Harbhajan tail of valour

AMRITSAR, MARCH 31: Test discard Harbhajan Singh's unbeaten 67 helped Punjab reach a decent total even as Tamil Nadu was struggling to ma...

AMRITSAR, MARCH 31: Test discard Harbhajan Singh’s unbeaten 67 helped Punjab reach a decent total even as Tamil Nadu was struggling to make a match of it, reaching 125 for three on the second day of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final match here today.

Harbhajan, batting at Number 10, added 57 runs today to guide his team , to 344 all out. The tailender, with help from Navdeep Singh (8) and Bharat Bhushan (10), added 93 runs.

In reply, Tamil Nadu were off to a good start before losing three wickets in quick succession.

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Punjab (Ist innings): Vikram Rathore b Mahesh 1, Navjot Singh Sidhu lbw Mahesh 124, Sandeep Sharma lbw Mahesh 16, Pankaj Dharmani lbw Mahesh 7, Dinesh Mongia b Subbiah 39, Amit Sharma b Kumaran 3, Harminder Jugnu c Paul b Kumaran 8, Saran Deep Singh c Paul b Kumaran 27, Navdeep Singh lbw Vasu 8, Harbhajan Singh not out 67, Bharat Bhushan b Mahesh 10; Extras: 34. Total (all out in 113.5 overs) 344.

Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-33, 3-51, 4-145, 5-159, 6-172, 7-239,8-239, 9-297

Bowling: Kumaran 23-3-93-3, Mahesh 22.5-5-68-5, Subbiah 32-8-70-1, Vasu 24-8-60-1, Sriram 11-3-30-0, Badani 1-1-0-0

Hyderabad in command

HYDERABAD: Century by VVS Laxman (110: 257 m, 172b, 21×4) and off-spinner Kanwaljit Singh’s three-wicket haul (3-23) enabled hosts Hyderabad take command over Delhi on the second day of the five-day Ranji Trophy quarter-final match here today.

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Hyderabad (1st innings, overnight 270-3): Arvind Shetty c Malhotra b Bhandari 4, V V S Laxman c Sanghvi b Harinder 110, Nand Kishore c Malhotra b Harinder 108, M V Sridhar lbw Sanghvi 94, Vanka Pratap c Chopra b Bhandari 12, D Vinay Kumar lbw Bhandari 9, Yuvraj Singh b Angorala 11, Venkatpathy Raju b Bhandari 35, N P Singh c Dahiya b Angorala 11, Vishnuvardhan c Angorala b Harinder 12, Kanwaljeet Singh not out 0; Extras (b5, lb7, nb21, w1): 34. Total: 440

Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-251, 3-265, 4-283, 5-304, 6-341, 7-386, 8-413, 9-440.

Bowling: Nehra 26-8-89-0,Bhandari 26-9-79-4, Malhotra 1-0-4-0, Sanghvi 47-11-107-1, Angorala 22-5-80-2, Choudary 23.3-5-69-3.

Delhi (1st innings): Akash Chopra b K Singh 32, Ashu Dani lbw Raju 17, Devender Sharma c Nandkishore b K Singh 3, Akash Malhotra c Sridhar b K Singh 3, Vijay Dahiya batting 6, Pankaj Joshi batting 2; Extras (lb4, nb2): 6. Total (for four wickets in 34 overs): 69.

Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-53, 3-59, 4-64

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Bowling: N Singh 6-1-17-0, Vishnuvardhan 5-0-21-0, Raju 12-8-4-1 K Singh 11-4-23-3.

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