The North Zone Ranji Trophy encounter at the Paddal Ground in Mandifeaturing Himachal Pradesh and Haryana which proved to be a highscoring affair ended in a draw on the final day on Monday
Natarajan Sriram20-Nov-2000The North Zone Ranji Trophy encounter at the Paddal Ground in Mandifeaturing Himachal Pradesh and Haryana which proved to be a highscoring affair ended in a draw on the final day on Monday. Haryana whoamassed 457 in their first innings took home five points due to theirfirst innings lead while Himachal Pradesh had to be contented withthree.Himachal Pradesh who were 231 for 4 went on to score 366, giving a 91run lead for the visitors. Resuming from where they left off theprevoius evening Amit Sharma (82) lost his overnight partner ChetanKumar (8) with the score at 253. Then Amit himself fell at 260 givingAmit Mishra his fifth wicket of the innings. Then Sangram Singh (50 notout) in the company of the tail enders helped the total to 366. AmitMishra was the most successful bowler for HP with figures of 6 for138.Haryana in their second innings received just 19 overs and were helpedalong to 62 with openers Ajay Ratra (36) and Ishan Ganda (23)remaining un beaten.