Dhawan’s hits ton in Red’s win

Dhawan’s 122-ball 128 helped India Red post a mammoth 327/8 after being sent in to bat by Harbhajan Singh. In reply, India Blue could only muster 304 runs before being bowled out in 48.2 overs. 

Earlier, India Red got off to a perfect start with Dhawan and skipper Parthiv Patel (50) adding 93 runs for the opening wicket before the Delhi batsman added another 103 runs for the third wicket with Jharkhand’s Ishank Jaggi (53). 

India Blue used as many as seven bowlers to contain the onslaught from Dhawan by flashing 13 fours and three massive sixes during his knock. 

Brief scores: India Red 327/8 in 50 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 128, Siddharth Kaul 5/59) bt India Blue 304 in 48.2 overs (Ambati Rayudu 92, Deepak Hooda 46, Manoj Tiwary 37, Akshay Karnewar 3/60)