da stake casino： Jammu & Kashmir batsman Kavaljit Singh notched up a double centuryagainst Services in their Ranji Trophy league match at Delhi
Staff Reporter03-Dec-2001*North ZoneKavaljit Singh scores a doubleJammu & Kashmir batsman Kavaljit Singh notched up a double centuryagainst Services in their Ranji Trophy league match at Delhi.Services, in reply to their rivals’ first-innings total of 350, scored287, led largely by fifties from Jasvir Singh, Arun Sharma, and CDThomson; Jammu bowler Jagtar Singh picked five wickets. The close ofplay on Day Three saw Jammu & Kashmir at a score of 133/4.At Rohtak, Himachal Pradesh bowler Shakti Singh scalped five batsmenin dismissing Haryana fpr 264, giving his side a lead of 74 runs. AjayRatra, fresh from his match against the visiting English side atJaipur, top-scored for Haryana with an unbeaten 72. In their secondinnings, Himachal Pradesh were 108/2 at stumps on Day Three.At Amritsar, Punjab made a strong reply to Delhi’s first-innings totalof 499. After Mithun Manhas (193) and Pradeep Chawla (142) hadslaughtered the bowling, Punjab’s batsmen looked like they wouldfollow suit when opener Manish Sharma fell for 1. The next threebatsmen, however, scored centuries – Ravneet Ricky made 100, YuvrajSingh 102, and Dinesh Mongia 102. Punjab were 385/7 at stumps on DayThree. For Delhi, Amit Bhandari picked five wickets.*South ZoneShock collapse for HyderabadInspired perhaps by one of their ilk breaking into the national squadfor the first time, Kerala’s bowlers ripped through a strong Hyderabadbatting line-up, dismissing them for only 117 on Day One of theirRanji Trophy league match at Cochin.With Suresh Kumar and Rejith Kumar picking up four wickets each, onlyDaniel Manohar could make a significant score – 35. Kerala, in theirreply, were 80/3 at the close of play.In the other South Zone match, Karnataka batsman Barrington Rowlandwaged a lone battle against Tamil Nadu, striking 113 off 221 balls.His fellow batsmen, however, could not display similar application,and Karnataka could only notch up 215 in their first innings. TamilNadu, in reply, were 39/1 at stumps on Day One.*East ZoneBihar batsmen make merrySkipper Rajiv Kumar and Saurav Shukla both notched up centuries,propelling Bihar to a total of 412 in their Ranji Trophy league matchagainst Tripura at Agartala.Kumar (113) and Shukla (120) shared a huge partnership for the fifthwicket in reply to Tripura’s first-innings total of 394, ensuring thatBihar would not lose the match and, in all probability, would pick upfive points from the likely-to-be-drawn tie.Tripura were 50/3 at the close of Day Three, and Bihar could very wellnotch up a win if they can bowl their rivals out and then make theremaining runs for victory.In the other East Zone match, Bengal’s batsmen notched up a fifty-runfirst-innings lead over Assam at Kolkata. Sukhvinder Singh, for thevisitors, picked six wickets, hastening the end of the innings. Forthe home side, skipper Rohan Gavaskar top-scored with 86. After making299, Bengal had Assam at 147/6 at stumps on Day Three.*West ZoneMumbai complete comprehensive winputting on a mammoth first-innings total of 553, Mumbai bowlers thenwreaked havoc with Baroda’s batting line-up, winning their RanjiTrophy league match at Vadodara by an innings 141 runs.After Ramesh Powar disheartened the Baroda bowlers by scoring 110 off134 balls coming in at number nine, Paras Mhambrey (3-27), NileshKulkarni (4-15) and Avishkar Salvi (3-41) then dismissed Baroda forjust 89. Nayan Mongia was the only resistance, scoring 17 off 100balls. When they followed on, Baroda could only muster up 323, handingtheir rivals a comprehensive triumph.At Rajkot, Gujarat opted not to take advantage of a sportingSaurashtra declaration, playing for a draw and picking up three pointsfrom their match. Saurashtra, declaring their second innings closed at157/7, set an eminently achievable victory target of 270 off 50 overs.Gujarat reached 138/2 by the close of play on the last day.