Uttarakhand bundled Himachal for 49 runs by Dhapola’s eight wickets
Pacer Deepak Dhapola took eight wickets as Uttarakhand bundled out Himachal Pradesh for 49 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match. The 32-year-old Dhapola took eight wickets for 35 runs in 8.3 overs. Himachal’s innings was reduced to 17 overs only. At the end of the first day’s play, Uttarakhand had scored 295 runs for six wickets and now has a lead of 246 runs. Aditya Tare is playing on 91 and Abhay Negi is scoring 48 runs. Bageshwar-born Dhapola’s bowling was the highlight of the first day’s play.
This is only the 15th match of this bowler, who made his debut in first-class cricket four years ago. Earlier, his best performance was seven wickets for 50 runs. Complimenting his performance, BCCI secretary Jay Shah tweeted, “Ranji Trophy has helped in giving a platform to our domestic cricketers time and again. This time it is the turn of Deepak Dhapola. Dhapola’s performance of eight wickets against Himachal was one of the best bowling performances of the tournament.
ranji trophy 2018 In front of this bowler who took 44 wickets in seven matches in 19, the only Himachal batsman Ankit Kalsi (26) could reach double digits. The beginning of the innings of Uttarakhand was excellent. Priyansh Khanduri scored 36 and Captain Jeevanjot Singh scored 45 runs. In other matches, Nagaland scored 166 for nine against Bengal at Sovima. Pradipta Pramanik took five wickets for 43 runs for Bengal. Haryana scored 306 for five against Odisha in Cuttack. And in Vadodara, Uttar Pradesh scored 225 for seven against Baroda.
