Sanat Sangwan’s defiant 83, and a little bit of deliberate time-wasting by Navdeep Saini because the shadows lengthened, helped Delhi escape with a attract its second-round Ranji Trophy match in opposition to Tamil Nadu on the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Monday.
The ultimate day’s play stretched past 5 p.m. as Delhi, in its bid to flee an innings defeat, held on in fading gentle with two wickets in hand to return away with a degree. TN bagged three factors, having secured a 408-run first-innings lead by proscribing Delhi to 266 for 9 (Dhruv Kaushik was unable to bat resulting from a hand harm).
In the beginning of the second innings, Delhi, requested to comply with on, was required to see out 85 overs to thwart the visiting crew’s hopes of a victory. In the long run, Delhi was 193 for eight in 83 overs, with the umpires deciding that the sunshine was now not ok for one more two overs.
Sonu bowls spin
This was after the customer had already been instructed two balls into the 81st over to resort to spin. Pacer Sonu Yadav needed to swap to bowling crazy off-breaks to finish that over earlier than skipper N. Jagadeesan went to spinners Washington Sundar and S. Ajith Ram with the second new ball.
Even one wicket might have been sufficient given Kaushik’s harm, however Saini and Himanshu Chauhan didn’t permit it to return to that.
Saini was hit on his head by a bouncer from Sonu.
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Saini’s gamesmanship was a tad comical — off the second ball of the 81st over, he was hit on his head by a bouncer from Sonu. He initially gestured along with his proper hand to recommend he was alright earlier than the match state of affairs dawned on him; what adopted was hysterical play-acting as he walked away from the pitch and fell to the turf to demand the physio’s consideration.
Sangwan additionally performed his half earlier within the innings by consuming 231 deliveries. On reflection, Tamil Nadu might rue batting so long as it did for its mammoth whole within the first innings.
The scores:
Tamil Nadu — 1st innings: 674 for six decl.
Delhi — 1st innings: Sanat Sangwan c Jagadeesan b Mohammed 36, Harsh Tyagi c Indrajith b Washington 35, Yash Dhull (not out) 105, Himmat Singh c Jagadeesan b Gurjapneet 0, Jonty Sidhu c Sonu b Mohammed 4, Mayank Rawat c Jagadeesan b Sonu 0, Pranav Rajvanshi c Siddarth b Washington 40, Navdeep Saini c Sai Sudharsan b Gurjapneet 26, Himanshu Chauhan lbw b Ajith Ram 4, Pranshu Vijayran lbw b Washington 6, Dhruv Kaushik absent damage; Extras (b-1, lb-8, nb-1): 10; Whole (in 100 overs): 266.
Fall of wickets: 1-74, 2-84, 3-99, 4-103, 5-103, 6-178, 7-237, 8-250, 9-266.
Tamil Nadu bowling: Gurjapneet 23-9-48-2, Sonu Yadav 16-3-53-1, Mohammed 13-5-31-2, Pradosh 1-0-1-0, Washington 18-2-43-3, Ajith Ram 27-7-73-1, Shahrukh 2-0-8-0.
Delhi — 2nd innings: Yash Dhull b Gurjapneet 8, Sanat Sangwan c Jagadeesan b Sonu 83, Himmat c Indrajith b Washington 36, Jonty Sidhu b Ajith Ram 23, Mayank Rawat st. Jagadeesan b Washington 0, Pranav Rajvanshi c Shahrukh b Washington 10, Harsh Tyagi c Indrajith b Ajith Ram 7, Navdeep Saini (not out) 15, Pranshu Vijayran c Indrajith b Sonu 0, Himanshu Chauhan (not out) 0; Extras (b-4, lb-6, w-1): 11; Whole (for eight wkts. in 83 overs): 193.
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-74, 3-112, 4-113, 5-150, 6-161, 7-180, 8-180.
Tamil Nadu bowling: Gurjapneet 11-4-21-1, Sonu Yadav 10-3-37-2, Mohammed 9-3-21-0, Ajith Ram 19-7-52-2, Washington 25-9-45-3, Shahrukh 8-5-7-0, Pradosh 1-1-0-0.
PoM: Washington Sundar.
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