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Ranji: Mumbai, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu advance to semis
Cuttack: Medium-pacer Balwinder Sandhu bagged three of the six wickets to fall here on the last day of the Ranji trophy quarterfinal Friday as Mumbai beat Delhi by 204 runs to book a spot in the semifinals.
Chasing a mammoth 441, Delhi were tottering at 110 for four overnight with Unmukt Chand (31) and Gautam Gambhir (34) already back in the pavilion.
The only resistance Friday came in the form of all-rounder Rajat Bhatia who scored 49 runs from 122 balls.
Bhatia and Virender Sehwag (19) combined to take Delhi to 150. Sandhu then bowled Sehwag in the 56th over.
It was not long before left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh dismissed Bhatia and Sumit Narwal (9), as Delhi was reduced to 199 for nine, the last wicket partnership of Pradeep Sangwan (26) and Parvinder Awana (24) put on 37 but could not help their plunging to defeat.
Sandhu finished with figures of 3 for 35, while Wilkin Mota and Harmeet took two apiece.
The other two quarter finals were won by Karnataka and Tamil Nadu owing to their first innings lead.
The brief scores:
At Cuttack: Mumbai 156 & 450 all out (Akhil Herwadkar 161, Shreyas Iyer 82; Manan Sharma 4/89) vs Delhi 166 & 236 all out (Rajat Bhatia 49; Balwinder Sandhu 3/35, Shardul Thakur 3/59) Mumbai won by 204 runs
At Indore: Karnataka 452 & 415 for five declared ( Ravikumar Samarth 178, Robin Uthappa 77; Arup Das 2/63) vs Assam 185 all out & 338 for four (Gokul Sharma 127, Arun Karthik 94; Ravikumar Samarth 2/67) Match Drawn, Karnataka won on 1st innings
At Jaipur: Tamil Nadu 403 & 266 all out (Vijay Shankar 82, Dinesh Karthik 64; Swapnil Bandiwar 3/42) vs Vidarbha 259 & 142 for eight (Ganesh Satish 59 not out; Baba Aparajith 3/41) Match Drawn, Tamil Nadu won on 1st innings
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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