da realsbet： Solan: An unbeaten 114 by Vivek Mahajan put Punjab in a commandingposition against Himachal Pradesh at close of play on the first day oftheir three day North Zone Cooch Behar Trophy league match at the YSParmar University ground here on Thursday
Sushil Dewan05-Nov-1999Solan: An unbeaten 114 by Vivek Mahajan put Punjab in a commandingposition against Himachal Pradesh at close of play on the first day oftheir three day North Zone Cooch Behar Trophy league match at the YSParmar University ground here on Thursday. After dismissing the hostsfor 125, Punjab scored 279 for eight at stumps.Yuvraj Singh won the toss for Punjab and asked the hosts to batfirst. Hari Krishan Kali dealt Himachal Pradesh three early blows withonly 10 runs on the board. Hitesh Angrish (31) and Pankaj Kapoor (19)added 40 runs for the fourth wicket when Angrish was sent back to thepavilion by Yuvraj Singh. Another two wickets fell in quick successionand Himachal were 57 for six. No 10 batsman Anuj Pratap Singh (31)brought some respectibility to his team’s total and Himachal managed amodest total of 125 runs. Yuvraj Singh was the most successful bowlerpicking up four wickets for 29 runs.Punjab lost skipper Yuvraj Singh to the second ball of the innings.Ajay Partap Singh sent him back without scoring. Vivek Mahajan andManav Dhuper (49) then added added 84 runs for the fourthwicket. Dhuper played an attacking knock, hitting 10 boundaries andfaced only 49 balls before he was caught by Verma off AnujThakur. Hari Krishan Kali (32), Vikramjit Sodhi (20) and Ankur Sondhi(19) all made valuable contributions. But all eyes were on VivekMahajan who played elegant strokes all around the ground. He played159 balls and hit 17 of them to the ropes. Ajay Partap Singh, MohanSingh and Shivender Pal Singh shared two wickets each giving away 57,45 and 72 runs respectively.