HP stun Delhi in T20 meet

 New Delhi, March 26 

Defending their 153 all out in 19.5 overs, Himachal medium-pacers Pankaj Jaiswal (4-22), Rishi Dhawan (2-19) and Akshay Chauhan (2-23) shared eight wickets between them to stop the Gautam Gambhir-led side to 134 for nine.

Delhi, though, certainly missed the services of their leading run-scorer (124 runs) so far, Virender Sehwag, who reportedly sat out due to shoulder pain. In the second match of the day, Punjab rode on Manan Vohra’s 55-ball 77 to post 176 for eight in 20 overs. Medium-pacer Siddharth Kaul then bagged three wickets to skittle out the Parvez Rasool J&K for 82 in 18.2 overs. — PTI

Brief scores

(Match 1): Services 141/6 in 20 overs (Pratik 43, Yashpal 41; Kuldeep 2-29) bt Haryana: 126/8 in 20 overs (Himanshu 43, Sachin 23; Deepak Punia 6-14)

(Match 2): Punjab: 176/8 in 20 overs (Manan 77, Jaskaranveer 29, Gurkeerat 26; Waseem 3-38, Ram 2-35, Jehanir 2-14) bt J&K: 82 all out in 18.2 overs (Parvez 26, Ram 15 not out; Siddharth 3-14). 

(Match 3): HP: 153 all out in 19.5 overs (Paras 34, Raghav  33; Manan 3-19) bt Delhi 134/9 in 20 overs (Milind 52, Nitish 32; Pankaj 4-22, Rishi 2-19, Akshay 2-23).