Delhi take first innings lead against Haryana

ROHTAK, January 6 

Delhi dished out a fine bowling performance to bundle out Haryana for 188 and take the crucial first innings lead on the second day of their Group B Ranji Trophy match at the Ch. Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium in Lahli.

After piling up a modest 278 all out in their first innings, the onus was completely on the Delhi bowlers to keep Haryana in check and the likes of Sumit Narwal (3/43), Varun Sood (3/20) and Navdeep Saini (2/33) did a remarkable job to bowl out Haryana in 66.2 overs and give the visitors the crucial 90-run lead. 

For Haryana, Himanshu Rana top-scored with a 135-ball 80. He struck eight boundaries in the process. At stumps, Delhi were seven for no loss in their second essay with Unmukt Chand batting on 6 and skipper Gautam Gambhir on 1.  — PTI

Brief scores

J&K: 160 & 36/1 in 12 overs; Karnataka: 423/9 decl in 103 overs (Uthappa 156, C Gautam 80, S Gopal 58*; M Mudhasir 4/99). 

HP: 287 for 6 in 97 overs (P Dogra 115*) lead Kerala 196 all out by 91 runs. 

Delhi: 278 & 7 for no loss in 3 overs; Haryana: 188 all out in 66.2 overs (H Rana 80; V Sood 3/20).

Rajasthan: 433 all out (P Sharma 118, P Yadav 90; S Ladda 4/104) Punjab: 140/5 (Gurkeerat 70; Pankaj 3/56).