Nikhil shines in Delhi win

NEW DELHI, December 29: Nikhil Chopra;s brilliant all-round performance on the final day (82 not out and 5 for 27) helped Delhi crush Jam...

NEW DELHI, December 29: Nikhil Chopra;s brilliant all-round performance on the final day (82 not out and 5 for 27) helped Delhi crush Jammu and Kashmir by 168 runs in their last North Zone Ranji Trophy league encounter at M A Stadium in Jammu, according to reports reaching here.

The eight points for the outright win helped Delhi aggregate 34 points from five matches and top the zone. Punjab (32) and Haryana (22) have also made it to the super league.The final day belonged to Nikhil Chopra. The tall all-rounder remained unbeaten with a strokeful 82 (2×6, 7×4, 149m) to enable Delhi declare their second innings at 245 for eight for an overall lead of 268.

Delhi (Ist Innings): 148.
J-K (1st Innings): 125.
Delhi (2nd Innings): Dani lbw Surinder Singh Bagal 6; Dahiya lbw Ashwani 22; Sehwag c Kanwaljit b Sanjay 60; Ajay Sharma c Shashi b Ashwani 4; Akash Malhotra b Ashwani 1; Manhas c Sanjay b Ashwani 15; Nikhil Chopra not out 82; Angurala b Ashwani 13; Nehra c Guru Pratap b Sanjay Sharma 8; Amit Bhandari not out 12;
Extras: (b 15, lb 1, nb 6) 20;
Total (for 8 wkts decl): 245
Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-75, 3-85, 4-91, 5-111, 6-141, 7-161, 8-192.
Bowling: Vijay Sharma 4-0-20-0, Surinder Singh Bagal 10-1-36-1, Ashwani Gupta 28-5-77-5, Sanjay Sharma 20-4-59-2, Nayeem Mattoo 3-0-22-0, Kanwaljit Singh 2-0-7-0.

J-K (2nd Innings): Vivek Singh lbw Akash Malhotra 6; Nissar Khan b Nehra 0; Kanwaljit Singh c Aakash Chopra (sub) b Ajay Sharma 18; Ashwani Gupta c Dahiya b Angurala 22; Shashi Kumar b Rohit Mehra 23; Sanjay Sharma c Dahiya b N Chopra 14; Guru Pratap c Angurala b N Chopra 1; Arshad Jaan c Dahiya b N Chopra 2; Vijay Sharma not out 0; Nayeem Mattoo c Dahiya b N Chopra 6; Surinder Singh c Angurala b N Chopra 0;
Extras: (lb 4, nb 4): 8;
Total: 100
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-8, 3-56, 4-64, 5-91, 6-91, 7-94, 8-94, 9-100.
Bowling: Bhandari 3.2-0-9-0, Nehra 72-21-1, Akash Malhotra 2.4-1-4-1, Nikhil Chopra 10.3-2-27-5, Angurala 10-2-20-1, Rohit Mehra 5-3-8-1, Ajay Sharma 8-5-7-1.