BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Abhinav Mukund	c Chopra b Nanda	51	120	169	5	1	42.50
Murali Vijay	lbw b Bhatia	77	150	227	8	2	51.33
S Badrinath (c)	lbw b Nanda	9	14	15	2	0	64.28
Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas	b Nanda	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Rajhamany Srinivasan	c †Bisht b Bhatia	23	52	68	3	0	44.23
Suresh Kumar	c †Bisht b Sangwan	20	62	96	3	0	32.25
H Gopinath †	c Nanda b Narender Singh	13	42	42	2	0	30.95
R Ramkumar	c †Bisht b Sangwan	32	47	82	5	0	68.08
Yo Mahesh	c †Bisht b Awana	8	43	45	1	0	18.60
Chinnaswamy Suresh	lbw b Bhatia	14	29	49	1	1	48.27
Palani Amarnath	not out	7	21	34	1	0	33.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 5)	14
TOTAL	96.2 Ov (RR: 2.78, 417 Mins)	268
Fall of wickets: 1-127 (Abhinav Mukund, 38.6 ov), 2-143 (S Badrinath, 42.3 ov), 3-143 (Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas, 42.6 ov), 4-157 (Murali Vijay, 51.3 ov), 5-173 (Rajhamany Srinivasan, 59.1 ov), 6-201 (H Gopinath, 70.5 ov), 7-219 (Suresh Kumar, 75.2 ov), 8-238 (Yo Mahesh, 86.6 ov), 9-250 (R Ramkumar, 89.3 ov), 10-268 (Chinnaswamy Suresh, 96.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Pradeep Sangwan	22	8	48	2	2.18	112	7	1	0	3
75.2 to SS Kumar, . 219/7 89.3 to R Ramkumar, . 250/9
Parvinder Awana	16	2	58	1	3.62	70	7	0	0	0
86.6 to VY Mahesh, . 238/8
Narender Singh	21	4	72	1	3.42	89	9	1	0	0
70.5 to H Gopinath, . 201/6
Rajat Bhatia	14.2	5	16	3	1.11	75	1	0	0	2
51.3 to M Vijay, . 157/4 59.1 to R Srinivasan, . 173/5 96.2 to C Suresh, . 268/10
Chetanya Nanda	22	5	65	3	2.95	103	7	2	0	0
38.6 to A Mukund, . 127/1 42.3 to S Badrinath, . 143/2 42.6 to K Vasudevadas, . 143/3
Mithun Manhas	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0	0

Delhi 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aakash Chopra	c Vasudevadas b Suresh	55	112	153	10	0	49.10
Gautam Gambhir (c)	c Mukund b Suresh	84	108	162	16	0	77.77
Shikhar Dhawan	c Badrinath b Suresh	59	112	149	8	0	52.67
Mithun Manhas	c †Gopinath b Ramkumar	12	24	36	1	0	50.00
Virat Kohli	c Mukund b Ramkumar	19	71	65	3	0	26.76
Rajat Bhatia	c Vijay b Suresh	10	17	18	2	0	58.82
Punit Bisht †	c Srinivasan b Mahesh	14	29	43	2	0	48.27
Pradeep Sangwan	c Suresh b Kumar	31	61	80	4	0	50.81
Narender Singh	c Mukund b Kumar	34	70	88	5	0	48.57
Chetanya Nanda	c Srinivasan b Kumar	2	24	28	0	0	8.33
Parvinder Awana	not out	0	0	3	0	0	-
Extras	(b 6, lb 7, nb 4, w 1)	18
TOTAL	104 Ov (RR: 3.25, 417 Mins)	338
Fall of wickets: 1-141 (Aakash Chopra, 35.2 ov), 2-146 (Gautam Gambhir, 37.1 ov), 3-169 (Mithun Manhas, 45.2 ov), 4-224 (Virat Kohli, 65.3 ov), 5-237 (Rajat Bhatia, 70.1 ov), 6-252 (Shikhar Dhawan, 74.6 ov), 7-267 (Punit Bisht, 82.2 ov), 8-322 (Pradeep Sangwan, 95.1 ov), 9-336 (Chetanya Nanda, 103.1 ov), 10-338 (Narender Singh, 103.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Yo Mahesh	18	4	72	1	4.00	81	13	0	1	3
82.2 to P Bisht, . 267/7
Palani Amarnath	15	2	46	0	3.06	67	6	0	0	0
R Ramkumar	30	3	94	2	3.13	133	14	0	0	0
45.2 to M Manhas, . 169/3 65.3 to V Kohli, . 224/4
Suresh Kumar	10	1	30	3	3.00	47	4	0	0	1
95.1 to PJ Sangwan, . 322/8 103.1 to C Nanda, . 336/9 103.6 to Narender Singh, . 338/10
Chinnaswamy Suresh	31	6	83	4	2.67	147	14	0	0	0
35.2 to A Chopra, . 141/1 37.1 to G Gambhir, . 146/2 70.1 to R Bhatia, . 237/5 74.6 to S Dhawan, . 252/6

