Hello and Welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage and blog of the 215-16 Vijay Hazare Trophy, Group C match between Andhra and Delhi at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi. Andhra, who have played five games so far, possess eight points along with a couple of wins and three losses, while Delhi, on the other hand, too have played five games, but possess 16 points, along with four wins and a loss. Both the teams would aim for a win here, with Delhi, winning their previous game against Maharashtra by five wickets, while Andhra lost to Vidarbha, in their previous game, by 1 wickets.
Talented right-hander Milind Kumar successfully anchored a modest run-chase with an unbeaten 58 as Delhi beat Maharashtra by five wickets in a group C encounter to inch closer towards the quarter-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, here today. Delhi have 16 points from five matches with four victories to their credit and are currently third in the group behind Vidarbha (+1.426) and Baroda (+1.114), who are also on 16 points but enjoy a better Net Run Rate (NNR) than the hosts (+0.727), reports PTI.
Squads:
Andhra: Mohammad Kaif (c), Prasanth Kumar (vc), Murumulla Sriram, Ashwin Hebbar, Bandaru Ayyappa, Srikar Bharat (wk), Ricky Bhui, Kakani Harish, AG Pradeep, Jyothi Sai Krishna, KV Sasikanth, Hanumappa Shivraj, Duvvarapu Siva Kumar, Cheepurapalli Stephen, Bodavarapu Sudhakar, Bodapati Sumanth, Paidikalva Vijaykumar.
Delhi: Gautam Gambhir (c), Suboth Bhati, Unmukt Chand, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Manan Sharma, Milind Kumar, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Nitish Rana, Navdeep Saini, Pradeep Sangwan, Ishant Sharma, Shivam Sharma, Rahul Yadav.