<p>A comprehensive performance by Delhi helped them beat Jammu & Kashmir by 125 runs in their opening encounter of the North Zone leg of the National one-day championship for the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Put into bat, Delhi were all out for 245 in 49.4 overs but their bowlers kept things tight to bundle out J&K for a paltry 120 in 41.1 overs. The huge win ensured a bonus point for the hosts. <br /><br />Delhi skipper Rajat Bhatia (3/17) and pacer Parvinder Awana (3/23) were the most successful bowlers while veteran Ashish Nehra (1/16) also looked in good rhythm during his five-over opening spell. <br /><br />Pradeep Sangwan (2/17) also chipped in with two wickets. It was a battle of unequals and J&K lacked quality batsmen who could face the tried and tested performers like Nehra, Awana and Bhatia. But credit should be given J&K bowlers especially the two spinners — leggie Bandeep Singh (2/30) and left-arm spinner Raman Datta (2/32) — who stemmed the flow of runs from Delhi batsmen in the middle overs. <br /><br />Harbhajan wicketless <br />Harbhajan Singh went wicketless on his return to competitive cricket but led his team to comfortable four-wicket win over Haryana.<br /><br />Brief scores: <br />Delhi: 245 all out in 49.4 (Unmukt Chand 46, Mithun Manhas 41, Mohit Sharma 36; Samiullah Beigh 3-52) bt J&K: 120 all out in 41.1 overs (Rajat Bhatia 3-17, Parvinder Awana 3-23).<br /><br />Haryana: 243/6 in 50 overs (Nitin Saini 77, Sandeep Godara 39, Sunny Singh 36, Sachin Rana 59 n.o.; Manpreet Singh Gony 2-40) lt to Punjab: 247/6 in 46.4 overs (Karan Goel 41, Gurkirat Ahluwalia 43, Mandeep Singh 39, Amitoze Singh 76 n.o., Bipul Sharma 29; Harshal Patel 2-41).<br /><br />Himachal Pradesh: 291/7 in 50 overs (Prashant Chopra 60, Paras Dogra 114, Sridharan Sriram 45, Rishi Dhawan 25; Suraj Yadav 2-39, Nishan Singh 3-33) bt Services: 273/7 in 50 overs (Yashpal Singh 108 n.o., Soumyaranjan Swain 36, Sanjeev Mishra 51; Jitender Mehta 2-46, Abhinav Bali 2-47).</p>
<p>A comprehensive performance by Delhi helped them beat Jammu & Kashmir by 125 runs in their opening encounter of the North Zone leg of the National one-day championship for the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Put into bat, Delhi were all out for 245 in 49.4 overs but their bowlers kept things tight to bundle out J&K for a paltry 120 in 41.1 overs. The huge win ensured a bonus point for the hosts. <br /><br />Delhi skipper Rajat Bhatia (3/17) and pacer Parvinder Awana (3/23) were the most successful bowlers while veteran Ashish Nehra (1/16) also looked in good rhythm during his five-over opening spell. <br /><br />Pradeep Sangwan (2/17) also chipped in with two wickets. It was a battle of unequals and J&K lacked quality batsmen who could face the tried and tested performers like Nehra, Awana and Bhatia. But credit should be given J&K bowlers especially the two spinners — leggie Bandeep Singh (2/30) and left-arm spinner Raman Datta (2/32) — who stemmed the flow of runs from Delhi batsmen in the middle overs. <br /><br />Harbhajan wicketless <br />Harbhajan Singh went wicketless on his return to competitive cricket but led his team to comfortable four-wicket win over Haryana.<br /><br />Brief scores: <br />Delhi: 245 all out in 49.4 (Unmukt Chand 46, Mithun Manhas 41, Mohit Sharma 36; Samiullah Beigh 3-52) bt J&K: 120 all out in 41.1 overs (Rajat Bhatia 3-17, Parvinder Awana 3-23).<br /><br />Haryana: 243/6 in 50 overs (Nitin Saini 77, Sandeep Godara 39, Sunny Singh 36, Sachin Rana 59 n.o.; Manpreet Singh Gony 2-40) lt to Punjab: 247/6 in 46.4 overs (Karan Goel 41, Gurkirat Ahluwalia 43, Mandeep Singh 39, Amitoze Singh 76 n.o., Bipul Sharma 29; Harshal Patel 2-41).<br /><br />Himachal Pradesh: 291/7 in 50 overs (Prashant Chopra 60, Paras Dogra 114, Sridharan Sriram 45, Rishi Dhawan 25; Suraj Yadav 2-39, Nishan Singh 3-33) bt Services: 273/7 in 50 overs (Yashpal Singh 108 n.o., Soumyaranjan Swain 36, Sanjeev Mishra 51; Jitender Mehta 2-46, Abhinav Bali 2-47).</p>