da aposte e ganhe： Punjab U-22 picked up eight points with anoutright victory over Jammu & Kashmir in the NorthZone U-22 tournament at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium,Delhi
Waleed Hussain03-Dec-2000Punjab U-22 picked up eight points with anoutright victory over Jammu & Kashmir in the NorthZone U-22 tournament at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium,Delhi.Opting to bat, the Punjab top order piled ahealthy total of 357 for eight declared off 104overs in the first innings. Opener V Mahajanscored a patient 63 off 119 deliveries with sevenboundaries to his name. Sachin Kumar chipped inwith 62 off 103 balls, laced with nine hits to thefence. A Kakaria (95) and A Sondhi added 113 runsfor the sixth wicket off 33.4 overs. Kakariamissed his century by five runs, dismissed bySalam. His 198 balls innings had 13 hits to theboundary. Sondhi was unbeaten on 57 with fourboundaries in his 95 ball innings.In reply, Babloo Kumar shut the doors on the Jammu& Kashmir top order, scalping six for 25 off 16.2overs. Amarinder Singh bagged three for 37 off hiseleven overs. Jammu & Kashmir folded out for 128in 51.2 overs. Jammu & Kashmir followed on andmade a steady recovery with openers A Jalani (39)and Vivek Singh (26) adding 47 for the firstwicket. The middle order batsmen Hardeep Singh(43)and Sanjay Sharma (44) chipped in with usefulefforts. Inderjeet Singh returned unbeaten on 61as Jammu & Kashmir folded out for 260 in 87 overs.Amit Kakaria bagged six for 45 off 20 overs torestrict the batsmen. Punjab batsmen scored 35runs losing one wicket in 4.5 overs to clinchvictory.