Manvinder Bisla's double ton drives Railways to despair

It was day two on Tuesday at Deccan Gymkhana, Pune, in the Cooch Behar Trophy quarterfinal match between Haryana and Railways. Manvinder Bisla who was unbeaten on 181 at the end of the first day's play carried on to score a masterly double century of 236. Bisla was severe on Railways bowlers as he went on to smash 28 boundaries and 3 sixes. By the time Bisla was dismissed he added 160 runs with Deepak Joon for the fifth wicket. Joon who started the day on 35 added to Railway's misery by notching up a century and went on to make 152. Haryana declared at 616/8 on Joon's dismissal. His 152 came in as few as 191 balls and included 16 strokes reached the fence and two that flew over for sixes. Railways were brought to their knees by Amit Mishra 14-7-25-3 and by the close of play were 117/4 in 41 overs with opening batsman Sriram Yadav on an unbeaten 36 putting up a fight.