FARIDABAD, March 14: Veteran Amarjeet Kaypee struck an unbeaten 71 as Haryana made a solid reply in their first innings on the second day of the Group C Ranji Trophy Super League tie here today.Kaypee (198m, 170b, 9x4s) raised a valuable 67 runs for the fourth wicket with former India under-16 player Ishan Ganda (24). Haryana, needing only a draw to ensure a knock-out berth, were 129 runs adrift of MP's first innings tally with Kaypee nine runs away from becoming the fourth highest scorer in Ranji Trophy.SCOREBOARDMadhya Pradesh (1st innings): JP Yadav b Thakur 51, Kirti Patel run out 40, Devendra Bundela c V Yadav b P Jain 34, Prashant Dwivedi c V Yadav b Pradeep Jain 0, Nikhil Patwardhan c Shafiq b Thakur 8, Chandrakant Pandit b Dhanraj 82, Raja Ali b Thakur 10, Harvinder Singh lbw V Jain 32, Manish Majithia not out 2, Sunil Lahore b P Jain 6, Narendra Hirwani c Parinder b P Jain 7. Extras: (b-12, lb-4, nb-9, w-1) 26. Total: (all out in 119.5 overs-485 min) 298.Fall of wickets: 1-72,2-112, 3-117, 4-138, 5-140, 6-175, 7-277, 8-277, 9-286.Bowling: V Jain 23-9-67-1, M Sakhalkar 11-4-32-0, Dhanraj Singh 9-4-19-1, P Jain 45.5-15-75-4, P Thakur 31-4-89-3.Haryana (1st innings): Jitender Singh c Pandit b Bundela 9, Parinder Sharma b Hirwani 54, Shafiq Khan c JP Yadav b Bundela 0, Amarjeet Kaypee batting 71, Ishan Ganda lbw Harvinder 24. Extras: (1-b, 6-lb, 4-nb) 11. Total: (for four wickets in 63 overs): 169.Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-33, 3-102, 4-169.Bowling: Lahore 12-1-32-0, Hirwani 14-2-47-1, Harvinder 13-4-33-1, Bundela 9-0-24-2, Majithia 11-4-15-0, Dwivedi 4-0-11-0.
