Jonty ton keeps Delhi in the hunt

CHENNAI: He may be just three first-class games old but Delhi's Jonty Sidhu (104 batting, 11x4, 3x6) - who hit his maiden first-class hundred - showed the wherewithal and gumption to thwart the Tamil Nadu attack and help them finish Day 3 of their Ranji clash at MA Chidambaram Stadium on 268-6 on Wednesday.
In the company of No. 8 Lalit Yadav (65 batting, 10x4, 1x6), Jonty had an unbeaten 126-run stand for the seventh wicket to keep Delhi in the hunt for a first innings lead.Delhi started the day on 35 for 2 in reply to Tamil Nadu's first innings score of 432 and found the going tough in the first session. Dhruv Shorey (8, 2x4) and skipper Nitish Rana (6, 1x4) departed within the first hour of play as Delhi were in trouble at 49 for 4.
Jonty and Himmat Singh's (39, 3x4) fifth-wicket partnership yielded 78 runs.
More importantly, Jonty's 235-ball knock ensured Delhi stayed in the match.
Uttarakhand make it to QFs
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand beat Mizoram by an innings and 56 runs to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Ranji Trophy tournament here on Wednesday. The team, participating in the tournament for the first time, were placed in the Plate group along with Bihar, Puducherry and six north-eastern states. They finished the group with 44 points, four ahead of second placed Bihar.
In the eight matches they played, Uttarakand won six of them while one match ended in draw and another had no result. Uttarakhand will play either Saurashtra or Vidarbha in the quarterfinals.