Delhi dismiss Haryana for 138, lead by 98

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Delhi bowled out Haryana for 138 in their first innings to take control of their Ranji Trophy match at the Roshanara Ground here Friday. Ishant Sharma picked up five wickets for the home team.

Delhi were 35 for no loss at stumps on day two after bowling out Haryana for 138, thanks to Ishant (5/29) and medium pacer Rajat Bhatia (4/32). Unmukt Chand (9 not out) and Gautam Gambhir (26 not out) were in the middle with their team leading by 98 runs.

The hosts, resuming at 194 for eight in their first innings, could only add seven runs to their overnight first innings total.

Brief Scores:

Group A

In Delhi: Delhi 201 all out (Gautam Gambhir 29, Rajat Bhatia 39, Puneet Bisht 33; Sanjay Budhwar 4-56) and 35 for no loss vs. Haryana 138 all out (Joginder Sharma 35, Avi Barot 34; Ishant Sharma 5-29, Rajat Bhatia 4-32).

In Mohali: Punjab 172 all out and 127 for two (Jiwanjot Singh 51, Inder Singh 47; Akshar Patel 2-22) vs. Gujarat 127 all out (Bhavesh Baria 43; Sandeep Sharma 4-59, Manpreet Gony 2-26).

In Nagpur: Vidarbha 457 for six (Faiz Fazal 147, Shalabh Shrivastava 187 batting; H.S. Sharath 2-84) vs. Karnataka.

In Cuttack: Jharkhand 221 all out vs. Odisha 245 for five (Bikas Pati 94, Biplab Samantray 64 batting; Ajay Yadav 3-48).

Group B

In Meerut: Tamil Nadu 297 all out (Aparajith 60, Ramaswamy Prasanna 118, Aswin Crist 58; RP Singh 3-64, Imtiaz Ahmed 4-79) vs. Uttar Pradesh 171 for five (Mukul Dagar 69, Prashant Gupta batting 55; Aushik Srinivas 2-33).

In Kolkata: Bengal 303 all out and 5 for no loss vs. Saurashtra 225 all out (Cheteshwar Pujara 102; Ashok Dinda Dinda 4-65, Sourav Sarkar 2-34).

In Jaipur: Railways 283 all out (Nitin Bhille 60, Shivakant Shukla 54; Pankaj Singh 4-96, Rituraj Singh 2-44) vs. Rajasthan 142 for six (Vineet Saxena batting 73, Dinesh Yagnik 19; Anureet Singh 3-48).

In Delhi: Madhya Pradesh 239 all out (Naman Ojha 63, Rameez Khan 38; Suraj Yadav 4-63, Irfan Khan 2-74) vs. Services 256 for three (Rajat Paliwal batting 92, Yashpal Singh batting 81; Jalaj Saxena 3-63).

Group C

In Dharmasala: Hyderabad 237 all out and 40 for no loss vs. Himachal Pradesh 296 all out (Bipul Sharma 91, Rishi Dhawan 47; Alfred Absolem 4-88, Pagadala Naidu 3-68).

In Pune: Maharashtra 635 all out (Harshad Khadiwale 262, Kedhar Jadhav 106; Amit Yadav 7-155) vs. Goa 73 for one (Swapnil Asnodkar batting 25).

In Anantapur: Jammu and Kashmir 225 all out (Bandeep Singh 69, Manzoor Dar 35; Paidikalva Vijaykumar 3-63, Shaik Basha 3-71) vs. Andhra Pradesh 191 for eight (Srikar Bharat 39; Ram Dayal 2-46, Parvez Rasool 2-22).

In Agartala: Tripura 136 all out (Abhijit Dey 54; Abu Nechim 3-37, Arup Das 4-34) vs. Assam 420 for four (Dheeraj Jadhav 194, Tarjinder Singh 99; Manisankar Murasingh 2-81, Rana Dutta 2-86).