Haryana and Himachal settle for a draw

The North Zone Ranji Trophy encounter at the Paddal Ground in Mandi featuring Himachal Pradesh and Haryana which proved to be a high scoring affair ended in a draw on the final day on Monday. Haryana who amassed 457 in their first innings took home five points due to their first innings lead while Himachal Pradesh had to be contented with three.

Himachal Pradesh who were 231 for 4 went on to score 366, giving a 91 run lead for the visitors. Resuming from where they left off the prevoius evening Amit Sharma (82) lost his overnight partner Chetan Kumar (8) with the score at 253. Then Amit himself fell at 260 giving Amit Mishra his fifth wicket of the innings. Then Sangram Singh (50 not out) in the company of the tail enders helped the total to 366. Amit Mishra was the most successful bowler for HP with figures of 6 for 138.

Haryana in their second innings received just 19 overs and were helped along to 62 with openers Ajay Ratra (36) and Ishan Ganda (23) remaining un beaten.