da betsson： The North Zone Vijay Merchant (Under-16) tournament encounter at theFeroz Shah Kotla ground involving Delhi and Punjab meandered to a drawon Monday
Natarajan Sriram18-Dec-2000The North Zone Vijay Merchant (Under-16) tournament encounter at theFeroz Shah Kotla ground involving Delhi and Punjab meandered to a drawon Monday. Delhi notched up five points since they secured the firstinnings lead and Punjab took home three.Opting to bat on the opening day, Punjab piled up 281. The score beinghelped along the way by a handsome batting display by their batsmen.Taking away no credit from the others, including the opener K Goel (50off 151 balls, 7 fours), Vipul Sharma was the top scorer with a 54(121 minutes, 109 balls, 6 fours). K Rawat was the most successfullbowler for Delhi with figures of 5 for 57.In reply, Delhi took a 116 run lead, K Rawat giving the needed propfor the innings with a sedate 99. With the Delhi scorecard reading 265for 8, Kuldeep Rawat and Abhinav Bali (66) came togather for a 132 runninth wicket partnership. Kuldeep was the last batsman to bedismissed. Kuldeep during his 290 minute stay at the crease faced 271balls and hit 12 fours. Punjab in the 14 overs that the received onthe final day scored 54 runs while losing opener Rahul Arora (31).