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Punjab thrashes J&K by 94 runs

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 3/27/2015 4:28:00 PM

JAMMU, Mar 26: Manan Vohra's 55-ball 77 powered Punjab to a 94-run victory over Jammu & Kashmir at the Feroz Shah Kotla.
After J&K elected to bowl, Vohra and Jaskaranveer Singh, who hit 29 off 18 balls, gave Punjab a quick start. After Jaskaranveer's dismissal, Vohra added 56 runs with Mandeep Singh, whose contribution was only 8. Then, towards the end, Gurkeerat Singh notched up a 14-ball 26 to drive Punjab to 176.
J&K's reply never gained any momentum, with only captain Parvez Rasool managing to pass 25. Siddarth Kaul claimed three wickets, as J&K were bowled out for 82 in 18.2 overs.
Medium-pacer Deepak Punia took 6 for 14 to rein in Haryana's chase and leave them 15 runs short of Services' total of 141. Chasing 142, Haryana stumbled to 40 for in the seventh over, with Punia accounting for all three wickets. Himanshu Rana and Sachin Rana steadied the chase with a 57-run partnership for the fourth wicket but the latter's wicket allowed Services ot forge a comeback with quick wickets. Punia contributed with another double-wicket over, getting rid of Harshal Patel and top-scorer Himanshu Rana and Haryana were eventually limited to 126 for 8. Earlier, Pratik Desai's 43 and Yashpal Singh's 41 helped Services tide over the low scores of the top and middle order to post 141 for 6.
Pankaj Jaiswal's four-wicket haul gave Himachal Pradesh their third win on the trot, as they defeated Delhi by 19 runs at the Feroz Shah Kotla.
Opting to bat, Himachal Pradesh made 154, Raghav Dhawan (33) and Paras Dogra, who smashed a 19-ball 34, being the major contributors. Left-arm spinner Manan Sharma claimed three wickets.
Delhi didn't get off to the best of starts with openers Unmukt Chand and Gautam Gambhir, who faced 15 balls for six runs, dismissed inside the Powerplay. Milind Kumar , scoring 52 off 39 balls, and Nitin Rana (32 off 20 balls) rebuilt the innings with a 48-run stand. Despite losing Rana in the 11th over, Milind kept his team in the hunt. But Pawan Negi's dismissal in the 17th over - at which point, Delhi needed 32 off 21 deliveries - triggered a terminal slide, as four more wickets fell in the space of three overs to deny the home side victory.
Jaiswal was well supported by Rishi Dhawan and Akshay Chauhan, who claimed two wickets apiece, as Himachal extended their unbeaten streak.