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Haryana surprises U.P.

CENTURION: Karnataka's Thilak Naidu sends one to the fence during his century knock against Delhi on Monday. — Photo: S. Subramanium

Rohtak: Haryana defeated Ranji champion Uttar Pradesh inside two days, by an innings and 18 runs in the Ranji Trophy Super League match and in the process, picked up a bonus point.

Overnight batsmen Sumit Sharma and S. Rana both completed centuries and Haryana was finally all out for 337, having gained a lead of 266 runs. Sharma made 126 off 234 balls, while Rana smashed two sixes in his knock of 110.

Uttar Pradesh made a disastrous start to its second innings and was reduced to 20 for four. Captain Mohammed Kaif collected a pair — Joginder Sharma bowled him first ball this time. Last man A.W. Zaidi scored 43 off 42 balls with seven fours and two sixes. Paceman Sharma finished with a match haul of 10 wickets, while left-arm seamer S. Budhwar polished off the tail in the second innings to finish with four for 36.

The scores:

Super League: At Rohtak: Uttar Pradesh 71 and 178 in 51.3 overs (A.W. Zaidi 43, S. Budhwar four for 36) lost to Haryana 337 in 96.4 overs (Sumit Sharma 126, S. Rana 110, R.P. Singh five for 68).

At Rajkot: Tamil Nadu 500 for eight decl. in 145 overs (R. Prasanna 89, S. Sharath 109, R. Sathish 93, K. Vasudeva Das 80, R. Naresh 64, S.P. Jobanputra four for 112) vs. Saurashtra 70 without loss in 31 overs (S.D. Jogiyani 44).

At Kolhapur: Punjab 550 in 161.3 overs (R.S. Ricky 56, K. Goel 91, P. Dharmani 113 not out, Vipul Sharma 93, L. Ablish 76, S.V. Bahutule five for 160) vs. Maharashtra 50 for one in 16 overs.

At Hyderabad: Mumbai 115 in 60 overs vs. Hyderabad 253 for five in 119 overs (D.B. Ravi Teja 45, D. Vinay Kumar 64 batting, I. Khaleel 41 batting).

At Delhi: Karnataka 446 in 115.1 overs (A.R. Uthappa 161, C. Raghu 87, V.S. Thilak Naidu 122, A. Nehra four for 171, I. Sharma four for 99) vs. Delhi 103 for five in 47 overs (V. Kohli 40 batting).

At Kolkata: Gujarat 329 in 89 overs (N.D. Modi 40, P.A. Patel 103, B.D. Thaker 52, R.R. Bose four for 65) vs. Bengal 227 for five in 72 overs (R. Gavaskar 45 batting, L.R. Shukla 50 batting).

At Vadodara: Andhra 342 in 161 overs (L.N. Prasad Reddy 148, Rajesh Pawar seven for 87) vs. Baroda 33 without loss in 17 overs.

Plate League: At Agartala: Orissa 306 in 96.5 overs (N. Behera 77, D. Mohanty 53, V. Jain six for 114) vs. Tripura 74 in 34.1 overs (S. Khatua five for 22) and 82 for three in 37 overs.

At Margao: Kerala 221 in 94.2 overs (S. Suresh 58, Sreekumar Nair 65, A.P. Naik four for 34) and 41 without loss in 11 overs vs. Goa 205 in 69.4 overs (R.D. Asnodkar 64, S.K. Cheruvathur five for 60).

At Jamshedpur: Services 216 in 82.2 overs vs. Jharkhand 252 for seven in 98 overs (Santosh Lal 54, S. Panda 67 batting, Yashpal Singh four for 37).

At Jammu: Himachal Pradesh 506 for five decl. in 121.3 overs (Sandeep Sharma 65, Sangram Singh 160, M.S. Bisla 168, A. Mannu 45) vs. Jammu and Kashmir 137 for four in 48 overs (Kavaljit Singh 50).

At Dibrugarh: Assam 181 in 88.3 overs (J. Arunkumar 67, T.P. Sudhindra four for 59) vs. Madhya Pradesh 109 for eight in 51.3 overs (S.V. Saravanan five for 17).

At Nagpur: Vidarbha 106 in 41.3 overs and 126 in 59.3 overs (A.S. Naidu 42, M. Kartik four for 26) vs. Railways 163 in 59.4 overs (T.P. Singh 65) & 27 for two in nine overs.

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