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Sanat Sangwan’s hundred save Delhi from blushes against arch-rivals Mumbai

Sanat Sangwan’s hundred save Delhi from blushes against arch-rivals Mumbai

4 min readMumbaiJan 29, 2026 06:23 PM IST Delhi batsman Sanat Sangwan idolises Virat Kohli. It’s evident in his looks. He spots a neatly-trimmed, tapered beard like Kohli. He wears an ear-stud and he walks with a confident demeanour like the former Indian captain, only that he bats left-handed. He also emerges as the team’s crisis man. Against Mumbai, in the final round of the Ranji Trophy group stage, he scored a defiant hundred to help the visitors put on a competitive total on a surface that assists seamer in the first session. His 118 off 218 balls helped Delhi post 221, in reply to which Mumbai have already found themselves in a spot of bother at 13 for 1. The gritty Sangwan accounted for more than half of the runs in a shoddy batting performance where the next highest score was Pravan Rajvanshi’s 39 and with seven batsmen failing for single-digit scores. Mumbai tested his patience early on, but he survived the tricky phase and batted deep into the day. With Delhi’s score on …

Ranji Trophy: Sanat Sangwan’s rearguard, Navdeep Saini’s theatrics and poor visibility help Delhi walk away with a point | Cricket News

Ranji Trophy: Sanat Sangwan’s rearguard, Navdeep Saini’s theatrics and poor visibility help Delhi walk away with a point | Cricket News

Fading lights, Tamil Nadu captain Narayan Jagadeesan asking fielders to throw the ball to the boundary in case it stops somewhere in the outfield, TN seamer Sonu Yadav bowling off-spin, Delhi No 10 Himanshu Chauhan crying like a baby after he scratched his elbow after diving to reach the crease. And then, there was Navdeep Saini. Saini’s theatrics wasting time as light faded with TN needing just the last wicket, took the cake, as hosts Delhi walked away with a solitary point and denied the visitors back-to-back outright victories in the ongoing Ranji Trophy. After enforcing the follow-on early in the morning, Tamil Nadu reduced Delhi to 193 for 8 and was on the brink of victory, with Dhruv Kaushik injured and unable to bat, but the visitors had to settle for three points. Two overs were left but umpires called off the day’s play due to poor visibility at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium and TN were left stranded with one wicket left. With six overs more to go and a new ball to …