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Bengal vs Delhi, 1st Semi-final at Pune, , Dec 17 2017 - Match Result

RESULT
1st Semi-final, Pune, December 17 - 19, 2017, Ranji Trophy
286 & 86

Delhi won by an innings and 26 runs

Player Of The Match
3/55 & 4/35
navdeep-saini
Match centre 
Scores: M Venkat Raghav | Comms: Varun Shetty
Scorecard summary
Bengal 286/10(94.2 overs)
1st INNINGS
Delhi 398/10(117 overs)
1st INNINGS
127 (216)
6/122 (39)
113 (192)
2/64 (33)
Bengal 86/10(24.4 overs)
2nd INNINGS

4:45pm Thanks for joining us for the coverage of this game. We'll catch you again at Indore - for the Ranji Trophy final. See you.

4:34pm Delhi's young boys are holding up devil horns with their arms outstretched. Very apt. A young team, with a young captain - in the absence of Ishant Sharma - have completely flattened Bengal. Hugs in the dugout, Bhaskar Pillai and Manoj Prabhakar are overjoyed. Gautam Gambhir is there too, relaxed and all smiles. Bengal have fallen to their lowest score against Delhi. The presentation is underway, with the match referee thanking both teams as they stand in a big semi-circle. Delhi won the Ranji Trophy when they last made the final. Quite a turnaround for a team that was marred in controversy last year. A win by an innings and 26 runs.
Bengal were ordinary today. Arguably, they were ordinary when they decided to stretch a lead to 800 in their last game instead of going for a win. It was similar today - they were too afraid to go for the kill, allowing Delhi to come back into the game despite being six down and only about 30 in front. Their most prolific batsmen - the openers - failed in both innings, their bowling was stretched and the overall game management just didn't work out. A good season for them ends in a tame manner.

Soham: "Whatever may be the outcome of the Final Navdeep Saini is certain to fetch it big in upcoming IPL auction"

24.4
W
Khejroliya to Dinda, OUT

gets him with a wristspinner! Delhi are into the final for the first time since the 2007-08 season. Tossed up at off stump, at a length. He swipes across the line and loses off stump

Ashok Dinda b Khejroliya 2 (8b 0x4 0x6 16m) SR: 25
24.3
Khejroliya to Dinda, no run

short ball outside off, ducks under it

24.2
1
Khejroliya to Shami, 1 run

short ball at middle stump, pulled powerfully past short leg who doesn't spot this despite being deep. Deep square leg cleans up

24.1
1
Khejroliya to Dinda, 1 run

full toss at leg stump, backs into the leg side and skews it to deep point off the leading edge

end of over 244 runs
BENG: 84/9CRR: 3.50 
Mohammed Shami9 (12b 1x4)
Ashok Dinda1 (5b)
Navdeep Saini 12-3-35-4
Kulwant Khejroliya 8-0-38-3
23.6
Saini to Shami, no run

bouncer at off stump, swivels to try and hook. Beaten

23.5
1
Saini to Dinda, 1 run

yorker at middle stump, squeezed out to midwicket. They take on Manan Sharma there and he can't hit the stumps at the non-strikers. Dinda would have been out by three yards

23.4
Saini to Dinda, no run

bouncer at leg stump, ducks under it awkwardly and lets it pass

Bengal's lowest total in Ranji cricket since 2005 is 76. They're three behind the second-worst, 86.

23.3
1
Saini to Shami, 1 run

full inswinger at middle stump, shuffles and flicks to deep midwicket

23.2
2
Saini to Shami, 2 runs

good length just outside off, pushes on the up to mid-off's left

23.1
Saini to Shami, no run

back of a length at middle stump, shuffles and pushes to square leg

end of over 237 runs • 1 wicket
BENG: 80/9CRR: 3.47 
Ashok Dinda0 (3b)
Mohammed Shami6 (8b 1x4)
Kulwant Khejroliya 8-0-38-3
Navdeep Saini 11-3-31-4
22.6
Khejroliya to Dinda, no run

short ball outside off, looks to pull, misses

He switches to around the wicket. Pant points to the head, indicating where he wants the ball.

22.5
Khejroliya to Dinda, no run

oh what a shot. Short ball at middle stump. He doesn't swing the bat for the pull. Instead, he hangs the bat up and rotates his body to get pace on that. Innovative stuff

22.5
5w
Khejroliya to Dinda, 5 wide

short ball angled across off stump, flies towards first slip who backs away, and past Pant's right hand

22.4
Khejroliya to Dinda, no run

inswinging yorker at leg stump, squeezed to midwicket

Four slips and a gully now. He's staying over the wicket.

Match State: Drinks

22.3
W
Khejroliya to Goswami, OUT

taken at short leg. Short one jumps into his mid-riff. He looks to tickle it fine, with one hand coming off. Inside edge onto thigh guard, lobs up for that fielder who is a little deep. Nitish Rana. He dives forward and takes it

Shreevats Goswami c Rana b Khejroliya 17 (20b 1x4 0x6 47m) SR: 85
22.2
1
Khejroliya to Shami, 1 run

back of a length outside off, swivels and taps into the midwicket region

22.1
1
Khejroliya to Goswami, 1 run

back of a length at off stump, tapped into the covers off the under-edge

end of over 223 runs
BENG: 73/8CRR: 3.31 
Shreevats Goswami16 (18b 1x4)
Mohammed Shami5 (7b 1x4)
Navdeep Saini 11-3-31-4
Kulwant Khejroliya 7-0-31-2
21.6
1
Saini to Goswami, 1 run

full and swinging away from off stump. Tapped tentative into the covers...where a misfield from Vikas Tokas allows them the single

21.5
Saini to Goswami, no run

back of a length, swinging away outside off, left alone

21.4
1
Saini to Shami, 1 run

inswinger at off stump, offers the full face and taps it wide of mid-off

Match details
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
TossBengal, elected to bat first
Series
Season2017/18
Player Of The Match
Series resultDelhi advanced
Hours of play (local time)09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30
Match days17,18,19 December 2017 - day (5-day match)
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Ranji Trophy

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UP603250.508
ASSAM60422-0.977
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JHK61418-0.049
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BRODA6114160.508
TN601511-0.112
ODSA60246-0.648
TPURA60244-0.426
Group D
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HP6114140.300
CGR613213-0.514
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GOA60246-0.700