Haryana hold the aces after Services top order slump

Haryana were in command of their Ranji Trophy North Zone clash against Services at the Air Force Station ground in Delhi after the latter began their first innings disastrously in reply to their opponents' tally of 389. Services lost three wickets without a run on the board but recovered to 84/4 by stumps.

After Haryana resumed on the second day at 234/3, Ishan Ganda, on 83 overnight, completed his century in the morning. His fourth wicket stand with Rajesh Puri had reached 120 when he was stumped by wicket keeper Sarabjit Singh off medium pacer Sudhakar Ghag for 122 (282 balls, 16 fours). Puri fell eleven short of the three figure mark, being sixth out, in identical fashion as Ganda, for 89 (142 balls, 14 fours). When Ghag removed Ajay Ratra to terminate the innings, he took his tally of scalps to seven in a marathon 50.1 overs at a cost of 122 runs.

Haryana opening bowlers Vineet Jain and Feroze Ghyas scattered the Services top order as D Sehrawar, HK Bhaskar and Sarabjit Singh were all back in the dressing room off the sixth, seventh and eighth balls of the innings. Ghyas took his third scalp by taking out M Reddy at 33 but skipper Sanjay Verma (40) and KK Dixit (25) prevented any further setbacks, restoring a semblance of order at 84/4.