Tamil Nadu 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Abhinav Mukund	c †Bisht b Sangwan	21	61	107	4	0	34.42
Murali Vijay	b Bhatia	6	14	27	1	0	42.85
S Badrinath (c)	c †Bisht b Awana	11	29	40	2	0	37.93
Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas	c †Bisht b Nanda	4	11	21	1	0	36.36
Rajhamany Srinivasan	c †Bisht b Sangwan	11	26	34	2	0	42.30
Suresh Kumar	lbw b Nanda	1	6	10	0	0	16.66
H Gopinath †	b Nanda	37	88	104	6	0	42.04
R Ramkumar	c Dhawan b Nanda	57	46	77	8	0	123.91
Yo Mahesh	b Awana	6	27	43	1	0	22.22
Chinnaswamy Suresh	b Nanda	0	22	26	0	0	0.00
Palani Amarnath	not out	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 9, nb 7)	20
TOTAL	55.1 Ov (RR: 3.15, 252 Mins)	174
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Murali Vijay, 5.1 ov), 2-39 (S Badrinath, 13.3 ov), 3-45 (Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas, 17.2 ov), 4-56 (Abhinav Mukund, 20.6 ov), 5-61 (Suresh Kumar, 23.1 ov), 6-61 (Rajhamany Srinivasan, 24.6 ov), 7-143 (R Ramkumar, 43.3 ov), 8-156 (H Gopinath, 49.1 ov), 9-174 (Yo Mahesh, 54.2 ov), 10-174 (Chinnaswamy Suresh, 55.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Pradeep Sangwan	8	3	18	2	2.25	41	3	0	0	1
20.6 to A Mukund, . 56/4 24.6 to R Srinivasan, . 61/6
Parvinder Awana	11	2	35	2	3.18	52	7	0	0	0
13.3 to S Badrinath, . 39/2 54.2 to VY Mahesh, . 174/9
Rajat Bhatia	11	4	18	1	1.63	57	2	0	0	1
5.1 to M Vijay, . 19/1
Chetanya Nanda	15.1	4	47	5	3.09	72	8	0	0	1
17.2 to K Vasudevadas, . 45/3 23.1 to SS Kumar, . 61/5 43.3 to R Ramkumar, . 143/7 49.1 to H Gopinath, . 156/8 55.1 to C Suresh, . 174/10
Narender Singh	10	1	43	0	4.30	40	6	0	0	0

Delhi 2nd Innings (T: 105 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aakash Chopra	c Srinivasan b Kumar	16	49	73	1	0	32.65
Gautam Gambhir (c)	c Mahesh b Suresh	40	55	88	7	0	72.72
Shikhar Dhawan	not out	14	33	42	2	0	42.42
Mithun Manhas	not out	32	21	27	4	1	152.38
Extras	(nb 3)	3
TOTAL	25.5 Ov (RR: 4.06, 116 Mins)	105/2
Did not bat: Virat Kohli, Rajat Bhatia, Punit Bisht †, Chetanya Nanda, Narender Singh, Pradeep Sangwan, Parvinder Awana
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Aakash Chopra, 15.3 ov), 2-64 (Gautam Gambhir, 18.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Yo Mahesh	7	1	23	0	3.28	31	3	0	0	3
Palani Amarnath	6	2	14	0	2.33	28	1	0	0	0
Suresh Kumar	6.5	0	38	1	5.56	26	5	1	0	0
15.3 to A Chopra, . 42/1
Chinnaswamy Suresh	6	1	30	1	5.00	23	5	0	0	0
18.5 to G Gambhir, . 64/2

CLOSE OF PLAY

Tue, 25 Dec - day 1 - Tamil Nadu 1st innings 250/9 (Chinnaswamy Suresh 3*, 89.3 ov)

Wed, 26 Dec - day 2 - Delhi 1st innings 265/6 (Punit Bisht 14*, Pradeep Sangwan 2*, 81 ov)

Thu, 27 Dec - day 3 - Delhi 2nd innings 10/0 (Aakash Chopra 2*, Gautam Gambhir 6*, 5 ov)

Fri, 28 Dec - day 4 - Delhi 2nd innings 105/2 (25.5 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

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MATCH DETAILS

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss	Tamil Nadu, elected to bat first
Series	Ranji Trophy Super League
Season	2007/08
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30
Match days	25,26,27,28 December 2007 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Amiesh Saheba Vishwas Nerurkar
Match Referee	Rajesh Yadav
Points	Delhi 5, Tamil Nadu 0

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Delhi Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
VY Mahesh	7	1	23	0	3.28 (3 nb)
P Amarnath	6	2	14	0	2.33
SS Kumar	6.5	0	38	1	5.56
C Suresh	6	1	30	1	5

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Group A

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
DELHI	7	3	0	4	23	1.510
SAU	7	3	0	4	23	0.955
MUM	7	2	0	5	19	1.128
KNTKA	7	2	1	4	16	1.345
MAHA	7	2	3	2	15	0.902
TN	7	1	2	4	13	1.214
RAJ	7	1	4	2	9	0.705
HP	7	0	4	3	5	0.634

Group B

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
UP	6	3	1	2	19	1.410
BRODA	6	2	0	4	19	1.261
AP	6	2	1	3	17	1.237
ODSA	6	2	3	1	13	0.873
PNJB	6	1	1	4	13	0.810
HYD	6	1	2	3	10	0.778
BENG	6	1	4	1	8	0.793