Delhi vs Railways: This batsman dominated Ranji Trophy cricket tournament after 13 years

Delhi vs Railways: This batsman dominated the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament after 13 years. Sometimes RCB and sometimes Kohli slogans were seen all around the field. But amidst the Kohli-Kohli slogans, the Railway batsman dominated. This player gave a tough time to the Delhi team by putting life into the one-sided match. Karn Sharma also supported from the other end, which kept the Railways team on track.

Star batsman Virat Kohli came to play the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament after 13 years. Sometimes RCB and sometimes Kohli slogans were seen all around the field. But amidst the Kohli-Kohli slogans, the Railway batsman dominated.

Railways crumbled like a pack of cards

Railways team crumbled like a pack of cards in front of Delhi. The team lost its first 4 batsmen cheaply. Upendra Yadav, who came to bat at number 5, played a brilliant innings. He scored 95 runs and did not let Delhi take much advantage of losing wickets early on Thursday. The Railways team scored 241 runs in their first innings after being invited to bat first.

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Karn Sharma also hit a half-century

Delhi had scored 41 runs for one wicket in their first innings by the time the first day's play ended. The fast-bowling trio of Navdeep Saini, Siddhant Sharma and Mani Grewal took advantage of the morning conditions and reduced the Railways' score to 66 runs for five wickets in the first session. After this, Upendra and experienced spinner Karn Sharma (50) took the Railways to a respectable score by sharing 104 runs for the sixth wicket.

Fans' rush in the stadium

More than 12000 spectators had reached the stadium due to Kohli's presence. Delhi won the toss and decided to bowl first and hence Kohli did not get a chance to bat on the first day. However, Upendra gave a wonderful display of his talent in front of the audience. When Upendra was moving towards completing his third century in the season, he played a shot in the air on the ball of left-arm spinner Sumit Mathur and got caught at long off. He hit 10 fours and a six in his innings.