da marjack bet： Patiala: Haryana at 203 for 8, still needed 48 runs to avoid thefollow-on on the second day of the North Zone Cooch Behar cricketmatch against Punjab here on Tuesday
Rakesh Sanghi27-Oct-1999Patiala: Haryana at 203 for 8, still needed 48 runs to avoid thefollow-on on the second day of the North Zone Cooch Behar cricketmatch against Punjab here on Tuesday.Earlier, resuming at 304 for five, opener Ravneet Ricky completed abrilliant double century to power Punjab to 400 for 7 declared. Hescored 48 runs off 32 balls in the morning to complete a well-deserveddouble hundred. In all Rickey was at the crease for 439 minutes andfaced 331 balls to score 201 runs with the help of 26 hits to thefence. The Punjab skipper declared the innings after Rickey was bowledby Sumeet Sharma.The other overnight batsman Ankur Sodhi contributed 45 runs with thehelp of four boundaries before he was caught by Joginder Sharma offSumeet and added 114 runs with Ricky for the sixth wicket. JoginderSharma and Sumeet Sharma took two wickets each giving away 85 and 51runs respectively.When Haryana batted, they found runs hard to come by. Only Isham Ganda(58), Sumeet Sharma (38) and Sukhbir Chodhary (33) could put up someresistance. Amit Uniyal was the most successful bowler taking threewickets for 34 runs while Sanjay Dhull got two wickets giving away 46runs.