da supremo： At draw of stumps on the third day Haryana were struggling to avoidthe follow on against Punjab, having lost seven wickets for 247 intheir North Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Gandhi ground inAmritsar on Monday
da fezbet： Rajesh Arora13-Nov-2000At draw of stumps on the third day Haryana were struggling to avoidthe follow on against Punjab, having lost seven wickets for 247 intheir North Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Gandhi ground inAmritsar on Monday.Haryana resumed their innings at the overnight score of 41 for 1.Padamjit Sehrawat got a life off the fourth ball of the day when hewas on 20, dropped at second slip by Pankaj Dharmani off ReetinderSodhi. After this both Paramjit and Ishan Ganda played sensibly andadded 120 runs for the second wicket in 265 balls. The duo dominatedthe first session and were not separated until lunch, taking the teamtotal to 137 for 1. Padamjit in particular was more aggressive as hecompleted his 50 in 106 balls with the help of six hits to the fence.Ganda supported him well by taking the singles and doubles.In the second session Haryana added only 63 runs and lost two valuablewickets. Padamjit was the first to go in the fourth over after lunch,brilliantly caught by Dinesh Mongia at second slip off the bowling ofSodhi. He had scored 88 runs in 189 balls during a stay of 253 minutesat the crease with the help of 10 boundaries. Parinder Sharma was thenext to depart at his individual score of 21 when he snicked a legcutter from Harbhajan to wicket keeper Jugnu. Haryana was reeling attea with the score reading 200 for 3.The last session of the day belonged to the bowlers as they caputuredfour wickets in this session at the cost of 47 runs, Harbhajan takingthree of them. He trapped Rajesh Puri (14) and Ajay Ratra (0) in frontof the wickets with consecutive balls. Ganda played a laboured knockof 67 runs as he stayed for 300 minutes and faced 206 balls. His knockwas studded with seven hits to fence. He was sent back to the pavilionby Gagandeep Singh after misjudging an incoming delivery which he leftonly to see it uproot his off stump. Sanjay Dalal was the last todepart as he edged an outgoing delivery from Bharat Bhushan into thesafe hands of Mongia at second slip.With one ball to spare the umpires called off play. Haryana stillrequires 89 runs to avoid the follow-on with three wickets in hand.
