da bet vitoria： Haryana with just 3 points have no chance of qualifying for the knockout phase
13-Mar-2000Haryana with just 3 points have no chance of qualifying for the knockout phase. Perhaps this explained their lacklustre batting effortagainst Orissa at Cuttack. What would have hurt more is the fact thatHaryana won the toss and elected to bat.A combination of some effective bowling by leg spinner Jagannath Dasand a couple of run outs at the top of the innings stunned the Haryanainnings. Only Padamjeet Singh (51) and Parender Sharma (40) were up tothe task. The rest of the batting did not make scores worthy ofmention. Being knocked out for just 206, Das was easily the pick ofthe bowlers with 4/62 off his 19.5 overs.However, the drama was not over just then. After bowling Haryana outfor a small score, it would have taken only a steady battingperformance on Orissa’s part to put them in command on the firstday. However, they failed to do just that.Orissa were required to play out just eight overs, and in that shortperiod they suffered three causalities. Captain Shiv Sunder Das whohas had a good season with the bat succumbed to Jain after he had madejust 4 runs. P Das failed before he reached double figures and Orissawere in serious trouble at 12 for 2. In an attempt to stem the rot,Debashish Mohanty was sent as a nightwatchman. After surviving 15balls without scoring, Mohanty was trapped LBW by Sonu Sharma addingto Orissa’s woes. At the close of play Orissa were 17/3, not aposition they would have envisaged after bowling the opposition outfor 206.