scorer.
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