da prosport bet： New Delhi: Skipper Gyanender Pandey led from the frontwith an unbeaten 98 as Uttar Pradesh reached a good score of 247 for fouragainst Railways on the opening day of the four day Central Zone RanjiTrophy cricket match here yesterday
Amarnath Gaur20-Nov-1999New Delhi: Skipper Gyanender Pandey led from the frontwith an unbeaten 98 as Uttar Pradesh reached a good score of 247 for fouragainst Railways on the opening day of the four day Central Zone RanjiTrophy cricket match here yesterday.Pandey steadied the innings in the company of Jyoti Yadav (57) afterManoj Mudgal (47), Manoj Singh (0) and Rizwan Shamshad (25) were back inthe pavilion reducing the visitors to 107 for three at the Karnail Singhstadium here.The seasoned left hander added 102 runs for the fourth wicket withYadav as Uttar Pradesh reached 209 for four on electing to bat first.He struck 11 boundaries and a six off 209 balls in a 262 minuteunfinished vigil.At stumps Saurav Shukla, on 13, was keeping his captaincompany. Yadav, who retired hurt early in the innings, returned toscore a superb 57 off 120 balls, studded with eight fours and a six.Earlier, the visitors got off to a poor start as Manoj Singh (0), whoreplaced the injured Yadav at the crease, was caught by wicketkeeperSudhir Wankhede off medium pacer Zakir Hussain with just 25 runs on theboard.Mudgal 47 (107 minutes, 77 balls, 8×4) looked solid at the other endbut was unlucky to miss his fifty as he was caught by Wankhede offHarvinder Singh. Shamshad also offered a catch to keeper off SanjayBangar.