Dhawan hits double ton in Delhi's 591 all out against Baroda

Vadodara: Shikhar Dhawan (224) cracked his maiden first-class double-century as Delhi piled on a huge 591 all out against a weakened Baroda attack on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match here today.

Already missing captain Irfan Pathan, Baroda had to play without the services of Salim Veragi, their opening bowler who was called twice for a suspect action.

To add to the woes of Baroda, all the Delhi top-order batsmen except captain Aakash Chopra (21) scored half centuries. Gaurav Chabbra (65), Rajat Bhatia (78), Mayank Tehlan (55) and Yogesh Nagar (55) made merry of the ineffective Baroda bowling to take the score to 591 all out from 168.4 overs.

Delhi scored runs at a brisk pace, adding another 294 runs from 78.4 overs today to their overnight 297 for two.

Resuming on his overnight 122, Dhawan shared two fruitful partnerships with Mayank Tehlan (119 for fourth wicket) and Yogesh Nagar (73 for fifth wicket) after the other overnight batsman Bhatia fell early in just the second over of the morning. Bhatia added just eight runs to his overnight 70.

Dhawan finally fell with the Delhi total at 500. His 224 included 23 fours and two sixes. Delhi lost the next five wickets for 91 runs.

For Baroda, Yusuf Pathan and Rakesh Solanki took three wickets apiece conceding 148 and 73 runs respectively.

In reply, Baroda openers Connor Williams (9) and Satyajit Parab (10) saw out the nine overs before stumps at 21 without loss.

Brief Scores: Delhi 1st innings: 591 all out in 168.4 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 224, Gaurav Chabbra 65, Rajat Bhatia 78, Mayank Tehlan 55, Yogesh Nagar 55; Yusuf Pathan 3/148, Rakesh Solanki 3/73).

Baroda 1st innings: 21 for 0 in nine overs (Connor Williams batting 9, Satyajit Parab batting 10).

Bureau Report