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UNA, Oct 28: An unbeaten knock of 60 by Amarjeet Kaypee and penetrating bowling by Vineet Jain (3-16) and Pardeep Jain (3-20) helped Haryana beat Himachal Pradesh by 48 runs in the North Zone Ranji Trophy one-day cricket match here today.
It was Amarjeet Kaypee who was mainly responsible for Haryana's moderate total of 150. Their six wickets fell just for 56 runs. However, Kaypee waged a single-handed battle to carry the total to 150. `Mr Extras' contributed 31 runs. Fine bowling by Rahul Panta (5-28) and Nischal Gaur (3-22) restricted Haryana's total.
Chasing 151 runs for win, Himachal were skittled out for 102 runs with skipper Rajeev Nayyar remaining not out on 48.
Brief scores: Haryana 150 in 47.4 overs (Amarjeet Kaypee 60 not out; Rahul Panta 5-28, N Gaur 3-33) bt Himachal Pradesh 102 in 50 overs (Nischal Gaur 31, Rajeev Nayyar 48; Vineet Jain 3-16, Sonu Sharma 2-10, Pardeep Jain 3-10)
Delhi rout Services
NEW DELHI: Delhi today did not miss veteran Ajay Sharma, who reported at theground with a stiff neck, for their North Zone Ranji one-day game against the Services at the Kotla. The home team's younger brigade took over the mantle to carve out a comfortable 175-run victory with almost 10 overs to spare. A captain's knock of 102 (3x4, 120b, 190m) by Vijay Dahiya and another sterling all-round performance from Virender Sehwag (71: 1x6, 7x4, 62b, 82m; and 4 for 17) shut the door on Services.
Brief scores: Delhi 275 for 9 in 50 overs (V Dahiya 102, V Sehwag 71; J P Pandey 4-29, Arun Sharma 2-51) bt Sevices 100 in 40.1 overs (Ashish Malhotra 1-19, Robin Singh 1-11, R Sanghvi 1-13, V Sehwag 4-17)
Karnataka down Andhra
BANGALORE: Karnataka began their campaign on a triumphant note when they scored a 37-run victory over Andhra in the Subbaiah Pillai Trophy one-day South Zone cricket league at the KSCA Stadium here on Wednesday.
Chasing 258 runs for a win, Andhra began with a flourish but choked in the middle and managed to score only 220 with medium pacer Dodda Ganeshsigning off the victory by uprooting the stumps of tail-ender Mallikarjun Rao in the 49th over.
Brief scores: Karnataka 257 for 6 in 50 overs (J Arun Kumar 51, Fazal Khaleel 39, HT Girish Rao 52 not out, B Akhil 33; I Srinivas 3-37) bt Andhra 220 in 48.2 overs (MSK Prasad 51, V Nagini Kumar 36; RV Ch Prasad 31, C S Shiraguppi 36, KST Sai 31 not out; D Ganesh 3-58, Mansoor Ali Khan 3-40, DS Ananth 2-40)
Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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