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Rain dashes Delhi's hopes, Aman Chaudhary's impressive day out
The fourth and final day's play was hence called off and Delhi were left without a chance of picking the remaining six wickets that they had expected to take and get a first innings lead for points
Khurram Habib
A sports journalist for 23 years now, having written extensively on cricket, golf, Formula One among other sports. Have also manned desks, sports and otherwise.
29 Oct, 2026
Ranchi: Delhi were denied a great opportunity to earn three points in their third round match of the Ranji Trophy 2026-27 season when rain descended on the JSCA International Stadium Complex here.
The fourth and final day's play was hence called off and Delhi were left without a chance of picking the remaining six wickets that they had expected to take and get a first innings lead for points. As a result of the washed-out day, the score stayed what it was at the draw of stumps on Day 3 -- Jharkhand were 131/4 in response to Delhi's 515/5 declared.
The match, which provided two great innings -- skipper Ayush Badoni's unbeaten 210 and Sumit Mathur's unbeaten 150 -- also gave a glimpse of Delhi's new spin-bowling option, Aman Chaudhary.
The 21-year-old from North Delhi's Wazirabad was drafted in for this game as Delhi sought to strengthen its spin bowling resources which was quite weak. The left-arm orthodox spinner Chaudhary, whose father is a constable with Delhi Police, bowled 16 overs giving away 34 runs and picking a wicket.
He has represented Delhi at junior level too. Chaudhary represents Yorks Ravindra.
"The boy is in classical mould. He can provide the delivery revolutions and turns the ball. He is a player who can bowl in both white-ball and red-ball cricket," said his coach Shekhar Sharma, who is also the CEO of Outer Delhi Warriors.
Chaudhary also won the Best Bowler Award in the GG Dutt T20 Crickt Tournament this year. He has also represented Outer Delhi Warriors in Delhi Premier League over the last two seasons.
Overall in DPL, Chaudhary has played 10 matches and picked 12 wickets -- seven wickets in six matches in 2026 and five wickets in four matches in 2025.
The dearth of spinners in Delhi cricket prompted Delhi to bring him in and to start with, he has seemingly impressed.
Due to the damp squib of a game, Delhi lost an opportunity to get past Jharkhand in the points table. They are now positioned at sixth with four points whereas Jharkhand are fifth with five points. Bengal lead Group C with 18 points. They have got three outright wins.
Tags : Aman Chaudhary, Ranji Trophy, Delhi, Ayush Badoni, Ranchi, Jharkhand
