Haryana defeat Himachal Pradesh by 248 runs
Rohtak: Haryana defeated Himachal Pradesh by 248 runs on the fourth and final day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match at Vishwakarama Stadium here today
Anil Gulati
17-Nov-1999
Rohtak: Haryana defeated Himachal Pradesh by 248 runs on the fourth
and final day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match at
Vishwakarama Stadium here today. The Haryana bowlers captured the
remaining five wickets today at the cost of only 85 runs. Himachal
Pradesh's second innings ended within two hours of play on the final
day at 183.
Haryana's victory looked inevitable once Himachal's not out batsman
Rajiv Nayyar was removed by Pradeep Jain for 33. The wicket fell at
109. Pradeep Jain struck again with the very next ball to dismiss the
new batsman Arun Verma for a duck. The tailenders showed some
resistance but they were overpowered by the Haryana bowlers. Shakti
Singh made an aggressive 22 on 13 balls before being caught by Sanjay
Dalal off Pankaj Thakur. Before his dimissal Shakti had lashed Pankaj
Thakur for two sixes and a four off successive balls in his 6th
over. Sandeep Moudgil scored 30 in 87 minutes off 57 balls with four
boundaries. He was bowled by Pankaj Thakur.
Pradeep Jain was the most successful Haryana bowler with a haul of
four wickets for 29 runs while Pankaj Thakur took three wickets.
Haryana gained 8 points from today's victory. They now have 24 points
from 4 matches. Haryana is scheduled to play against Punjab in their
last league encounter to be played at Gurgaon later this week.