Gautam Gambhir

Mumbai: Opener Gautam Gambhir enhanced his chances of a recall to the Indian Test squad with an unbeaten hundred as Delhi drew their four-day Ranji Trophy Super League tie against Mumbai here Monday.

The left-handed Gambhir, in fine form this season in Twenty20 Internationals, slammed 137 not out in Delhi’s score of 252 for three in 96 overs while chasing a target of 387 set by the home team.

Gambhir and his opening partner Aakash Chopra, who made 81, pursued victory when they resumed at the overnight score of 59 for no loss.

They compiled 188 at just under three an over to set the chase up but a triple strike by Mumbai in the space of 11 balls put the skids.

Mumbai pacer Avishkar Salvi dismissed Chopra and Delhi captain Virender Sehwag (0), both lbws, off successive balls and then Abhishek Nair sent back Virat Kohli (0) in the next over to undermine Delhi’s aspirations. At close, Gambhir and Mithun Manhas (16) were unbeaten.

Delhi picked up three points from the tie by virtue of their first innings lead.

SUMMARISED SCORES

In Chennai: Tamil Nadu 421 & 237/9 dec. (R. Srinivasan 50, S. Badrinath 46; N.C. Ayappa 4/45) Karnataka 221 & 170/3 (C. Raghu 66 ..). Match drawn. TN 3 pts. Kartnataka 1 pt.

In Cuttack: Andhra 179 & 287/9 dec. Orissa 140 & 224 (Niranjan Behera 66, Debasis Mohanty 46; D. Kalyankrishna 3/22, G. Shankara Rao 3/54). Andhra won by 102 runs. Andhra 5 pts. Orissa 0 pt.

In Guwahati: Assam 198 & 152. Kerala 85 & 233 (P. Prasanth 83; Bichitra Baruah 4/13). Assam won by 32 runs. Assam 5 pts. Kerala 0 pt.

In Hyderabad: Hyderabad 261 & 272/4 (Arjun Yadav 101 .., Amol Shinde 66). Baroda 476/9 dec. Match drawn. Baroda 3 pts. Hyderabad 1 pt.

In Jaipur: Saurashtra 307 & 253/3 dec. Rajasthan 172 & 188 (Rakesh Dhruv 4/68, Cheteshwar Pujara 2/4). Saurashtra won by an innings and 200 runs. Saurashtra 6 pts. Rajasthan 0 pt.

In Jammu: Jharkhand 105 & 403. Jammu and Kashmir 133 & 125 (Shankar Rao 4/32, Santosh Lal 4/48). Jharkhand won by 250 runs. Jharkhand 5 pts. J&K 0 pt.

In Mohali: Punjab 381 & 351/9 (Ravneet Ricky 111, Charanjeet Singh 64, Piyush Chawla 4/75). Uttar Pradesh 375 & 230/5 (Mohammed Kaif 71, Tanmay Srivastava 66). Match drawn. Punjab 3 pts. UP 1 pt.

In Mumbai: Mumbai 166 & 471/9 dec. Delhi 251 & 252/3 (Gautam Gambhir 137 .., Aakash Chopra 81, Virender Sehwag 0). Match drawn. Delhi 3 pts. Mumbai 1 pt.