Haryana qualify for semifinals despite draw
The Cooch Behar clash between Railways and Haryana at the Deccan Gymkhana in Pune ended in a draw on Wednesday
Anand Vasu
07-Dec-2000
The Cooch Behar clash between Railways and Haryana
at the Deccan Gymkhana in Pune ended in a draw on
Wednesday. Resuming on 117/4 in response to
Haryana's mammoth 616/8 declared, Railways were
skittled out for 180. Amit Mishra (5/29) and Nitin
Aggarwal (4/67) were the architects of the Haryana
success story. Manoj Sriwatav with an unbeaten 66
was the only Railways batsman to offer any
resistance.
Surprisingly, Haryana decided not to enforce the
follow on. After having Railways on the ropes they
let them off the hook. In their second essay,
Sumit Sharma slammed an unbeaten 128 and took
Haryana to 258/4. The draw gave Haryana enough
points to qualify for the semifinal stage of the
tournament.