Vijay Hazare Trophy | Swashbuckling Porel leads the charge with a superb century
The HinduIt was Abishek Porel show! The 22-year-old Porel served another reminder of his growing reputation with a brilliant, unbeaten 170 to fashion Bengal’s six-wicket win over Delhi in the Group-E match at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here on Saturday. The Delhi bowling attack rarely tested the batters despite getting opener Karan Lal in the fourth over as Bengal stitched useful partnerships with Anustup Majumdar being the other main scorer to keep the bowlers at bay. Handy contributions Earlier, Delhi scored what looked an imposing 272 for seven in 50 overs thanks to handy contributions from opener Vaibhav Kandpal, captain Ayush Badoni at the top and with Himmat Singh chipping in with a breezy 60 and wicketkeeper-batter Anuj Rawat. It was a creditable show by the Bengal bowlers for most of the innings on a batter-friendly pitch and Delhi owed its total to a crucial 101-run stand for the sixth wicket between Himmat and Rawat, the latter opened up to play some wonderful strokes in the slog overs.