da bet7： Spirited batting by the lower-order batsmen saw Railways rack up animpressive 497 on the second day of their match against the powerfulDelhi side at the Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi
da dobrowin： Staff Reporter25-Jan-2002Spirited batting by the lower-order batsmen saw Railways rack up animpressive 497 on the second day of their match against the powerfulDelhi side at the Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi. The home team openersthough provided their team with the ideal platform, putting up 61unbeaten runs before stumps were drawn.A patient 52 from Sudhir Wankhede and knocks of 42 and 45 not out fromMurali Kartik and Zakir Hussain repectively, were mainly responsiblefor Railways adding 156 runs before losing their final five wickets.Last man Harvinder Singh also contributed his mite, scoring 26 runs ashe and Hussain frustrated Delhi with a stand of 65 for the tenthwicket.The massive Railways score had made it imperative for the Delhiopeners to provide their team the ideal start and they did notdisappoint. Akash Chopra and Gautam Gambhir were batting on 31 and 28when stumps were drawn.
