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Chetan Sharma misses century

GURGAON, MARCH 30. Opener Chetan Sharma missed a century but Haryana made a comfortable 264 for four on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Plate division final here on Wednesday.

Sharma (95) and his partner Bageshwar Bisht (50) justified their captain's decision to bat first as the left-right combination added 129 runs for the opening wicket.

Bisht was the first to depart when he was caught by P.M.S. Reddy off Arun Sharma. But Chetan Sharma, who hit seven fours and a six in his 200-ball knock, continued to trouble the Services bowlers as he added another 48 with Sunny Singh (52) before falling to Yashpal Singh.

Though Haryana lost Sunny and Ishan Ganda (9) with the addition of just 45 runs, Shafiq Khan (28 batting) and Joginder Sharma (13 batting) ensured no more setbacks till stumps.

The scores:

Haryana — 1st innings: B. Bisht c Reddy b Sharma 50, C. Sharma lbw b Yashpal 95, S. Singh lbw b Sharma 52, I. Ganda b Yashpal 9, S. Khan (batting) 28, J. Sharma (batting) 13. Extras (b-5, lb-3, nb-8, w-1) 17. Total (for four wkts.) 264.

Fall of wickets: 1-129, 2-177, 3-195, 4-222.

Services bowling: F. Mohammad 2-0-11-0, S. Ghag 23-3-67-0, A. Sharma 38-8-94-2, Yashpal 15-3-46-2, A.K. Mohanty 12-2-38-0. — PTI

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