The North Zone Cooch Behar Under-19 Trophy match between Punjab and
Haryana at the Maharaja Aggarsain Stadium in Rohtak ended in a draw on
the third and final day on Tuesday. Haryana in lieu of the first
innings lead took five points, while Punjab had to be content with
three.
On the final day, Punjab scored 314 in their second innings, thereby
setting Haryana a target of 205. Haryana got to face just seven overs
in which they scored 24 runs with the openers M Bisla (12) and
Bhuvanesh Sharma (7) remaining unbeaten.
Earler resuming at 91 for 2, Punjab were helped by useful
contributions by VS Sodhi (27), C Madan (24) and skipper Gagandeep
Singh (25). But Punjab owed their final total mainly to the last
wicket partnership of 93 runs off 21.5 overs between A Uniyal (61) and
G Mandora (32).
On the opening day, put into bat, Punjab were shot out for just 132.
Only three batsmen Binwanth Singh (11), VS Sodhi (24) and S Sawal (48)
managed to reach double figures. Jogindar Sharma (4 for 46) along with
Narwal (3 for 15) and Vashisht (3 for 32) shared the wickets for
Punjab.
In response, Haryana took a solid 110-run first innings lead, thanks
to a fighting 82 by Jogindar Sharma. He shared a 110-run eighth wicket
stand in 38.3 overs with Y Sidharth Singh (33) which was instrumental
in Haryana taking a big lead.