M&M turn it on for Punjab

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 17

Gurkeerat Singh Mann’s four-wicket haul and Mayank Markande’s 3/65 helped Punjab dismiss Hyderabad for 242 runs on Day 1 of their Group A match.

Kolla Sumanth and Himalay Agarwal contributed with 79 and 68 runs, respectively, to swell the visitors’ total. At one stage, Hyderabad were 53/4 and were in danger of being bundled out cheaply but Agarwal and Sumanth bail the team out of trouble. However, the lower-order misfired as Chama Milind (15) and Mehdi Hasan (11) failed to make significant contributions, and Hyderabad lost their last five wickets for only 30 runs.

Mann and Markande wrecked the lower-order, bundling out Hyderabad for 242 in 81 overs.

Off-spinner Akul Pandove and left-arm spinner Karan Kaila, both from Patiala, made their debut for Punjab but went wicketless. Pandove failed to pick up a wicket in the 14 overs he bowled, conceding 35 runs, while Kaila bowled 12 overs and conceded 54 runs. Another Patiala bowler, medium-pacer Sandeep Sharma, returned figures of 2/27. As many as five players from Patiala are in the Punjab playing XI.

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