Chandigarh: It is out of the shortest format, opener Shikhar Dhawan more to weaken his case for inclusion in the ODI team after returning to duck three balls in a six-wicket win over the Delhi Jharkhand in the Vijay Hazare Trophy opener them is Bindra PCA Stadium in Mohali on Wednesday.
Dhawan, 36, left out of the squad the World T20 and T20i next three matches series against New Zealand, with voters insist that Southpaw “rest”.
However, the resumption of competitive cricket was marred by a short-pitched delivery from Varun Aaron in the last ball of the first of the remaining 1/1 Delhi in pursuit of them at 264.
However, Delhi recovered from early losses and gained.
themselves back into the game, thanks to a partnership 127-run second wicket between dhruv Shorey (64 off 82 balls; 4×7) and Centurion Himmat Saini (113 not take off 124 balls; 4×11, 1×6).
With the duo, all guns blazing, Spinner left arm Shahbaz Nadeem apply the brakes with Dhruv wicket.
NADEEM also play a hand in removing the new man Jonty Sidhu, who fell inches with pleats, having scored eight runs.
After that, Lalit Yadav emerged with 24 useful, but it is standing between Himmat and Kshitiz Sharma (43 not out) were comfortably bring home Delhi with three spare.
Earlier, Jharkhand riding at half-centuries from Virat Singh (79 off 104; 4×6) and Kaushal Singh (69 off 86; 4×7) to post a competitive 263 for eight after being put in a pitch that helped the Pacers.
Delhi skipper Pradeep Sangwan took three wicket for 46 runs.
In the other match of the group, Saurashtra beat Uttar Pradesh by 32 runs in Sector 16 Stadium in Chandigarh while Hyderabad Haryana with a five-wicket defeat in the third game of the group in Mullanpur.
Brief Scores: jharkhand: 263/8 (Virat Singh 79, Kaushal Singh 69, Pradeep Sangwan 3/46) Lost Delhi: 264/4 in 47 overs (Himmat Singh 113, Dhruv Shorey 64, Shikhar Dhawan 0) Saurashtra: 223 ( Jaydev Unadkat 33, Shivam Mavi 4/26) Beat Up: 191 (Sigh Rinku 65, Chirag Jani 5/35) Haryana: 162 (Yashu Sharma 68, Tilak Verma 4/23) Lost to Hyderabad: 167/5 (Tanmay Agarwal 77 )