Superb spin bowling performance by Harbhajan Singh (5/40) and SandeepSanwal (4/41) helped Punjab score a convincing victory of an inningsand 166 runs over Services in the fourth round of Ranji Trophy NorthZone League on sunday
Santhosh S19-Nov-2000Superb spin bowling performance by Harbhajan Singh (5/40) and SandeepSanwal (4/41) helped Punjab score a convincing victory of an inningsand 166 runs over Services in the fourth round of Ranji Trophy NorthZone League on sunday.Services started the third day of the match at 69/1 needing another274 runs to make Punjab bat again. Deepak Sherawar who had compiled ahalf century (56) was caught by Vikram Rathour off the bowling ofGagandeep Singh at the score of 97. Sandeep Sawal with his leg spinhad the following three wickets to finish with a tally of 4 for 41 of19 overs. After the fall of the fifth wicket, India test discardHarbhajan Singh came into his elements as he removed all the remainingfive wickets. The latter half of Services had no answer to the guileof Harbhajan Singh’s off spin.The Services innings collapsed like a house of cards and came to anend on 177. This enabled Punjab to notch up their fourth straightInnings victory of the season. The other highlights of the match werethe wonderful bowling performance by the Punjab seamer Bharat Bushan(8/51) who ran through the Services first Innings and the brilliantcentury by Punjab’s Pankaj Dharmani (128).