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Assam fall at final hurdle
Indias under-19 World Cup winning captain Unmukt Chand scored a brilliant 116 to help Delhi clinch the Vijay Hazare Trophy after convincingly defeating Assam by 75 runs
Written by Press Trust Of India
Visakhapatnam | March 4, 2013 01:03 AM IST
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Indias under-19 World Cup winning captain Unmukt Chand scored a brilliant 116 to help Delhi clinch the Vijay Hazare Trophy after convincingly defeating Assam by 75 runs in the final on Sunday. The 19-year-old hit eight boundaries and three sixes in his 133-ball innings and was engaged in a 97-run opening partnership with Puneet Bisht 52 as Delhi posted 290 for nine after being put into bat.
Chasing the target,Dheeraj Jadhav top-scored with 87 off 114 balls,but Assam could not get the momentum going and folded for 215 in 44.2 overs. Delhi skipper Rajat Bhatia emerged as the top wicket-taker,snapping three in his seven overs,while Parvinder Awana and Varun Sood scalped two each.
For Assam,Pritam Das and Arup Das took three and two wickets each at the VDCA cricket stadium.
Earlier,Chand showed why he is considered as one of the most promising batsmen as he set a great foundation. He was dismissed in the 45th over by Arup but by then,Delhi were already close to the 250-mark. Gautam Gambhir,dropped from the ongoing Test series,failed,scoring just five.
It would have taken a mammoth effort for Assam to reach the total but their chase failed to take off as they were reduced to 64 for three in 14.1 overs. Assam batsmen got starts but with the asking rate going up all the time,they kept losing wickets at regular intervals.
Brief scores: Delhi 290/9 in 50 overs U Chand 116,P Bist 52,J Anand 48; P Das 3/54,A Das 2/64 beat Assam 215 all out in 44.4 overs D Jadhav 87; R Bhatia 3/36,P Awana 2/31 by 75 runs
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