Yash Dhull scores century on first-class debut for Delhi in Ranji Trophy against Tamil Nadu

ICC U19 World Cup-winning skipper Yash Dhull can do no wrong with the bat at the moment. On debut in first-class cricket for Delhi, Dhull smashed a century in a Ranji Trophy match against Tamil Nadu in Guwahati on Thursday (February 17).

Dhull, opened the batting with Dhruv Shorey, completed his century off 133 balls with 16 boundaries after lunch on the opening day of the clash. The young opener’s brilliant knock lifted Delhi from 7 for 2 in the third over of the innings to 171 for 3 in 45 overs.

The India U19 skipper, who was picked up by Delhi Capitals for Rs 50 lakhs at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, blazed to a fifty off just 57 balls before lunch with 10 boundaries. Dhull went into the lunch break unbeaten on 84.

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Dhull put on 60 runs for the third wicket with experienced Delhi and Kolkata Knight Riders batter Nitish Rana. He then combined with Jonty Sidhu (44 n.o.) for a century stand for the fourth wicket. The young opener survived a scare when he was dismissed caught on 97 but TN medium-pacer M Mohammed overstepped to give him another life to reach a century.

Earlier, Dhull had led India to a record fifth U19 World Cup triumph after the boys in blue defeated England in the summit clash. The Ranji Trophy would be held in two phases and now it has been confirmed that the pre-IPL 2022 phase would run from February 10 to March 15. The post-IPL-phase would run from May 30 to June 26.

The Ranji Trophy this season would see 64 matches being played across 62 days. There are eight Elite Groups and one Plate Group. There would be four teams in Elite Groups and six teams would make up the Plate Group.

One team from each Elite Group will qualify for the quarterfinal stages. The lowest-ranked of the eight qualified teams will have to play a pre-quarterfinal with the top team from the Plate Group.

In a high-voltage clash, Saurashtra and Mumbai are locking horns in the Ranji Trophy and the contest is witnessing Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara squaring off.

(with ANI inputs)