da blaze casino： Haryana clinched their place in the Cooch BeharTrophy final thanks to the huge first innings leadthey had over Bengal in the semi final at theJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Pune
Santhosh S11-Dec-2000Haryana clinched their place in the Cooch BeharTrophy final thanks to the huge first innings leadthey had over Bengal in the semi final at theJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Pune. On Monday Haryanadeclared at their overnight score of 615/4 givingthemselves the lead of 547 runs and a full day tobowl out Bengal.Bengal who were dismissed for a paltry 68 in thefirst dig didn’t start any better in the second,losing two wickets to N Agarwal with just six onthe board. Soon A Mishra removed Arindam das for 8reducing Bengal to 26/3 in the 13th over of theday. Haryana had their sights on an early outrightvictory but Bengal batsmen had other ideas. Therefollowed a 94 run partnership between ManavandraYadav and A Sarkar that came to an end withSarkar’s runout for 34 in the 53rd over. Yadav wasthe next to be dismissed for 79 falling to D Joonin the 62nd over leaving Bengal at 152/5. Yadav’svigil at the crease lasted 165 balls and included11 boundaries and a six. In the very next overJhunjhunwala was dismissed by Ishan Ganda pushinBengal to a miserable 154/6. A 59 run partnershipbetween by R Jaiswal and S Lahiri who made 29each. Bengal were 213 for 7 at the fall of Jaiswalwho was caught and bowled by Agarwal. At 227Bengal lost S Lahiri to the bowling of J Sharma inthe 86th over. Agarwal dismissed G Sharma for 18in the 92nd over of the day leaving the last pairof S Ali and S Akthar to survive the last 15 ballsof the match, which they did admirably. Bengalwere 240/9 at the close of play. Though the matchcame to end as a draw, Haryana can go into thefinal against Madhya Pradesh feeling stronger. NAgarwal was again successful with the ball pickingup four wickets in the Bengal second innings.