da bwin： On Sunday, the last day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy tie betweenServices and Haryana at the Air Force Station Ground in New Delhi, thefinal result was a draw in spite of a stunning batting display byHaryana captain Parinder Sharma
Santhosh S26-Nov-2000On Sunday, the last day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy tie betweenServices and Haryana at the Air Force Station Ground in New Delhi, thefinal result was a draw in spite of a stunning batting display byHaryana captain Parinder Sharma.Services started the day on 312/9 in their first innings trailingbehind Haryana’s first innings score of 389. In the fourth over of themorning Services were all out for 327 giving Haryana a lead of 62.Haryana wanted to force an outright victory and went on the offensive.Their second innings was a kamikaze effort. Captain Parinder Sharmahit a whirlwind unbeaten 103 off 72 balls including 12 fours and asix. Wickets fell at the other end like nine pins but Parinder Sharmawas riding his luck to glory.S Dalal (20) and Jasvir Singh (25) were the only batsmen to giveParinder some kind of support. As soon as Parinder reached his centuryHaryana declared their second innings on 176/8 in 26.2 overs.Services had their task cut out. They were set 239 in 56 overs for awin. The match was poised for a close finish. So it did. At closeServices were 152/7 clinging on to dear life. Haryana tried their bestto force the issue through Pankaj Thakur 2/45 and Amit Mishra 3/69.Services owe their three points to Harish Bhaskar (30) and SarabjitSingh (51). Haryana collected five points thanks to their firstinnings lead.