da stake casino： The batsmen enabled Delhi to comfortably enter the quarterfinals of the VijayMerchant Trophy Under-16 tournament by virtue of the massive first innings leadof 199 runs over Orissa at the Calcutta Cricket and Football Ground in Calcuttaon Wednesday
Natarajan Sriram03-Jan-2001The batsmen enabled Delhi to comfortably enter the quarterfinals of the VijayMerchant Trophy Under-16 tournament by virtue of the massive first innings leadof 199 runs over Orissa at the Calcutta Cricket and Football Ground in Calcuttaon Wednesday. Delhi now take on Mumbai in the quarterfinal to be played fromJanuary 5 to 7.Resuming at 287 for 6, Delhi were all out for 430 in 137.2 overs. Carrying onfrom were they left off, Abishek Nag (76) and A Bali (69) forged a 118-runseventh wicket stand. A Bali was the first to be dismissed in the afternoon,caught by G Sahoo off SK Jahangir. New batsman H Khullar departed seven ballslater, falling leg before to B Mohanty. Then Nag took the score to 430 when hewas bowled by R Mohanty. During his 228-minute stay, Nag faced 185 balls and hit13 fours.In the remaining 2-1/2 hours, Orissa in their second innings scored 137 whilelosing the wicket of P Pradhan (19). The other opener Priyadarshi Debasish (50)and Rakesh Mohanty (62) took the team to stumps without further hiccups.Priyadarshi faced 147 balls and hit six of them to the ropes while Mohanty faced90 balls and found the signboards eleven times.