da betsson： Opener Shikar Dhawan (199) made sure of Delhi’s entrance to the final ofthe Vijay Merchant Trophy (Under-16) tournament after ensuring a 294-runfirst innings lead over Hyderabad on the third and final day of theirsemi-final match at the Calcutta
Staff Reporter11-Jan-2001Opener Shikar Dhawan (199) made sure of Delhi’s entrance to the final ofthe Vijay Merchant Trophy (Under-16) tournament after ensuring a 294-runfirst innings lead over Hyderabad on the third and final day of theirsemi-final match at the Calcutta Cricket and Football Ground on Thursday.Resuming at 277 for 5, Sumit Kapoor (19) was just a bystander to Dhawan inthe partnership that was worth 68 runs for the sixth wicket. He was thefirst to be dismissed on the final day, trapped leg before by Amol Shinde.Dhawan however carried on with the scoring before being dismissed one shortof his double hundred, caught by Amol Shinde off Nalin Reddy. During his 10hour and six minute stay in the middle, Dhawan faced 484 balls and punishedthe bowlers for 35 boundaries.Thereafter, the ninth wicket pair of Abhishek Sharma (30) and HimanshuKhullar (34) frustrated the attack to take the Delhi total past the 400-runmark. The Delhi innings finally folded up at 433. Hyderabad in their secondinnings finished at 106 for 1 in 30.1 overs when stumps were finally drawn.Openers Prasanth Peter (52) and Imran Khan (40) put on 85 runs in 24.5overs before Imran was caught by Abhishek Naag off A Sharma. AmbatiTirupati Rayudu (12) and Peter were unbeaten at the end.