New Delhi, Nov 23:
Delhi captain Gautam Gambhir served a timely reminder to the selectors with a potentially match-winning knock of 153 while Virender Sehwag failed yet again as Delhi closed in on a comprehensive outright win against Haryana in a Ranji Trophy group League encounter at Roshnara club.
Starting the day at 35 for no loss, Delhi declared at 312 for seven leaving Haryana with a stiff target of 376.
At stumps, visitors were reeling at 63 for five with debutant left-arm spinner Varun Sood picking up three wickets for three runs.
The day belonged to Gambhir who faced 215 balls hitting 25 fours. He batted for nearly five hours and stepped the run rate after reaching his 100 to set up Delhi for their first six points in the tournament.
With the Test squad for South Africa set to be announced in a few weeks’ time, Gambhir has certainly made a case for himself in the reserve opener’s slot.
Sehwag didn’t have any such luck as he played another rash shot trying to slash a delivery from medium pacer Ashish Hooda away from his body only to offer a simple catch to Sunny Singh at first slip.
Sehwag made six this time and this took his total Ranji score to 69 from six innings this season. Mithun Manhas retired hurt with unbeaten 36 runs.
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