Rajwinder puts Punjab in control

Dindigul (Tamil Nadu), DEC 1

Punjab were in the driver’s seat at the end of the action-packed Day 1 of their Ranji Trophy contest against Tamil Nadu. The visitors shot out Tamil Nadu for a meagre 68 after they themselves were bowled out for 206. At the end of the frenetic day, in which 21 wickets fell, Punjab had a huge 174-run lead under their belt.

Yuvraj Singh top-scored for Punjab with 49 runs off 63 balls. Tamil Nadu, in reply, gave in to Punjab spinners, Rajwinder Singh (6/29) and Harbhajan Singh (3/30), to be bowled out for 68 in just 23.4 overs. At stumps, Punjab were 36/1 in their second innings.

Vidarbha ride on Fazal ton

Nagpur: Faiz Fazal led the way with a century as Vidarbha posted 284/6 against Haryana here today. Fazal struck 126, hitting 15 boundaries and a six.

Openers Fazal and Aditya Shanware (55) combined to put on 116 runs for the first wicket to give the hosts a sound start. Fazal then added 92 runs for the fourth wicket with Mumbai veteran Wasim Jaffer (41).

Harshal Patel (2/41) and Jayant Yadav (2/97) were the successful wicket-takers for Haryana.

J&K in trouble

Jammu: Pacer Saurya Sanandiya picked up a five-wicket haul as Saurashtra dismissed Jammu and Kashmir for a paltry 138 and responded with 150/2 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy match here today. Sanandiya wreaked havoc on the J&K batsmen, dismissing SP Khajuria (8), Ummar Nissar (0) and Pranav Gupta (8), skipper Parvez Rasool (21) and lower-order batsman Asif Khan (0).

Saurashtra openers Avi Barot (36) and Sagar Jogiyani (41) produced a 84-run first-wicket partnership to give the visitors a good platform.

HP take first-innings lead

Mallapuram: Himachal Pradesh were all out for 163 after bundling out hosts Kerala for 103 here today. Opting to bat, Kerala got off to a disastrous start and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Left-arm spinner Rahul Singh returned impressive figures of 6/19 for Himachal. Himachal, too, struggled and were all out for 163 in 37.5 overs. — PTI