Delhi score a facile 10 wicket win over J&K

Required to hit just 2 for a win Delhi finished the formalities with all their 10 wicket intact to register a facile win over Jammu and Kashmir on the third and final day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Maulana Azad Stadium in Jammu on Saturday.

Resuming at the score of 17 for no loss, J&K were guided by a fine unbeaten 117 by Kanwaljeet Singh. After the fall of the openers Vidhya Bhaskar (28) and A Bhatti (4) in quick succession, Dhruv Mahajan (55) and Singh came together for a 85 run third wicket partnership. Thereafter, Though Kanwaljeet Singh held the fort on one end, he ran out of partners at regular intervals. By the time the J&K innings folded up at 269, Singh had remained at the crease for 259 minutes and faced 204 deliveries during which he found the signboards on 13 occasions.

But with Delhi having scored a mamoth 466, the target was a paltry 2 runs for a Delhi win. The openers were aided by a wide sent down by Kanwaljeet in first over of the innings. The second over Ashu Dani found the boundary off the fourth ball to signal the end of proceedings in favour of Delhi.