da jogodeouro: The North Zone Cooch Behar Under-19 Trophy match between Punjab andHaryana at the Maharaja Aggarsain Stadium in Rohtak ended in a draw onthe third and final day on Tuesday
da luck: Natarajan Sriram01-Nov-2000The North Zone Cooch Behar Under-19 Trophy match between Punjab andHaryana at the Maharaja Aggarsain Stadium in Rohtak ended in a draw onthe third and final day on Tuesday. Haryana in lieu of the firstinnings lead took five points, while Punjab had to be content withthree.On the final day, Punjab scored 314 in their second innings, therebysetting Haryana a target of 205. Haryana got to face just seven oversin which they scored 24 runs with the openers M Bisla (12) andBhuvanesh Sharma (7) remaining unbeaten.Earler resuming at 91 for 2, Punjab were helped by usefulcontributions by VS Sodhi (27), C Madan (24) and skipper GagandeepSingh (25). But Punjab owed their final total mainly to the lastwicket partnership of 93 runs off 21.5 overs between A Uniyal (61) andG Mandora (32).On the opening day, put into bat, Punjab were shot out for just 132.Only three batsmen Binwanth Singh (11), VS Sodhi (24) and S Sawal (48)managed to reach double figures. Jogindar Sharma (4 for 46) along withNarwal (3 for 15) and Vashisht (3 for 32) shared the wickets forPunjab.In response, Haryana took a solid 110-run first innings lead, thanksto a fighting 82 by Jogindar Sharma. He shared a 110-run eighth wicketstand in 38.3 overs with Y Sidharth Singh (33) which was instrumentalin Haryana taking a big lead.






