Spinners put Punjab in command

AMRITSAR, APRIL 1: After dismissing Tamil Nadu for 261, and garnering a crucial 83-run lead, hosts Punjab were 109 for 2 in their second ...

AMRITSAR, APRIL 1: After dismissing Tamil Nadu for 261, and garnering a crucial 83-run lead, hosts Punjab were 109 for 2 in their second venture in the five-day Ranji Trophy quarter-final encounter at Gandhi Ground here today. Pankaj Dharmani was batting on 30 while southpaw Dinesh Mongia was on 19.

Punjab spinners Harbhajan Singh and Sarandeep captured three wickets apiece to chart Tamil Nadu8217;s downfall.

Scoreboard

Punjab 1st innings: 344

Tamil Nadu 1st innings: Anand George lbw Sarandeep 45, S Sriram c Mongia b Harbhajan 20, Hemanth Badani lbw Sandeep 0, S. Sharath c Pankaj b Sarandeep 40, Madan Gopal st Harminder b Sarandeep 28, Sunil Viswanathan lbw Bhushan 18, G Vasu c Bharat b Harbhajan 44, R Paul c Bharat b Harbhajan 8, S Mahesh b Navdeep 42, T Kumaran c Harminder b Bharat 4, P Subbiah not out 6. Extras 6. Total all out: 261

Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-46, 3-77, 4-134, 5-139, 6-194, 7-205, 8-214, 9-226.

Bowling: Bhushan 29-13-52-2, Sharma 19.3-2-38-1, Harbhajan 30.3-6-92-3,Navdeep 14.1-2-34-1, Sarandeep 21-4-41-3.

Punjab 2nd innings: Vikram Rathour c Badani b Subbiah 7, S Sharma c Madangopal b Sriram 51, P Dharmani batting 30, D Mongia batting 19.

Extras 2. Total for two wickets 109.

Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-76.

Bowling: Kumaran 4-2-11-0, Mahesh 6-0-13-0, Vasu 13-4-22-0, Subbiah 9-1-40-1, Sriram 5-0-23-1.

Kanwaljeet mesmerises

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HYDERABAD: Master spinner Kanwaljeet Singh, with a career-best haul of eight wickets, spun out Delhi for a paltry 160 runs in their first innings, in reply to Hyderabad8217;s 440 on the third day of the Ranji quarter-final here today. Kanwaljeet pushed his haul to 40 wickets in the current season, boosting his tally to 236 wickets from 84 Ranji matches. This was his eleventh five-wicket haul.

Surprisingly, Hyderabad did not enfore the follow-on.

Scoreboard

Hyderabad 1st innings: 440

Delhi 1st innings, overnight 69-4: Akash Chopra b Kanwaljeet 32, Ashu Dani lbw Raju 17, Devender Sharma c Nandkishore b Kanwaljeet3, Akash Malhotra c Sridhar b Kanwaljeet 3, Vijay Dahiya c Vinaykumar b Kanwaljeet 10, Pankaj Joshi b Kanwaljeet 44, Sandeep Angorala run out 19, Harinder Choudary c Vishnuvardhan b Kanwaljeet 18, Rahul Sanghvi lbw Kanwaljeet 1, Amit Bhandari not out 4, Ashish Nehra b Kanwaljeet 0. Extras lb4, nb2: 6. Total all out in 62.4 overs: 160

Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-53, 3-59, 4-64, 5-74, 6-100, 7-125, 8-137, 9-160.

Bowling: NP Singh 6-0-17-0, Vishnuvardhan 5-0-21-0, Raju 26-12-29-1, Kanwaljeet 25.4-5-86-8. Hyderabad 2nd innings: Arvind Shetty c Malhotra b Bhandari 4, Nandkishore c Dahiya b Nehra 21, Vinay Kumar c Malhotra b Bhandari 10, Vanka Pratap c Joshi b Bhandari 18, MV Sridhar c Chopra b Sanghvi 16, Yuvraj Singh run out 26, VVS Laxman batting 67, Venkatapathi Raju batting 11. Extras b1, lb4, nb8: 13. Total for six wickets in 59 overs: 187

Fall of wkts: 1-9, 2-37, 3-43, 4-55, 5-95, 6-161

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Bowling: Nehra 20-7-57-1, Bhandari 16-3-64-3, Choudary 6-1 23-0, Angorala 9-3-15-0, Sanghvi 8-3-23-1.