JOIN USDelhi batsmen got their act together to chase down a 270–run target by seven wickets over Maharashtra on the fourth and final day of the Ranji Trophy Group B match on Tuesday.
Captain Shikhar Dhawan (116, 194b, 12x4, 1x6) showed the way with an unbeaten century and Mithun Manhas hastened the chase with a breezy 40-ball 51 (5x4, 3x6).
Their tally now zoomed to 17 points, Delhi have kept themselves in contention to qualify for the knockout stage with still one match to go against Vidharba in Nagpur.
Brief scores: Group A: At Gwalior: Madhya Pradesh: 323 all out and 193/2 in 45.3 overs (Jalaj S Saxena 72 n.o., Devendra Bundela 100 n.o.; Sandeep Sharma 2-39) bt Punjab: 148 all out and 364 all out in 97.1 overs (Jiwanjot Singh 103, Yuvraj Singh 131, Amitoze Singh 52, Sandeep Sharma 28; Anand Rajan 3-62, Gaurav Yadav 4-86, Amarjeet Singh 3-80). MP: 6 points, Punjab: 0.
At Bhubaneswar: Railways: 405 bt Rajasthan: 135 and 258 all out in 99 overs (Sourabh Chouhan 51, Vineet Saxena 29, Robin Bist 68, Ashok Maneria 56, Dishant Yagnik 27; Karan Sharma 8-97). Railways: 7; Rajasthan: 0
At Rajkot: Mumbai: 606/5 decl and 169/5 decl in 44 overs (Wasim Jaffer 71, Rohit Sharma 71; Siddharth Trivedi 2-30) drew with Saurashtra: 300 all out in 131.5 overs (Shitanshu Kotak 31, Jaydev Shah 60, Aarpit Vasavada 111 n.o., Saurya Sanandiya 37, Jaydev Unadkat 28; Ajit Agarkar 2-65, Dhawal Kulkarni 4-58, Javed Khan 2-43; Iqbal Abdulla 2-41). Mumbai: 3; Saurashtra: 1.
Group B: At Delhi: Maharashtra: 196 all out and 266 all out in 90.4 overs lt to Delhi: 193 all out and 273/3 in 65.3 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 116 n.o., Mohit Sharma 51, Mithun Manhas 51, Vaibhav Rawal 35 n.o.; Shrikant Mundhe 2-61). Delhi 6; Maharashtra: 0.
At Vadodara: Baroda: 208 all out and 260 all out in 112.4 overs (Aditya Waghmode 39, Abhimanyu Chauhan 29, Ambati Rayudu 66, Murtaja Vahora 38; Jagannathan Kaushik 4-62, Sunil Sam 3-63, Yo Mahesh 2-61) drew with Tamil Nadu: 230 all out and 108/2 in 26 overs (Abhinav Mukund 45 n.o., Baba Aparajith 40 n.o.; Ketan Panchal 2-40). Tamil Nadu: 3; Baroda: 1.
At Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh: 227 all out and 348 all out in 114 overs (Tanmay Srivastava 73, Parvinder Singh 64, Eklavya Dwivedi 121; Mohit Sharma 2-97, Harshal Patel 4-100, Amit Mishra 2-55) drew with Haryana: 276 all out and 106/3 in 43 overs (Nitin Saini 68). Haryana: 3; UP: 1.
Group C: At Porvorim: Himachal Pradesh: 338 all out and 237/4 in 71.4 overs (Paras Dogra 119 n.o., Amit Kumar 29, Mukesh Kumar 51 n.o.; Harshad Gadekar 2-48) drew with Goa: 347 all out. Goa: 3; Himachal Pradesh: 1.
At Dhanbad: Jharkhand: 257 all out and 295/9 decl in 91.3 overs (Akash Verma 82, Saurabh Tiwary 99, Ishank Jaggi 34; Shaik Basha 6-74) drew with Andhra: 410 all out and 32/4 in 10 overs (Shankar Rao 2-6). Andhra: 3; Jharkhand: 1.
At Palam: Jammu & Kashmir: 85 all out and 269 all out in 107.4 overs lt to Services: 221 all out and 134/5 in 54.3 overs (Yashpal Singh 61, Rajat Paliwal 47; Ram Dayal 2-36). Services: 6 and J&K: 0.
At Agartala: Kerala: 400 all out beat Tripura: 127 all out and 196 all out in 84.5 overs (Abbas Ali 34, Manisankar Murasingh 67; S Sreesanth 2-38, Sandeep Warrier 5-46, Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan 3-61). Kerala: 7; Tripura: 0.