Jammu & Kashmir hold Haryana to a draw

Jammu and Kashmir played host to Haryana at Mulana Azad Stadium, Jammu, in the North Zone Under-22 Tournament. The match meandered to a draw on Friday.

On Wednesday J & K won the toss and asked Haryana to bat first. Half centuries from Anuj Sharma (66) and Ashok Kumar (52) helped Haryana to 218 in 90.4 overs in their first innings. J & K opening bowlers Sanjay Sharma (5/38) and Abid Salam (3/38) did all the damage. Despite a brilliant century of 104 by Vikrant Taggar (4 sixes and 13 fours) J & K finished at 202 in 79.3 overs. Deepan Sen had the dream figures of 37-18-53-7. Haryana were 174/7 at the close of play on the last day. Maninder Bola and Rajan Gupta made 54 each in the Haryana second innings. Again the J & K duo of Abid Salam (4/37) and Sanjay Sharma (3/38) were the pick of the bowlers. Haryana took home five points as J & K had to be satisfied with three.