Dhoni sparkles but Mishra spins it towards Haryana
Plate Group semi-finals
Cricinfo staff
07-Nov-2005
Mahendra Singh Dhoni cracked a blistering 109 from just 75 balls but Jharkhand were pegged back by the legspin of Amit Mishra in Chandigarh. Dhoni clattered 13 fours and six sixes in his thrill-a-minute knock but the rest of the batsmen didn't convert their starts into big scores. Mishra ended with 6 for 66 and was one of the few bowlers who escaped Dhoni's wrath. Haryana were 26 for no loss in their second innings.
Like the first two days, the third day's play at Dharamsala was also dogged by showers. Himachal Pradesh were 50 for 1 at stumps and there was a realistic possibility of the winner being decided by the toss of a coin.