Sharma bowls out Himachal

Himachal Pradesh suffered defeat by an innings and 70 runs at the hands of Delhi in the Vijay Merchant Under-16 Trophy North Zone League at the University Ground in Solan on Tuesday. Delhi walked home with eight points and Himachal had no points from the match.

Himachal scored 184 off 81.1 overs. Deepak Soni topscored with 51 and Paras Dogra made a valuable 43. Abhishek Sharma bagged five for 60. Delhi replied with 379 for seven declared off 94 overs. Opener Shikhar Diwan scored 88 off 193 balls. He was well supported by Abhinav Bali who made 77 off 155 balls. Rahul Sharma picked up three for 87.

Himachal began their second innings by losing opener Varun Sharma without a run on the board. They lost wickets at regular intervals and were bundled out for 125 in 49.4 overs. Deepak Soni stood through the innings and was unbeaten on 45. Abhishek Sharma picked up four for 44, and returned with match figures of nine for 104.