Nitin Mehtani bowls Haryana u-14s to victory

Haryana won their Under-14 match against Himachal Pradesh by a handsome margin of 267 runs in their North Zone league encounter on wednesday at the Indira stadium in Una. Haryana gained eight points in the process.

Day One began with Haryana opting to bat after winning the toss. They completed their first innings at 247 in 111.2 overs with opener and wicket keeper Kailash Nath being the top scorer with 42 runs. Manan Deep was the chief destructor for Himachal having scalped 6 wickets for 64 runs. Himachal Pradesh in their first innings were all out for 102 in 67.3 overs as Nitin Mehtani wrecked havoc by returning figures of 5 for 21. Opener Aditya Choudhary was the lone shining light having scored 48 runs with extras (19) being the next best.

The second innings of Haryana was well paced with Deepak Sani (71) and Prem Patrik (50 not out) taking the score to 206 for 5 declared in 39 overs. It was Nitin Mehtani's turn once again to claim 5 for 22 thereby reducing Himachal to 84 in 78.4 overs.