Kumble Lifts Irani Cup for Rest of India!

Rest of India won the Irani cup by 187 runs. Resuming the day 4 with 113 for 3 on the board, Delhi needed another 265 runs to win. Gambhir was playing on 51.

Skipper Kumble and Harbhajan Singh rattled through the batting order of Delhi and completed the formalities in just under 30 overs. The match was over before lunch and Kumble lifted the Irani Cup for his team.

Chopra was the first man to go on Day 4 in the 2nd over of the day for a duck. Harbhajan dismissed Manhas for 12 and Bisht for 9. Harbhajan picked 4 of the Delhi wickets in the 2nd innings to end with a match figure of 6 for 63.

Final Score (Day 4):

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) 190 all out in 60.5 overs (G Gambhir 51 batting, V Sehwag 3, V Kohli 16, R Bhatia 31, A Chopra 0, M Manhas 12, P Bisht 9, C Nanda 1, P Sangwan 1, A Nehra 5 not out, I Sharma 0, Extras--21 (b 1, lb 15, nb 5), Z Khan 3 for 47, RP Singh 0 for 49, MM Patel 0 for 28, A Kumble 3 for 19, Harbhajan Singh 4 for 31)