Indian Domestic cricket 08-09 : Md Nissar Trophy

[Desi Cartman]

Veeru will score a 100 in the second innings and will win it for India :isalute:

[PaiN_KiLLeR]

Gas pipeline workers have a lead of 115 with 3 wicks in hand. Ishant sharma has been most disappointing.

[PaiN_KiLLeR]

A hindi news channel ticker said Sehwag has injured his wrist while fielding for Delhi ... any updates on this?

[MundaPakistani]

excellent fightback by Delhi 133-1

[Chandan]

A hindi news channel ticker said Sehwag has injured his wrist while fielding for Delhi ... any updates on this?

Even I saw it on News24 channel. But none of the other channels had this news. In fact I watched half an hour's sports news on NDTV Hindi channel but they were more interested in having a discussion over hockey and only the update of Nissar Trophy score was given there. It doesn't have to be a serious thing since Sehwag out came to bat at his usual position. But the lack of runs are a concern. Delhi is 166/1 at the moment with both Chopra and Kohli having completed their half tons.

[Sachinism]

201/1

[Dirty_South]

235-1 V Kohli - 89* A Chopra - 88*

[Guest Hiten.]

Kohli, you lil beauty :two_thumbs_up:

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Mohammad Nissar Trophy: Chopra and Kohli seize initiative Delhi wrested the initiative halfway into their Nissar Trophy game against Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, as an unbroken 194-run stand for the second wicket between Aakash Chopra and Virat Kohli provided the hosts a platform from which they could establish control over the game. More... Delhi v SNGPL, Mohammad Nissar Trophy, 2nd day Chopra and Kohli seize advantage The Bulletin by Nagraj Gollapudi September 16, 2008 Delhi 134 and 242 for 1 (Chopra 93*, Kohli 91*) lead Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited 266 (Shehzad 66, Umar 58, Nanda 3-24) by 110 runs Scorecard Virat Kohli scored his second fifty of the game as Delhi gained control on the second day at the Feroz Shah Kotla © Cricinfo Ltd Delhi wrested the initiative halfway into their Nissar Trophy game against Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, as an unbroken 194-run stand for the second wicket between Aakash Chopra and Virat Kohli provided the hosts a platform from which they could establish control over the game. Delhi, who bowled out SNGPL for 266, began their second innings trailing by 132. With the pitch offering lesser assistance to bowlers as the day progressed, Chopra and Kolhi took advantage after captain Virender Sehwag provided the early impetus. The overcast conditions and rain had aided the fast bowlers on the first day, in which 16 wickets fell, but Tuesday was hard on the bowlers, who had to toil in hot conditions. Sehwag started with two back-to-back fours off the first two balls he faced from Imran Ali, who had dismissed him for a duck in the first innings. He was at ease against the bowling and played shots at will, clobbering 15 off an over from Imran - the most expensive of the day. He clubbed an inside-out shot over cover for a boundary, followed by a pull over midwicket for another four. Then came the big hit: Imran bowled a slower one, but Sehwag read it well and positioned himself to loft it over long-on. Imran, though, had his revenge, as Sehwag fell to the trap set by the SNGPL strike bowler. Imran banged one short, Sehwag went for a wild hook and was caught by Asad Ali at fine leg. Chopra, who was focused on seeing the shine off the ball, gradually started opening up in combination with Kohli, who batted in his usual aggressive style. Facing Imran Khalid, the left-arm spinner, Chopra made use of the slow pitch to wait for the ball and hit three consecutive fours through the off side to move within touching distance of his half-century. SNGPL's bowlers had made optimum use of the favourable weather on the first day, but the dryness in the pitch thwarted their efforts to extract some bounce on the second. Kohli brought up his second fifty of the game with a fluent boundary past extra cover, his tenth, off Asad Ali. Adopting a bold approach, Kohli forced the issue rather than wait for the bowlers to get tired. Chopra reached his half-century off the first ball post tea with a clip to midwicket off Khalid. With hardly any movement for the bowlers, the pair went along building a platform for a big target. Both batsmen were quick on their feet and didn't hesitate to pull if the ball was short; when the slow bowlers pitched it up, both batsmen used their feet well. Khalid tried bowing into the pads, but Chopra gave himself room and hit it for a boundary through the covers. Kohli was severe on anything short against both spin and pace. The batsmen continued to dictate terms in the final session, forcing the bowlers to resort to a negative approach. Bowling from over the wicket, Khalid started pitching it way down the leg side to both the right-handers trying to force them to commit an error, but the batsmen were too smart to fall for the bait. Mohammad Hafeez, the SNGPL captain, kept shuffling the bowlers and the field as the duo frustrated the visitors. Both the batsmen became a little circumspect once they reached the 90s. The bowlers will hope for some helpful conditions in the morning to bounce back in the game while both Chopra and Kohli will sleep with expectations of a hundred. The Delhi duo had taken away the advantage from SNGPL, who had earlier gained a significant 132-run first-innings lead as Khurram Shehzad and Imran frustrated the hosts with some stubborn batting. Shehzad, overnight on 4, was the driving force behind as the visitors took what seemed to be a significant lead. But he and Ali made use of some ineffective bowling and cashed in on easy runs. Shehzad made a half-century as the Delhi bowlers struggled to bowl out the lower order. Just one wicket, that of Khalid, fell before lunch but Delhi returned to wrap up the remaining three wickets within seven overs after the break.

[Ram]

Excellent comeback by Delhi. They're definitely favorites now, going into the 3rd and 4th day. Am just curious, what happens if match ends in a draw? Does the Sue...Sei...whatever that team's name is, get the title just because they had a first innings lead? That'll be really unfair, IMO.

[Chandan]

Ton for Chopra. Kohli is on 97 and Delhi's score is 257/1. The lead had extended to 125 runs. How I wish that cricinfo update the scores a bit quickly. The pitch had eased out considerably yesterday according to reports and hard sun today would have ensured that there would be no swing as it was happening in Hyderabad half an hour back. But Delhi bowlers will have to face such a tough condition as well. And Delhi HAS to take 10 wickets if they don't want to lose Md Nissar trophy. I don't know how will they achieve it.

[Desi Cartman]

spinner will win this game for delhi, batting 4th is always tricky especially since they will try to block everything.

[Cricketics]

100 up for KOHLI Dilli 286-1 lead by 154

[ludhianvi]

good going Dilli. And well done to Chopra and Kohli too. It would be interesting what target they set for SUI Gas. The bowlers will have bowl really well. Is the pitch going to break up?

[Desi Cartman]

ideally delhi should bat another 50 overs and score around 4 an over .. that will give them 20 odd over to bowl at Gas (:cantstop:) today and the target would be over 375

[kablooee87]

Barring a collapse on par with Delhi's first innings this game is in the bag for Delhi already.

[Desi Cartman]

^ if delhi bowlers can take 10 wickets in 100 overs

[PaiN_KiLLeR]

400/1 now Their team has been gassed.

[zubinpepsi]

excellent batting by akash and virat... :D Lead is arond 280 runs now.. a lead of 350 shud b good enough to win this test..

[Dirty_South]

431/1 :two_thumbs_up: