Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25: Abishek Porel’s unbeaten 170 powers Bengal to six-wicket win over Delhi
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 convincing, six-wicket win against 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 and ensuring the asking rate was in control. Earlier, Delhi scored what looked a challenging 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 Singh and Rawat, the latter really opening up to play some wonderful strokes in the slog overs.