Delhi gain big lead over HP

NEW DELHI, OCT 25: An unbeaten 85 by Mithun Manhas and half centuries from Ashu Dani (76) and Virendra Sehwag (70) gave Delhi a commandin...

NEW DELHI, OCT 25: An unbeaten 85 by Mithun Manhas and half centuries from Ashu Dani (76) and Virendra Sehwag (70) gave Delhi a commanding 218-run first innings lead over Services on the second day of their four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy cricket tie here today. At close, Delhi were 359 for seven.Brief scores: Services 141 vs Delhi 359-7 (M Manhas 85 not out, V Sehwag 70, A Dani 76, A Malhotra 42).

Reetinder shines

MOHALI: A five-wicket haul by Reetinder Singh Sodhi helped Punjab bundle out Himachal Pradesh for 129 runs and take a commanding 225-run lead on the second day of the North Zone league match.

BRIEF SCORES

Punjab 354 (Vikram Rathore 44, Reetinder Sodhi 79, Pankaj Dharmani 70, Sarandeep Singh 57, Navdeep Singh 36 not out; Shakti Singh 6-107, Parveen Sharma 2-89) and 38-2 vs HP 129 (Nischal Gaur 29, Yashwinder Pal 32; Sandeep Sharma 3-46, Reetinder Sodhi 5-30).

Haryana pile up

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FARIDABAD: Haryana’s middle-order batsmen flayed Jammu & Kashmir attack to amass 469 foreight before declaring their innings, but the visitors fought back to score 93 for one by close on the second day of the North Zone match.

BRIEF SCORES

Haryana 469-8 decl (R Puri 109, A Kaypee 95, S Dalal 81; V Sharma 4-63) vs J&K 93-1 (R Bali batting 44, Amitpal Singh 26).

Vidharbha in command

NAGPUR: Hosts Vidarbha gained a 79-run lead over Madhya Pradesh on the third day of the Central Zone match.

BRIEF SCORES

Vidarbha 263 & 67-4 vs MP 251 (Davendra Bundela 36, Abbas Ali 51, Raza Ali 40 not out, Preetam Gandhe 4-81, Abhijit Piprode 2-16).