Mihir Hirwani snapped up four wickets for just 32 runs, while Ankit Singh Kushwah took three for 29 to give Madhya Pradesh a crucial 87-run first innings lead against host Delhi in the Col. CK Nayudu under-23 cricket tournament here on Wednesday.
Delhi folded for 217 in its first innings, with spinner Nitish Rana the top-scorer with 81. At stumps, MP piled up 228 in its second essay in just 59 overs, for the loss of five wickets.
The scores:
At Delhi: Madhya Pradesh 304 & 228 for five in 59 overs (Abhishek Bhandari 74, Parth Sahani 39, Avnish Singh Dhaliwal 40 batting, Ashutosh Singh 38 batting; Nitish Rana three for 60) vs Delhi 217 in 83.1 overs (Nitish Rana 81; Mihir Hirwani four for 32, Ankit Singh Kushwah three for 29).
At Chennai: Tamil Nadu 216 in 89.2 overs (Shahrukh Khan 50, M.S. Washington Sundar 34, N. Jagadeesan 33, Kousik 33; S.S. Bachhav five for 95, S.M. Kazi three for 51) & 21 for two in 9.5 overs vs Maharashtra 131 in 61.5 overs (Jay Pande 27; D.T. Chandrasekar five for 36).
At Jaipur: 374 & 36 for no loss in 11 overs vs Rajasthan 300 in 110.4 overs (A.S. Lamba 119, S.T. Suwalka 46, A.B. Singh 39; Aditya Dhumal four for 36).
At Muzaffarnagar: Uttar Pradesh 542 vs Himachal Pradesh 314 for six in 89.5 overs (P.S. Chopra 110, A.K. Kaushik 86, A.K. Rana 46 batting; Mohd. Saif two for 17).
At Barwala: Haryana 214 & 321 in 84.4 overs (S.U. Yadav 73, S.J. Budhwar 65, R.M. Dagar 59; Jogeswar Bhumiz four for 66) vs Assam 251 & zero for no loss in 1.3 overs.
At Nagpur: Vidarbha 489 vs Railways 244 for five in 92 overs (A.P. Yadav 120 batting, P.S. Singh 57).
At Hyderabad: Bengal 223 & 175 for two in 99 overs (Ankit Keshri 72 batting, Purab Joshi 52) vs Hyderabad 233.
At Malappuram: 164 & 284 in 88.4 overs (Samarth Vyas 76, Prerak Mankad 66, Dinesh Nakrani 43; Ahamed Farzeen five for 50) vs Kerala 330 & 48 for five in 18 overs (S.L. Dodia four for 19).
At Margao: Tripura 375 vs Goa 175 in 60.2 overs (M. Mahesh 77) & 154 in 51.4 overs (Rohit Naik 33; D.T. Bhattacharjee three for 19). Points: Tripura 7, Goa 0.
At Kadapa: Andhra 170 & 149 vs Jharkhand 82 & 163 in 66.2 overs (Wilfred Beng 42 n.o.; Sirla Himasrinivas three for 66, Gonnabattula Chiranjeevi three for 11). Andhra 6, Jharkhand 0 .
At Raipur: Jammu & Kashmir 185 & 184 in 62.2 overs (Usman Pandit 54, Jatin Wadhwan 44, Ankush Bandral 37; V.K. Rajput four for 44, Mohd. Shahnawaz three for 41) vs Chattisgarh 449 for seven decl. in 135.4 overs (A.J. Yadav 132, L.K. Coster 124, V.K. Rajput 60 n.o., K.L. Saggu 55). Chattisgarh 7, J&K 0 .
