Ranji Trophy 2023-24, By nine wickets, Pondicherry thrashes Delhi

[{"selector":"#anim-98081fd8-2010-403e-9044-d9600004dbfa [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-32.6562498947588%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] After Delhi resumed its second innings at 126 for eight, Pondicherry pacers Gourav Yadav and Abin Mathew needed only 6.4 overs to keep the home team to 145.

[{"selector":"#anim-cab4c48b-3014-4857-8447-35d471fe3871 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-2.567471271969181%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] As anticipated, Pondicherry made short work of Delhi on Monday morning and raced away to a nine-wicket victory in its campaign opener in the Ranji Trophy league at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground.

[{"selector":"#anim-858dc3a4-580a-4d83-b261-8a9e80cb1298 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] After Delhi resumed its second innings at 126 for eight, Pondicherry pacers Gourav Yadav and Abin Mathew needed only 6.4 overs to keep the home team to 145.

[{"selector":"#anim-79615216-1823-4f70-a327-7bd9d23a6604 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.179687404002955%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] Mathew added a wicket to finish with a five-wicket haul. That left Delhi only 49 runs ahead and Pondicherry began its run-chase hoping to win with a bonus point.

[{"selector":"#anim-a3583361-06c3-4f36-b3ed-75180d017c91 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-29.515624875701608%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] Pondicherry openers Akash Kargave and Jay Pande looked on target by scoring 44 runs in 12 overs.

[{"selector":"#anim-b80c30a4-f5e9-4c95-81be-048b1d986d86 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-3.0844153552445768%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] However, at the start of the next over, Kargave misread a delivery from Himanshu Chauhan and was bowled.

[{"selector":"#anim-d33ece70-37f5-426e-a8cd-3f59e7258954 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] This dismissal denied Pondicherry a bonus point. In the 14th over, M. Viknesh hit a boundary off Hrithik Shokeen to take Pondicherry to victory, worth six points.

[{"selector":"#anim-52d41bf4-2cd7-4dcd-bcdd-db55437cd85b [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.179687404002955%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] For more such interesting stuff Swipe up Learn more