da 888casino： Punjab captain Vikram Rathour, with an unbeaten 137, placed his teamin a commanding position at stumps on the second day of their RanjiTrophy Super League Group B match against Bihar at the PCA stadium inMohali on Sunday
05-Mar-2000Punjab captain Vikram Rathour, with an unbeaten 137, placed his teamin a commanding position at stumps on the second day of their RanjiTrophy Super League Group B match against Bihar at the PCA stadium inMohali on Sunday. Replying to Bihar’s first innings total of 244,Punjab were 268 for four at close of play.Bihar, who were 197 for six at the end of play on Saturday, battled onto add another 47 runs. Rajiv Kumar, 43 overnight, was out for 55. Hewas one of Gagandeep Singh’s three victims this morning. The mediumpacer finished with four for 44 while Harbhajan had five for 69.Punjab were given a rousing start with openers Rathour and RavneetRicky putting on 107 runs off 25.5 overs. Ricky hit 50 off 83 ballswith the help of seven fours. Medium pacer Sanjeev Gupta who dismissedRicky took two more wickets, those of Youraj Singh (2) and PankajDharmani (0) and when RS Sodhi (5) was leg before to S Khan, Punjabhad slumped to 128 for four. However Rathour found an able ally inDinesh Mongia and the two figured in an unbroken partnership of 140runs for the fifth wicket off 35 overs by stumps. Rathour, a formerIndian opening batsman, who reached his hundred shortly after tea hadby close, faced 198 balls and hit 16 fours and a six. Mongia, for hisunbeaten 67, had faced 120 balls and hit seven of them to theropes. Sanjeev Gupta had figures of three for 82 at close. But it isPunjab who currently hold all the aces.