da apostebet： At the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, hosts Karnataka would havehoped to restrict the touring Delhi side on the first day
13-Mar-2000At the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, hosts Karnataka would havehoped to restrict the touring Delhi side on the first day. Delhi onthe other hand would have been looking to go through the day with somesteady batting after they lost the toss and were put in to bat. As itwere, neither team could fully accomplish their goal.Ashish Chopra at the top of the order showed the way with some solidbatting. Defying the Karnataka spinners and mediumpacers alike, Chopracompiled a good hundred. His knock was not one of flambouyant strokemaking, but rather one of patience and stability. At the other end, helost his opening partner Ashu Dani (19) pretty early on, but wasundeterred. In the company of Gautam Gambhir, Chopra rotated thestrike well and pushed the visitors’ score on to 172 before Gambhirwas run out by Vijay. Gambhir’s entertaining knock of 73 off just 116balls included 9 boundaries.Gambhir’s role as support for Chopra was then ably filled by VirendraSehwag who has been on the fringe of national reckoning in the recentpast. Unlucky to be dismissed just one run short of a fifty, Sehwagwasted no time while he was at the crease. His almost run a ballinnings included 7 fours before he became Vadiaraj’s second scalp. Bythis time, Chopra was motoring confidently on and Delhi were in aposition of reasonable safety.Akash Malhotra (1) was the only Delhi man who did not get going. WhenChopra (101) fell soon after he reached his century, Mithun Minhas (39not out) and wicket keeper captain Vijay Dahiya (10 not out) were atthe crease. Delhi were 308/5. With only 8 points so far, Delhi willbe keen to get a positive result from this game and pip Karnataka (11points) to the post.