Unmukt Chand's ton helps Delhi clinch Vijay Hazare Trophy

[game_changerr]

VISAKHAPATNAM: India's under-19 World Cup winning captain Unmukt Chand cracked a brilliant 116 to help Delhi clinch the Vijay Hazare Trophy after convincingly defeating Assam by 75 runs in the summit clash on Sunday. The 19-year-old blasted eight boundaries and three sixes in his 133-ball innings and was engaged in a 97-run opening partnership with Puneet Bisht (52) as Delhi posted a mammoth 290 for nine after being put into bat. Chasing the challenging target, Dheeraj Jadhav top-scored with 87 off 114 balls and his knock was studded with five fours and one six, but Assam could not get the momentum going and folded for 215 in 44.2 overs. Delhi skipper Rajat Bhatia emerged as the top wicket-taker, snapping three in his seven overs, while Parvinder Awana and Varun Sood scalped two each. Sumit Narwal accounted for one wicket. For Assam, Pritam Das of Silchar and Arup Das took three and two wickets each while J Syed Mohammad, G Sharma and Tarjinder Singh contributed by taking one each at the VDCA cricket stadium. Earlier, Chand showed why he is considered as one of the most promising upcoming batsmen as he anchored the Delhi innings and set the foundation for a huge score. He was dismissed in the 45th over by Arup but by then, Delhi were already close to the 250-mark. Gautam Gambhir, who was dropped for the ongoing Test series against Australia, failed, scoring just five. However, Jagrit Anand scored a 50-ball 48, consisting of four boundaries and a six. The next best score was by Milind Kumar, who stroked a 22-ball 31 -- his knock was laced with two fours and a six. It would have taken a mammoth effort for Assam to reach the total but their chase failed to take off as they were reduced to 64 for three in 14.1 overs. Assam batsmen got starts but with the asking rate going up all the time, they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. @toi

[G_B_]

let him open for india especially in these meaningless odi series v sl.

[game_changerr]

striking form at right time,,,,,when sehwag is struggling big time

[namasteji1]

Once again a hundred in final. This guy seems just right for the finals.

[Number]

epic :fail: this season in Ranji, no consistency in the Vijay Hazare trophy. I'd rather have him when he is really ready.

[game_changerr]

epic :fail: this season in Ranji, no consistency in the Vijay Hazare trophy. I'd rather have him when he is really ready.

till then???carryin on sehwag and gautam??

[Number]

till then???carryin on sehwag and gautam??

Dhawan already on the bench. Rahane on the bench. Couple of other openers who had good seasons rather have them.

[saneindian]

Timely knock, needs to maintain this consistency and do well in the Deodhar Trophy for North Zone now.

[Lord]

should be in the ODI side ASAP. get GG,Rohit,Rahane out of there

[Sidhoni]

He is good enough to be part of the ODI squad definitely.

[express bowling]

Unmukt Chand looks like a big match player but inconsistent as of now.

[Vivek.S.123]

Too early to be in the team right now. Let him play domestic for another 2-3 years and see how he does

[rkt.india]

cant be picked just based on this. Needs to work hard on his game. he is not at all ready. He is a prospect but still not a finished article.

[game_changerr]

Too early to be in the team right now. Let him play domestic for another 2-3 years and see how he does

2-3 years????tats harsh man.....grinding for 3 years in domestic wont help him....

[Lord]

cant be picked just based on this. Needs to work hard on his game. he is not at all ready. He is a prospect but still not a finished article.

not in Tests,but hes good enough for ODIs surely.He should be in considering how our openes have struggled

[Vivek.S.123]

not in Tests' date='but hes good enough for ODIs surely.He should be in considering how our openes have struggled[/quote'] Its too early for him right now. Dhawan and Rahane should be our openers

[Lord]

Its too early for him right now. Dhawan and Rahane should be our openers

Rahane is not an ODI player

[game_changerr]

not in Tests' date='but hes good enough for ODIs surely.He should be in considering how our openes have struggled[/quote'] agree,,,,,he looks comfortable against quality pace bowling even on bouncy wickets,,,,,

[Dumbbells]

Aaaha. Wat a good news this is. Hopefully he would he would be selected to the ODI team.As a fan I tweeted him few days back and requested him to concentrate on cricket and get away from all the distractions. Just very happy with this news.

[cowboysfan]

not in Tests' date='but hes good enough for ODIs surely.He should be in considering how our openes have struggled[/quote'] This is going to happen next year because viru wont be there.