Vijay Hazare Trophy: Listless Delhi knocked out in group league after 4th loss
Hindustan TimesAn out of sorts Delhi, plagued by some questionable team selections, were knocked out of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, losing by 51 runs to Uttarakhand in their final group league stage game here on Tuesday. Batters let team down once again Despite bowling out Uttarakhand for 221 in 45.5 overs with pacer Navdeep Saini and left-arm spinner Harsh Tyagi doing bulk of the damage, it was yet another shoddy batting show by young Delhi batters as they were bowled out for 170 in 46.2 overs. A state that has given batting stalwarts like Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant over the past two decades, it is embarrassing to find someone of Kshitiz Sharma's calibre being asked to open the batting. Mumbai lose again but qualify for quarters Mumbai qualified for the quarterfinal stage despite losing to a comparatively weaker eastern cricketing state Odisha by 86 runs in a low-scoring final Group A league tie.