Punjab in comfortable position
Punjab were comfortably placed to take the all important first innings lead against Rest of India at stumps on the third day of their MA Chidambaram Trophy match at the Dhruv Pandove stadium in Patiala on Sunday
10-Jan-2000
Punjab were comfortably placed to take the all important first
innings lead against Rest of India at stumps on the third day
of their MA Chidambaram Trophy match at the Dhruv Pandove
stadium in Patiala on Sunday. In reply to Rest of India's total
of 237, Punjab were 161 for four wickets at close of play.
Rest of India, resuming at 220 for 7, were dismissed after
10.3 overs. Opening bowlers Gagandeep Singh and A Uniyal took
the remaining three wickets. In fact both the bowlers shared
all the ten wickets with Gagandeep taking six for 58 from 23
overs and Uniyal four for 35 off 16.3 overs.
Punjab lost GS Garry at 18 but the other opener Binwant Singh
and skipper V Mahajan put Punjab back on course with a second
wicket stand of 104 runs off 50.1 overs. Binwant then was out for
a sedate 43, compiled off 168 balls with the help of four hits
to the fence. M Dhuper (16) and Gagandeep Singh (1) did not last
very long but Mahajan carried on till stumps with a fine unbeaten
70. The captain batted patiently for 285 minutes, facing 218
balls in the process. He hit eight fours.