da heads bet： Not unexpectedly, Punjab made it to the title round of the Cooch BeharTrophy in Jamshedpur on Tuesday, by virtue of their first innings leadof 249 runs against Madhya Pradesh at the Telco club ground
15-Dec-1999Not unexpectedly, Punjab made it to the title round of the Cooch BeharTrophy in Jamshedpur on Tuesday, by virtue of their first innings leadof 249 runs against Madhya Pradesh at the Telco club ground. Resumingat 296 for two in reply to MP’s first innings total of 268, Punjabbatted almost the full day and went on to get 517 off 166overs. Skipper Yuvraj Singh, who was 103 overnight, went on to get122. Then there were valuable contributions from the other overnightbatsman V Mahajan (35), M Dhuper (31) and SP Singh (58). There wereseveral notable partnerships – 77 for the third wicket between Yuvrajand Mahajan; 52 for the fourth wicket between Mahajan and Dhuper; and55 runs for the sixth wicket between SP Singh and AS Sodhi (17). Eventhe tail wagged and No 9 Gagandeep Singh (21) and No 10 SK Sanwal (26)added 39 runs for the ninth wicket.