Punjab complete emphatic win over Haryana

Punjab U-14 humiliated Haryana U-14 by 323 runs in their North Zone league tournament at the Maharaja Aggarsain Stadium, Rohtak. Punjab, put into bat, made 198 in 77.3 overs in their first innings with opener K Goel being the top scorer with 91. For Haryana Pratik was the most successful bowler, and he scalped 4 wickets. In response Haryana were dismissed for 81 in 47.2 overs in their first innings. Only skipper D Saini lasted for a long time at the crease by making an unbeaten 31.

In the second innings Punjab declared at 295 for 8 in 80.1 overs with good scores from opener A Vinayak (68), M Bhatia (82) and skipper T Gupta (84). Needing 413 runs to win, Haryana in their final innings made 89 in 34.4 overs with only D Saini (28) and S Kumar (18) reaching double figures. New ball bowler Hardavinder Singh claimed three wickets for Punjab.

In completing their victory, Punjab notched up 8 points.