Sehwag, Bhandari stem Delhi innings

Gurgaon, November 5 : Openers Aakash Chopra and Ashu Dani set the tone with a 95-run first wicket partnership as Delhi set out to a comfor...

Gurgaon, November 5 : Openers Aakash Chopra and Ashu Dani set the tone with a 95-run first wicket partnership as Delhi set out to a comfortable 270 for seven against Haryana on the first day of their North Zone Ranji trophy cricket match here today.

Chopra (51) and Dani (40) excelled and inspired the remaining batting order as almost everyone contributed against a struggling Haryana, who lost their opening game to minnows Jammu and Kashmir last week.

After raising 95 runs for the opening wicket, Chopra was induced by Pankaj Thakur with a flighted delivery and the batsman ended giving a regulation catch to Parinder.

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Dani was quick to follow, Thakur shattering his stumps with a beauty as Delhi went into lunch at 111 for two.

Thakur was the most successful bowler with a haul of four wickets for 81 runs off 29 overs. Feroz Ghyas (2/52) was the other successful bowler after hosts won the toss and put Delhi in to bat.

Brief Scores: Delhi (Ist Inns): 270 for 7 (Akash Chopra 51, Ashu Dani 40, Vijay Dahiya 26, Virendra Sehwag 44, Rahul Sanghvi batting 25, Amit Bhandari batting 36, Pankaj Thakur 4 for 81, Feroz Ghayas 2 for 52, ) Services 264 for 8 NEW DELHI: A 138-run fourth wicket partnership between Amit Nadkarani and Sarabjit singh helped Services reach 264 for eight against Himachal Pradesh on the opening day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy tie at Palam ground here on Sunday. Amit hit 12 boundaries in his knock while Sarabjit’s 79 was studded with seven boundaries.

At stumps JP Pandey was batting on 30 while S Javed was on 1.Brief scores: Services (1st Inns) 264 for 8: (Amit Nadkarni 84, Sarabjit Singh 79, JP Pandey batting 30, S Javed batting 1, Jaswant Rai 3 for 53, Rahul 2 for 39, Amit Sharma 2 for 82).

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