da winzada777： Punjab were well on their way to completing an emphatic victory overBihar at stumps on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Super Leaguegroup B match at the PCA stadium in Mohali on Monday
da heads bet： 06-Mar-2000Punjab were well on their way to completing an emphatic victory overBihar at stumps on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Super Leaguegroup B match at the PCA stadium in Mohali on Monday. Bihar, inarrears by 259 runs on the first innings, were 94 for four at close ofplay.Resuming at 268 for four in reply to Bihar’s 244, Punjab were alreadyin a position of considerable strength and on the penultimate day theyconsolidated. First, the batsmen did their job commendably and skipperVikram Rathour was able to declare the innings at 503 fornine. Rathour, who was 137 overnight, was out for 158. But the otherovernight not out batsman Dinesh Mongia who resumed on 67 went on tomake 179. He and Rathour added 190 runs for the fifth wicket off 44overs Then Mongia put on 113 runs for the sixth wicket off 26 overswith wicketkeeper H Jagnu (53). Mongia was dismissed at this stageafter having faced 220 balls and hitting 25 fours. Jagnu and SandeepSharma then maintained the run spree by adding 57 runs for the seventhwicket off 12.5 overs. While Jagnu faced 131 balls and hit only oneboundary, Sharma faced only 39 balls and hit four of them to theropes.When Bihar batted a second time, opening bowler Gagandeep Singh whohad taken four for 44 in the first innings dismissed Javed Khan and AHashmi in the same over. He later picked up the wicket of RajivKumar. Harbhajan Singh, who had taken five for 69 in the firstinnings, forced N Ranjan into giving him a return catch. SkipperSunil Kumar with an unbeaten 30 with three fours and a six was battingat stumps but a Punjab victory, probably by an innings, is surelyround the corner.
