Punjab concede first innings lead

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 12

Despite captain Mandeep Singh’s 71-run knock, Punjab fell 10 runs short of securing the first innings lead against Kerala on Day 2 of their Group A Ranji Trophy match. In reply to Kerala’s first innings total of 227 runs, the visitors were bundled out for 218 runs with Siddarth Kaul (25) chipping in in the end. However, all was not lost for Punjab as they reduced the hosts to 88/5 in their second innings. At stumps, Kerala’s lead was 88 runs.

Haryana bounce back

Rohtak: Left-arm spinner Tinu Kundu grabbed five wickets as Haryana staged a remarkable comeback to take the upper hand in their Group C match against Odisha. Haryana, who were bundled out for a paltry 90 after electing to bat, bowled out Odisha for 160. They then replied strongly in their second essay by posting 218/5, taking an overall lead of 148 going into the penultimate day.

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Brief Scores

• Kerala: 227 and 88/5 (Gurkeerat Singh Mann 4/27); Punjab: 218 (Mandeep Singh 71, Siddarth Kaul 25; M Nidheesh 7/88)
• Haryana: 90 and 218/5 (Shubham Rohilla 48, Ankit Kumar 46, Himanshu Rana 40); Odisha: 160 (Biplab Samantray 52; Tinu Kundu 5/25, Harshal Patel 3/52)
• J&K: 360 all out in 93.1 overs (Parvez Rasool 182, Shubham Khajuria 55; Diwesh Pathania 4/103, Sachidanand Pandey 3/85, Poonam Poonia 3/99); Services: 238/9 in 76.1 overs (Arun Bamal 48, Arjun Sharma 47, Pathania 41)
• Uttarakhand: 90 all out in 45 overs (Manisankar Murasingh 4/24, Ajoy Sarkar 4/19); Tripura: 104/2 in 29 overs