J&K well placed against Haryana

Valuable contributions by Vidya Bhaskar, Kanwaljeet Singh and Ajay Jadeja helped Jammu & Kashmir to a position of some strength at stumps on the second day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Haryana at the Maulana Azad stadium in Jammu on Tuesday.

Resuming at 24 for one in reply to Haryana's first innings total of 174, J&K lost Md Aslam early. But opener Vidya Bhaskar and Kanwaljeet Singh added 91 runs for the third wicket off 24.5 overs. Bhaskar was out at this stage. He batted about 2-1/2 hours for his 62. The opener faced 96 balls and hit eleven fours and a six. Aswin Gupta (2) did not last long but Kanwaljeet and Jadeja then took J&K comfortably past the Haryana total. They added 111 runs for the fifth wicket off 54.4 overs before Kanwaljeet was out in the last over of the day for 93. He batted 350 minutes, faced 274 balls and hit eleven fours. Jadeja was unbeaten on 58. He has so far batted 202 minutes, faced 169 balls and hit eight fours. At close, J&K were 247 for five - a lead of 73 runs.