da winzada777： Mohali, November 1: Pankaj Dharmani smashed an unbeaten 202 beforePunjab declared their first innings at 533 for six one hour before teato be sitting pretty at close of play on the second day of theirsecond Ranji Trophy league match here on Monday
Rajesh Arora02-Nov-1999Mohali, November 1: Pankaj Dharmani smashed an unbeaten 202 beforePunjab declared their first innings at 533 for six one hour before teato be sitting pretty at close of play on the second day of theirsecond Ranji Trophy league match here on Monday. By stumps, Punjabsent back four Services batsmen for 76.Punjab resumed at 334 for four. Dharmani who was unbeaten with 106completed his double century. He was playing the 46th innings and his35th match. This was his third double century. His unbeaten 202 cameoff 384 balls and consisted of 25 boundaries and a six. He was at thecrease for 490 minutes. The other overnight batsman Sanjay Kumarmissed his half century by three runs, being unlucky to be run out dueto a mix up as Dharmani after calling a run sent him back. Sanjayscored 47 off 99 balls with the help of six hits to the fence. Thispair added 103 runs for the fifth wicket off 173 balls.At the fall of Sanjay’s wicket, Sandeep Sharma joined Dharmani andplayed a attacking knock. He smashed the bowling to all parts of theground. His 65 came off 85 balls and included six boundaries and a sixoff right arm medium pacer Javed. He was bowled while trying a bigheave off the same bowler. Sandeep Sharma and Dharmani added 115 runsfor sixth wicket off 202 balls.Chasing a big total, Services started badly. Their first wicket fellat 23 when Narender Singh (14) was caught by R.P.Singh off SandeepSharma. Skipper Sanjay Verma (17) was the next to depart as he wascaught at silly point by Mongia off Sandeep Sharma. Abu Eric(11) andThomson (11) did not contribute much and threw away theirwickets. Sandeep Sharma was the pick of the bowlers getting twowickets for 17 runs.