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Delhi gains lead

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Manhas, Dhawan consolidate position

CONNECTING THIN AIR: Shahabuddin is castled by Ishant Sharma. — PHOTO: CH. VIJAYA BHASKAR

VIJAYAWADA: Delhi garnered two points by gaining the first innings lead of 146 runs by bundling out host Andhra for 209 in the Super League Group `A' Ranji Trophy match at the IGMC Stadium here on Thursday. At stumps, Delhi was 160 for three.

Delhi skipper Mithun Manhas (86 batting, 88b, 10x4, 1x6) along with Sikhar Dhawan (53 batting, 118b, 3x4) led the fightback in the second innings.

Belligerent knock

Manhas played a belligerent innings and the massive six off off-spinner Mohammed Faiq over long off was a treat to watch. Peeved at the negative bowling of leg-spinner Kishore, Manhas changed to a left-hander for a while.

Andhra pacemen Shahabuddin and Kalyan Krishna bowled their heart out to put Delhi in a spot of bother, but Manhas and Shikar consolidated Delhi's position with an unbeaten 136-run stand.

Resuming at 92 for four, Andhra lost Rv. Ch. Prasad early for a loose stroke and it was the 67-run whirlwind sixth-wicket partnership between Shahabuddin (50, 68b, 4x4, 1x6) and opener L.N. Prasad Reddy (71 not out, 259b, 9x4), which helped it save the follow on.

The scores: Delhi — 1st innings: 355.

Andhra — Ist innings: Manoj b Ishant 4, L.N. Prasad Reddy (not out) 71, A.S.K. Varma c & b R. Bhatia 0, V. Rao lbw b Ishant 4, M.S.K Prasad lbw b Bhandari 5, Rv. Ch. Prasad c & b Sharma 36, K.S. Shahabuddin b Ishant 50, Md. Faiq lbw Ishant 6, Kalyan b Sharma 4, Y. Kishore c Puneet Bisht b Bhandari 6, P. Kumar b Bhandari 0; Extras (b-4, lb-4, nb-13, w-2) 23; Total (in 89.4 overs) 209.

Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-20, 3-28, 4-45, 5-108, 6-175, 7-186, 8-191, 9-208.

Delhi bowling: Bhandari 13.4-6-40-3, Ishant 25-12-46-4, Bhatia 11-7-15-1, Sharma 30-9-73-2, Jain 6-1-19-0, Chopra 2-0-6-0, Manhas 2-1-2-0.

Delhi — 2nd innings: A. Chopra lbw Shahabuddin 0, S. Dhawan (batting) 53, M. Tehlan c M.S.K. Prasad b Kalyan 0, A. Jain lbw Kalyan 11, M. Manhas (batting) 86; Extras (b-4, lb-2, w-4) 10; Total (for three wkts. in 41 overs) 160.

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-2, 3-24.

Andhra bowling: Shahabuddin 8-3-18-1, Kalyan 10-2-41-2, Kishore 9-1-34-0, Faiq 9.1-0-38-0, Kumar 4-0-15-0, V. Rao 0.5.-0-8-0.

At Vadodara: U.P. 269 & 210 in 59.1 overs (Srivastava 58, A. Murtaza 45, R.B. Patel five for 75) vs. Baroda 308 in 117.5 overs (P. Shah 44, P. Kumar six for 83) & 17 for one in 5 overs.

At Nasik: Gujarat 369 vs. Maharashtra 296 for four in 123 overs (H. Khadiwale 73, H. Kanitkar 45 Y. Takawale 57, S. Sriram 53 batting, M.R. Nigde 44 batting).

At Mumbai: Rajasthan 155 & 259 for seven in 82 overs (G. Khoda 65, R. Kanwat 60, A. Jadeja 49 batting) vs. Mumbai 483 in 137.2 overs (V. Samant 41).

At Rajkot: Haryana 308 & 82 for seven in 34.3 overs vs. Saurashtra 268 in 116 overs (R.A. Jadeja 48).

At Bangalore: Karnataka 426 vs. Tamil Nadu 207 in 98 overs (M. Vijay 48, R. Ashwin 46, S. Joshi four for 53) & 130 for three in 49 overs (R. Prasanna 59, S. Badrinath 43 batting).

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