Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023-24: Badoni’s 87 in useless as Uttarakhand beats Delhi by 51 runs

Ayush Badoni’s (87, 97b, 9×4, 2×6) valiant effort went in useless as Delhi misplaced to Uttarakhand by 51 runs in its closing Group C match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on the Narendra Modi Stadium Ground B right here on Tuesday.

Delhi had its tail up on the half-way mark, bundling out Uttarakhand for 221 inside 46 overs, with the final seven wickets costing solely 29 runs. However, the competition was one other affair of its batting may, withering away below stress.

Akash Madhwal was the primary to rattle Delhi along with his early motion. Kshitiz Sharma and Yash Dhull departed whereas leaning ahead for drives, with the previous handing a catch to first slip and the latter to level.

The double strike compelled Jonty Sidhu and Badoni to retreat. At 36 for 2 within the seventeenth over, it was the stress to get going that led Sidhu to miscue a leg-side heave and gap out at mid-off.

Boundaries remained far and few between however Badoni and Himmat Singh chipped away on the goal in singles. Just when Delhi’s pursuit was gathering steam with this pair, Mayank Mishra prised out Himmat and Lakshay Thareja in three deliveries.

If Uttarakhand didn’t have management until this level, it absolutely did so after Aditya Tare’s one-handed blinder to take away Harsh Tyagi, which left Delhi at 97 for seven.

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But Delhi’s hopes lingered on with Badoni unwilling to relent.

He clobbered Jagmohan Nagarkoti and Mishra for 2 maximums over mid-wicket. Badoni then furnished a ramp shot off Madhwal earlier than Harshit Rana tonked the identical bowler down the bottom. Avneesh Sudha, nonetheless, bought Badoni to top-edge his sweep and quelled Delhi’s retaliation.

In the primary innings, Sudha (85, 120b, 9×4) anchored Uttarakhand to what proved a surplus complete. Delhi needed to anticipate 9 overs to get its first wicket when Navdeep Saini trapped Yuvraj Choudhary down the leg.

After cruising by means of the PowerPlay at greater than six runs per over, Uttarakhand was reined in by tweakers Hrithik Shokeen and Tyagi. The latter broke the 64-run second-wicket stand between Sudha and Deepesh Nailwal earlier than Badoni eliminated captain Dikshanshu Negi.

Tare injected momentum to the innings along with his 38-ball 58, tearing into the spinners who had yielded outcomes till then. His keep included a slog-swept six every towards Shokeen and Badoni. It took a supply from Saini to remain low and sneak by means of Tare to citadel him. The wicket allowed the spinners to retake management and orchestrate the collapse from 192 for 3.