da pinnacle： Una: A deadly spell of three for nineteen, supported by asparkling knock of 85 by Rahul Panta help Himachal defeat Services byfive wickets in one day Ranji tie here yesterday
Rakesh Bakshi20-Nov-1999Una: A deadly spell of three for nineteen, supported by asparkling knock of 85 by Rahul Panta help Himachal defeat Services byfive wickets in one day Ranji tie here yesterday.Electing to bat after winning the toss, Services were all out for 215in 48.1 overs. Services lost three early wickets and were 29 for 3 atone stage . A 97 run fourth wicket partnership between opener SarabjitSingh and Sanjay Verma, who scored 64 and 51 runs respectively helpedthe visitors to push the score to 215.Himachal skipper Rajiv Nayyar claimed two wickets for 19. Asim got twowickets for 33 runs. The remaining three wickets wre claimed by ShaktiSingh, Nischal Gaur and Sangram Singh.In reply, Himachal made a good beginning with openers Rahul Panta andNischal Gaur scoring 90 runs. Rahul Panta who wasdismissed by Javed was the top scorer with 85 runs while Anuj Pal andArun Verma remained not out at 20 and 18 respectively.Sayed Javed and Pankaj claimed two wickets each for 45 and 44 runsrespectively while the remaining wicket was claimed by K.K.Dixit.Himachal scored 217 for five in 48.3 overs to register its first victoryin one day Ranji matches.