Bisla puts Haryana in command on first day

Haryana right arm medium pacer Nitin Aggarwal (5 for 16) and leg spinner Amit Mishra (5 for 10) reaped a rich harvest of wickets as Himachal Pradesh collapsed to 52 allout in their first innings on the opening day of their North Zone Cooch Behar Trophy cricket match at Maharaja Aggarsain Stadium here on Sunday.

Put into bat, Himachal Pradesh made a disastrous start. None of the Himachal batsmen looked in touch as both Aggarwal and Mishra ran through the side. Their domination was so complete that five of the batsmen failed to score. Only Shashi Kumar (13) could reach the double figure mark. Himachal innings's folded in just 25.5 overs.

In reply, Haryana made a solid reply in the remaining 240 minutes to score 230 runs for the loss of one wicket including an unbeaten century by opener Manvinder Bisla. Bisla (143 not out, 205 balls 21 4s, two 6s) in the company of Bhuvanesh Sharma (62) put Haryana in command with a 158-run opening stand in 49 overs. After a 163 minute stay Bhuvanesh departed, falling leg before to Shashi. Then Ishan Gandha (16 not out) joined Bisla to and the two remained unbeaten till stumps.