da wazamba: Powered by a fine 100 by opener Chetan Sharma, Delhi helped themselvesto a eight wicket win over Himachal Pradesh in the North Zone RanjiTrophy One-Day tournament match at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Tuesday
da stake casino: Natarajan Sriram22-Jul-2009Powered by a fine 100 by opener Chetan Sharma, Delhi helped themselvesto a eight wicket win over Himachal Pradesh in the North Zone RanjiTrophy One-Day tournament match at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Tuesday.Set to score 222 for a win, Delhi openers Chetan Sharma (100) and AshuDani (86) dominated the HP bowers for 83.4 overs during which theymade 168 runs. Such was their supremacy that the HP skipper RajivNayyar was prompted to utilise nine of his players in the bowlingdepartment. Chetan Sharma was the first to be dismissed caught by RThakur off Amit Sharma. During a 174 minute stay at the crease Sharmafaced 131 balls and found the boundary ropes eleven times.Then Gautam Gambhir (21 not out) joined Dani to take the score on to214. By the time Dani fell for a catch to Amit off V Sharma the gamewas well and truly in favour of Delhi. Mithun Mihnas and Ghambhir thentook the hosts home.Earlier, opting to bat first, HP’s innings was steadied by a fine 72by Nayyar. He shared a 88 run fifth wicket stand with Varindar Sharma(37). Nayyar then fell with the score at 191, stumped by Chawla offRahul Sanghvi. Sanghvi was the most successfull bowler for Delhi withfigures of 4 for 34.






