NEW DELHI: Delhi, with severely depleted bowling assets, crashed to a nine-wicket defeat in opposition to Maharashtra in a Ranji Trophy group B match on Friday. Veteran pacer Ishant Sharma did not bowl a single over within the second innings on account of an “unspecified injury”.
Ishant, who bowled 20 overs within the first innings, did not flip up for the second innings as Maharashtra batters Pavan Shah (87 not out) and Kaushal Tambe (64 not out) simply chased down the goal of 178 in little beneath 46 overs.
This was after Himmat Singh’s (84) gutsy effort took Delhi’s second innings rating to 310 to deliver them again within the sport.
However, Delhi’s first innings bowling hero Simarjeet Singh, who was compelled to bowl 35 overs, might solely bowl two overs within the second innings with a hamstring challenge.
The different pacer Mayank Yadav additionally sustained a hamstring harm whereas bowling within the first innings.
With all three front-line seamers unavailable, Delhi captain Yash Dhull had to make use of 5 spinners in all, together with himself.
Delhi spinners have been ineffective on a monitor the place 17 out of 20 Delhi wickets have been picked by Maharashtra seamers.
“We play the next match against Assam in Guwahati on a green-top and all our top seamers would be unavailable. Ishant is already out of the next match. Maybe we have to try Prince Yadav.
“I suppose it’s time that selectors must see if some senior gamers are solely coming to play for IPL auctions or to serve Delhi cricket. If the primary one is precedence, they higher not be picked,” a senior DDCA official told PTI.
Brief Scores:
Delhi 191 and 310 (Himmat Singh 84, Yash Dhull 57, Rajvardhan Hangargekar 3/75)
Maharashtra 324 and (target 178) 180/1 (Pavan Shah 87 not out, Kaushal Tambe 64 not out).
Result: Maharashtra won by 9 wickets.
Points: Maharashtra 6 Delhi 0.
(With inputs from companies)
Ishant, who bowled 20 overs within the first innings, did not flip up for the second innings as Maharashtra batters Pavan Shah (87 not out) and Kaushal Tambe (64 not out) simply chased down the goal of 178 in little beneath 46 overs.
This was after Himmat Singh’s (84) gutsy effort took Delhi’s second innings rating to 310 to deliver them again within the sport.
However, Delhi’s first innings bowling hero Simarjeet Singh, who was compelled to bowl 35 overs, might solely bowl two overs within the second innings with a hamstring challenge.
The different pacer Mayank Yadav additionally sustained a hamstring harm whereas bowling within the first innings.
With all three front-line seamers unavailable, Delhi captain Yash Dhull had to make use of 5 spinners in all, together with himself.
Delhi spinners have been ineffective on a monitor the place 17 out of 20 Delhi wickets have been picked by Maharashtra seamers.
“We play the next match against Assam in Guwahati on a green-top and all our top seamers would be unavailable. Ishant is already out of the next match. Maybe we have to try Prince Yadav.
“I suppose it’s time that selectors must see if some senior gamers are solely coming to play for IPL auctions or to serve Delhi cricket. If the primary one is precedence, they higher not be picked,” a senior DDCA official told PTI.
Brief Scores:
Delhi 191 and 310 (Himmat Singh 84, Yash Dhull 57, Rajvardhan Hangargekar 3/75)
Maharashtra 324 and (target 178) 180/1 (Pavan Shah 87 not out, Kaushal Tambe 64 not out).
Result: Maharashtra won by 9 wickets.
Points: Maharashtra 6 Delhi 0.
(With inputs from companies)