Dhawan puts HP on top against Karnataka

Mysuru, December 26

A valiant knock of 72 not out by Rishi Dhawan and 69 by opener Priyanshu Khanduri helped Himachal Pradesh to a comfortable position on Day 2 of their Ranji Trophy Group B match against Karnataka. Resuming at the overnight 29/3, Himachal Pradesh ended the day on 235/7 for a comfortable lead of 69, with three wickets in hand. Himachal Pradesh had wrapped up the home innings for 166 runs on Day 1.

The visitors had a terrible start to their day as Mayank Dagar (4) fell early, reducing the team to 32/4. However, this led to a fightback by Khanduri and Nikhil Gangta as they added 90 runs for the fifth wicket, playing cautiously and scoring at a run-rate of less than three per over. Gangta, who played 103 balls for his 46, was dismissed by Jagadeesha Suchith in the 57th over. Coming in 122/5, Dhawan played aggressively, hitting seven fours and three sixers off the 96 balls he faced to reach 72 not out at stumps.

No play in Punjab game

Nagpur: No play was possible on the second day of the Group A match between Punjab and defending champions Vidarbha due to bad light. The hosts, thus, remained static at their overnight score of 196/6.

Only 4 overs for Haryana

Jamshedpur: As rain and bad light struck the city, Haryana added only 11 runs without losing any wicket in four overs of cricket on Day 2 of their Group C match against Jharkhand. — TNS

Brief scores

Karnataka: 166; Himachal Pradesh: 235/7 (Rishi Dhawan 72*, P Khanduri 69, Nikhil Gangta 46; Vasuki Koushik 3/48, Prateek Jain 2/40)

Vidarbha: 196/6 (Ganesh Satish 88*; Baltej Singh 3/32, Sandeep Sharma 2/72) vs Punjab

Haryana: 285/6 (C Bishnoi 75*, Harshal Patel 47*, Ankit Kumar 53, Shivam Chauhan 53; Ashish Kumar 2/33, Shahbaz Nadeem 2/64, Anukul Roy 2/55) vs Jharkhand

Jammu & Kashmir: 210/2 (Shubham Khajuria 87*, Suryansh Raina 73, Ahmed Banday 31) vs Assam

Delhi 284 in 71.4 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 140; Ravi Kiran 4/59, Mehdi Hasan 3/61, Mohammed Siraj 2/72); Hyderabad 69 all out in 29 overs (B Sandeep 16; Ishant Sharma 4/19, Simarjeet Singh 4/23) & 20/2 in 10 overs (K Bidhuri 2/7)