Resuming the day 3 from 99 for 1, Rest of India scored 302 and set 378 as the target for Delhi to win the Irani Cup.
Badrinath and Dravid added 12 runs in the morning on Day 4 before Ishanth Sharma sent Badrinath one more time. Kaif did not utilize the opportunity and was dismissed two balls later for a duck, caught behind. Laxman once again failed and fell to Nanda for 18. At this stage, ROI was struggling at 152 for 4. It was left to Dhoni and Dravid to build the innings and they did it. They added 55 runs for the 5th wicket and the score was 207 when Dravid fell for Nanda on 69.
Dhoni played a crucial innings and ensured that ROI gains considerable lead. He scored 84 off 113 balls with 12 fours and a six. This is the third six of the match with first one by Sehwag and the second one was by Sangwan.
RP Singh, though not successful with the ball, scored useful 24 and involved in the 25-run last wicket partnership with Munaf Patel.
Nanda was the successfuul bowler for Delhi with a 5-wicket haul. He picked 3 wickets in the first innings and ended with a match figure of 8 for 108.
Delhi chasing 378, lost both Sehwag (3) and Kholi (16) LBW to Zaheer Khan. Gambhir and Bhatia steadied the innings and brough the score to 113 from 37 for 2. Bhatia scored 31 and fell on the last ball of the day to Harbhajan Singh.
Delhi ended Day 3 at 113 for 3 and are in need of another 265 runs with 7 wickets in hand. Only 3 more recognized wickets are needed for ROI before picking the tail.
The uncontrolled 36 extras by Delhi is going to cost them more. They could have reduced it by 23 of those by cutting 12 byes and 11 no balls. This would have reduced the target by another 36.
It is mostly ROI's match unless Gambhir, Chopra, Manhas and Bisht play some big innings to give a chance to Delhi.
Score at the end of Day 3:
Rest of India 1st Innings 252 all out in 81.3 overs (W Jaffer 50, R Dravid 46, S Badrinath 16, VVS Laxman 17, M Kaif 29, MS Dhoni 5, A Kumble 9, Harbhajan Singh 26 not out, Z Khan 0, RP Singh 18, MM Patel 19, Extras--17 (b 3, lb 1, nb 13), A Nehra 0 for 59, I Sharma 3 for 22, P Sangwan 3 for 57, R Bhatia 0 for 28, C Nanda 3 for 60, V Sehwag 1 for 22)
Delhi 177 1st Innings all out in 57 overs (A Chopra 42, G Gambhir 5, V Sehwag 43, V Kohli 4, R Bhatia 17, M Manhas 4, P Bisht 28, C Nanda 0, P Sangwan 23 not out, A Nehra 0, I Sharma 3, Extras--8 (b 1, lb 3, nb 4), Z Khan 2 for 45, RP Singh 0 for 31, A Kumble 2 for 34, MM Patel 4 for 31, Harbhajan Singh 2 for 32)
Rest of India 2nd Innings (lead by 75 runs) 302 all out in 92.overs (W Jaffer 21, R Dravid 69, S Badrinath 36, M Kaif 0, VVS Laxman 18, MS Dhoni 84, A Kumble 9, Harbhajan Singh 0, Z Khan 4, RP Singh 24, MM Patel 1 not out, Extras--36 (b 12, lb 13, nb 11), A Nehra 1 for 84, I Sharma 3 for 52, C Nanda 5 for 48, P Sangwan 1 for 35, V Sehwag 0 for 55, R Bhatia 0 for 3)
Delhi 2nd Innings (target: 378 runs) 113 for 3 in 31 overs (G Gambhir 51 batting, V Sehwag 3, V Kohli 16, R Bhatia 31, Extras--12 (b 1, lb 9, nb 2), Z Khan 2 for 18, RP Singh 0 for 37, MM Patel 0 for 23, A Kumble 0 for 14, Harbhajan Singh 1 for 11)
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