da pinnacle： The Punjab-Delhi Under-22 encounter at the Palam Ground in New Delhi sawvisitors Punjab take home 5 points after the match was drawn today, on the thirdand final day
Anand Vasu17-Dec-2000The Punjab-Delhi Under-22 encounter at the Palam Ground in New Delhi sawvisitors Punjab take home 5 points after the match was drawn today, on the thirdand final day. Despite letting Delhi get 336 in their first essay, Punjab battedout the rest of the match to make 591/8. Having let Punjab get such a huge lead,Delhi had to be content with 3 points.On winning the toss on Friday, Delhi skipper S Rauf elected to bat first.Stumper Varun Kumar did his skipper proud by slamming 147 (295 balls, 22 fours)at the top of the order. However, Varun Kumar had very little support from histeammates. Only S Vaid with 58 managed to stick around at the crease for awhile, but that too was not enough. After 123.2 overs of batting, Delhi couldmanage only 336.Punjab with their strong batting line up brushed aside the Delhi score withease. Opting not to make a match of it, Punjab batted out the remaining time toreach 591/8 when the match ended. For Punjab all batsmen were among the runs,but Under-19 star Ravneet Ricky was by far the best, with 146 (253 balls, 23fours). Apart from Ricky, Amit Behl (85), Ankur Kakkar (98) and HarikrishnanKali (90) were among the runs. As it turned out, Punjab were happy with the 5points they got from securing the first innings lead and the match ended in thetamest of draws.