a2097	Wills' XI v Delhi
	Wills Trophy 1977/78 (Semi-Final)
Venue	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras on 7th March 1978 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Delhi won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wills' XI won by 9 wickets
Umpires	R Mrithyunjayan, RV Ramani

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Delhi innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
V Sundaram	st Shetty b Venkataraghavan	23
+SC Khanna	c Yajurvindra Singh b Shivalkar	18
H Gidwani	c Gaekwad b Venkataraghavan	7
J Arun Lal	b Venkataraghavan	37
S Amarnath	b Shivalkar	3
*Madan Lal	c Shivalkar b Yajurvindra Singh	27
RC Shukla	st Shetty b AV Mankad	31
S Pathak	b AV Mankad	20
KBJ Azad	c Jadeja b AV Mankad	7
P Oberoi	run out	0
S Valson	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 59 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-56, 3-61, 4-82, 5-105, 6-145, 7-168, 8-186, 9-186, 10-186 (59 ov)

Wills' XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Kapil Dev	12	2	37	0	-	-	-	3.08
Jadeja	11	2	32	0	-	-	-	2.91
Shivalkar	12	3	36	2	-	-	36.00	3.00
Venkataraghavan	12	3	17	3	-	-	24.00	1.42
AV Mankad	8	0	31	3	-	-	16.00	3.88
Yajurvindra Singh	4	0	20	1	-	-	24.00	5.00

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Wills' XI innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DB Vengsarkar	retired ill	69
AD Gaekwad	st Khanna b Shukla	37
MV Narasimha Rao	not out	52
Yajurvindra Singh	not out	23
AV Mankad	did not bat
RR Jadeja	did not bat
PK Shivalkar	did not bat
*S Venkataraghavan	did not bat
RV Mankad	did not bat
Kapil Dev	did not bat
+VB Shetty	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(1 wicket, 43.3 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-94 (Gaekwad)

Delhi bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Madan Lal	6	0	23	0	-	-	-	3.83
Valson	7	0	24	0	-	-	-	3.43
Oberoi	10	0	35	0	-	-	-	3.50
Azad	5	0	23	0	-	-	-	4.60
Shukla	12	0	56	1	-	-	72.00	4.67
Pathak	3.3	0	20	0	-	-	-	5.71

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Notes
--> SC Khanna made his debut in List A matches
--> J Arun Lal made his debut in List A matches
--> S Pathak made his debut in List A matches
--> KBJ Azad made his debut in List A matches
--> P Oberoi made his debut in List A matches
--> S Valson made his debut in List A matches
--> V Sundaram equalled his previous highest score of 23 in List A matches
--> Madan Lal made his debut for Delhi in List A matches
--> S Amarnath made his debut for Delhi in List A matches
--> RC Shukla made his debut for Delhi in List A matches
--> H Gidwani made his debut for Delhi in List A matches
--> V Sundaram made his debut for Delhi in List A matches
--> AV Mankad achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Delhi innings (previous best was 1-25)
--> DB Vengsarkar retired ill in the Wills' XI innings having scored 69 (team had lost 1 wickets)

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