da esoccer bet： Fighting back from a first-innings deficit, Himachal Pradesh bowledDelhi out for only 228 on Day Two of their Ranji Trophy league matchat Bilaspur, with Sandeep Sharma returning figures of 5-68
Staff Reporter20-Nov-2001*Sandeep Sharma rips through DelhiFighting back from a first-innings deficit, Himachal Pradesh bowledDelhi out for only 228 on Day Two of their Ranji Trophy league matchat Bilaspur, with Sandeep Sharma returning figures of 5-68.Resuming at 69/1, Delhi lost wickets rapidly, with four wicketsfalling for the addition of only 27 runs. Sarandeep Singh and SohailRauf staged a small partnership before the former fell, having scored21. Rauf received some more support lower down the order from RahulSanghvi (35). Delhi finally folded for 228, with Rauf remainingunbeaten on 58.Himachal Pradesh wicket-keeper Ravikant Sharma notched up six catches,while Shakti Singh aided Sandeep Sharma well by taking 4-58.Himachal Pradesh started their second innings disastrously, with bothopeners falling for just seven runs. Sangram Singh and captainVarinder Sharma, however, took their side safely through to the closeof play by defending stolidly. At stumps, Himachal Pradesh were 25/2,with Sangram Singh on 11 and Sharma on 7.*Punjab and Jammu fight for upper handThe Ranji Trophy league match between Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab atJammu see-sawed both ways during the course of Day Two. Punjab,resuming on their overnight score of 269/9, were bowled out for theaddition of only seven runs.The home side’s batting effort, however, followed on lines similar totheir rivals’. Despite a sizeable 96-run second-wicket partnershipbetween Shabir Kanth (38) and Kavaljit Singh (62), the batting cameunstuck after the fall of Kanth with the score on 105.Ashwani Gupta was the sole battler in Jammu’s middle order, making anunbeaten 45. The remaining batsmen aided their side’s collapse, andthe team ended Day Two on 216/7. For Punjab, Sandeep Sanwal pickedthree wickets, while Yuvraj Singh picked two.*Services in trouble at FaridabadStruggling first to bowl Haryana out early, Services then compoundedtheir bad performance by collapsing to 219/6 by the close of play onDay Two of their Ranji Trophy league match at Faridabad.Resuming at 275/8, their overnight score, Haryana added 72 vital runsfor the loss of the last two wickets, finally being bowled out for347. Services started off strongly, with PMS Reddy (77) and K Chawda(33) put on 103 runs for the first wicket.Haryana came back into the game with the help of twin strikes from SVidyut as he removed first Chawda and Reddy. Amit Mishra and Vidyuttook two and three wickets respectively, destroying Services’ toporder.By stumps, Services were down six wickets for only 219, with onlySarabjit Singh contributing substantially. CD Thomson and SachinNadkarni were unbeaten on 13 and 12 respectively.