SAS NAGAR, Nov 1: Chasing a mammoth Punjab's first innings total of 533 for 6 declared, Services were precariously placed at 76 for four on the second day of their four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the PCA Stadium here today. Pankaj Maitrey and Sarabjit Singh were at the crease with three and eight runs respectively.Sanjay Verma (17), Narender Singh (14), CD Thompon (11), Abu Eric (11) were back to the pavilion with Services struggling in the absence of their regular skipper Chinmoy Sharma. Punjab pacer Sandeep Sharma consumed openers Sanjay Verma and Narender Singh with Services' total of 40. Bowling economically, Sandeep retuned the bowling analysis of 10-4-17-2.Earlier, Punjab resuming at their overnight total of 334 for four, declared their innings closed at 533 for 6. Pankaj Dharmani, overnight 106, completed his double century and remained not out at 202. His 490-minute vigil at the crease was studded with 25 boundaries and one six in 384 deliveries.This was his second double century. Earlier he had hit unbeaten 223 against Delhi at Amritsar in 1995-96.ScoreboardPunjab (Ist innings): Vikram Rathore c GS Thapa b Syed Javed 47, Reetinder Singh Sodhi st Sarabjit Singh b Pankaj Maitrey 32, Amit Sharma b S Kulkarni 35, Pankaj Dharmani not out 202, Dinesh Mongia c GS Thapa b Pankaj Maitrey 79, Sanjay Kumar run out 47, Sandeep Sharma b Syed Javed 65, Sarandeep Singh not out 7. Extras (nb-13, w-1, lb-5) 19. Total (for six wickets declared) 533.Fall of wickets: 1-66, 2-91, 3-136, 4-291, 5-394, 6-509.Bowling: MV Rao 26-5-105-0, Syed Javed 24.4-0-122-2, Pankaj Maitrey 50-7-128-2, Sachin Kulkarni 28-3-117-1, CD Thompson 14-1-56-0.Services (Ist innings): Sanjay Verma c Dinesh Mongia b Sandeep Sharma 17, Narender Singh c RP Singh 14, CD Thomson c Amit b Sandeep Sawal 11, Abu Eric c Sandeep Sanwal b Sarandeep 11, Pankaj Maitrey batting 3, Sarabjit Singh batting 8. Extras (nb-7, lb-1, b-4) 14. Total (for four wickets) 76.Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-40, 3-58, 4-65.Bowling: Sandeep Sharma 10-4-17-2, RP Singh 10-1-29-0, Sandeep Sanwal 7-3-13-1, Sarandeep 7-2-11-1, Navdeep 2-1-1-0.Title for RohtakYogis from Rohtak bagged overall title in the 15th Haryana State yoga championship which concluded here today at the Mansa Devi Complex, Panchkula. Rohtak secured 8 points to win the trophy while Yamunanagar were runner-up with six points.In the veteran section Panchkula with nine points were first while Jind with seven points took the second spot.Prabha Chahal Trophy for best women's team in the meet went to Yamunanagar.Results: Girls: 18 to 25 yrs: 1 Nidhi (YN), 2 Suman (Rohtak), 3 Ritu (Karnal). 40 to 50 yrs: 1 Neeru Mittal (PKL), 2 Sunita Goel (Pkl), 3 Promila (hisar). Above 50 yrs: 1 Lajwanti (Hisar), 2 Banwar (Hisar), 3 Darshan (Pkl). Boys: 20 to 30 yrs: 1 Narender (Rohtak), 2 Surender (Rohtak), 3 Sunil Sharma (Narnaul). Above 50 yrs: Vikram (Pkl), 2 Budh Singh (Fbd), 3 Deva Singh (Jind).Rajinder shinesFine all-round performance by Rajinder (66 runs and 3 for 19) enabled High Court XI beat Punjab Engineering College Employees Cricket Club by 61 runs to win final match of the first Inter Govt/Financial Bank Employees cricket tournament yesterday. The winner and runner-up were given Rs 2100 and Rs 1100, respectively.Brief scores: High Court XI: 155 for 5 in 25 overs (Rajinder 66, Jagjit 62, Devi Dutt 25, Rajinder 2 for 39, Nobel 2 for 38); PEC XI: 94 (Nobel 45, Rajesh Arora 20, Lekh Raj 16, Rajinder 3 for 19, Sanjay Mishra 3 for 21).
