Delhi thrash Jharkhand
Delhi registered a comprehensive 10-wicket victory over Jharkhand in the Cooch Behar Under-19 trophy at the St Stephen's College ground. Delhi romped to the 30-run victory target in 8.3 overs after the visitors had folded up for 337 in their second innings. Sunny Sherawat (4/9), Rishit Saini (3/65) and Manoj Chauhan (3/47) completed the wickets tally for Delhi. With this victory, the hosts increased their tally to sevn points from two matches, pocketing a bonus point as well against Jharkhand.
Brief scores: Jharkhand 164 all out in 54.5 overs & 337 all out in 121.2 overs (Kumar Devvrat 144, Nikhil Singh 71; Sunny Sehrawat 4/9, Rishit Saini 3/65, Manoj Chauhan 3/47); Delhi 472 all out and 30 for no loss in 8.3 overs (Unmukt Chand 17 no, Dhruv Shorey 11 no)
Under-19 team named
The junior selection committee on Monday selected the Delhi under-19 team, for the last two matches of the Cooch Behar Trophy against Mumbai and Himachal.
Team: Rahul Bharadwaj (c), Unmukt Chand, Mohit Sharma, Milind Kumar, Arjun Gupta, Sunny Sherawat, Rishit Saini, Vivek Mishra, Gagan Sodhi, Varun Sood, Samarth Singh,Dhruv Shorey, Sandeep Raj Kaushik, Jaideep Chauhan, Manoj Chauhan, Rajiv Bose. Coach: Rajeev Vinayak. Manager: SS Khurana. .
Lohit stars
Lohit Sharma smashed a spectacular century (114) while Abhishek Narang (3/37) and Kunal Choudhary (3/38) took three wickets apiece as KN Colts beat Three Star Club by a slender four-run margin and bag four points in the DDCA League. Batting first KN Colts made 191, losing all their wickets before the stipulated 40 overs. In reply, Three Star Club were bowled out for 187.
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