Ishant Sharma shines as Kerala slump to defeat against Delhi
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Kerala slumped to defeat from a steady position against Delhi to remain winless in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Hyderabad on Saturday.
Kerala, without Sanju Samson and Sachin Baby, lost by 29 runs. Kerala had lost their opening match in the Hazare event to Baroda by 62 runs, while their second match against Madhya Pradesh was washed out.
Kerala had a batting collapse earlier before opener Rohan S Kunnummal (42) pulled them out of a sticky situation at 3/2. Later, Abdul Bazith (90) and captain Salman Nizar (38) appeared to have lifted Kerala out of trouble and set them on course for a comfortable win in pursuit of a target of 259. The duo had forged a 100-run partnership to take Kerala from 128/6.
But just 30 runs away from win, the Kerala innings had a second collapse as Prince Yadav removed Nizar and Sharafuddeen N M in the 42nd over. Ishant Sharma clean-bowled Bazith and Kerala plunged to defeat. The former India pacer finished with three wickets.
For Delhi, captain Ayush Badoni (56) and Anuj Rawat (58 not out) scored half centuries, while Sumit Mathur added an unbeaten 48.
Brief scores: Delhi 258/5 in 50 overs (Anuj Rawat 58 not out, Ayush Badoni 56, Sumit Mathur 48 not out, Ayush Doesja 35, Sharafuddeen NM 2/32) bt Kerala 229 in 42.2 overs (Abdul Bazith PA 90, Rohan S Kunnummal 42, Salman Nizar 38, Ishant Sharma 3/48, Hritik Shokeen 2/37, Prince Yadav 2/40, Sumit Mathur 2/41)