da imperador bet： Largely thanks to Shafiq Khan’s gritty innings of 95, Haryana reacheda total of 275/8 by the close of play on the first day of their RanjiTrophy league match against Services at Faridabad
Staff Reporter19-Nov-2001*Shafiq Khan props up HaryanaLargely thanks to Shafiq Khan’s gritty innings of 95, Haryana reacheda total of 275/8 by the close of play on the first day of their RanjiTrophy league match against Services at Faridabad.Winning the toss, Haryana’s captain Parender Sharma opted to bat.Three wickets fell for 59 before opener Chetan Sharma (73) and Shafiqstabilised the innings. Sharma departed with the score on 124, butShafiq put up solid stands with Ajay Ratra and S Vidyut, fallingfinally with the score on 270.At stumps, Haryana were 275/8, with Sumit Narwal and Amit Mishraunbeaten on three and one respectively.For Services, Sudhakar Ghag picked up four wickets for 72 runs,bowling a marathon 35 overs in the day. Hari Prasad took 3-101.*Punjab struggle on Day OneA fighting knock of 94 from captain Reetinder Singh Sodhinotwithstanding, Punjab found itself struggling at the close of playat 269/9 against Jammu and Kashmir in their Ranji Trophy league tieagainst Jammu.The home side, with their wider knowledge of the conditions, opted tobowl first; they struck immediately with the wicket of Manish Sharmawith the score on six. Yuvraj Singh fell soon, but the onlysignificant partnership of the innings then developed between RavneetRicket and Sodhi.Ricky fell for 68, with the score on 165. Wickets then fell at regularintervals, with Ashwani Gupta (3-72) and Jagtar Singh (2-74) cleaningup the middle-order.At stumps, Gagandeep Singh was unbeaten on 28 and Sanjay Dhull on one.Only one wicket remains to fall in Punjab’s first innings, and theywill have to bowl well to avoid losing face to a less-endowed opponent.*Delhi bowl out Himachal on Day OneWith Amit Bhandari and Arun Singh picking up three wickets apiece,Himachal Pradesh were bowled out for 167 on Day One of their RanjiTrophy league match against Delhi at Bilaspur.Winning the toss, Delhi captain Mithun Manhas put his opponents in tobat. His bowlers backed him up beautifully; three wickets fell for 26and five for 39. At 89/7, Himachal were in real danger of being bowledout for less than 100, but Shakti Singh batted (43) well with hisfellow tailenders to take the score to 167.Delhi lost Akash Chopra at 29, but Gautam Gambhir and RS Sharma tooktheir side to the close of play without further mishap. Gambhir wasunbeaten on 32, while Sharma was on 24. For Himachal, Sandeep Sharmawas the lone wicket-taker.