Haryana batsmen fought back in style with three half centuries after following on as their Ranji Trophy Elite division match against Madhya Pradesh ended in a draw on the fourth and final day.
Published: Dec 17, 2011, 12:31 AM (IST)
Edited: Dec 17, 2011, 12:31 AM (IST)
Resuming at 147 for two, Haryana scored 346 for seven from 135 overs on final day before the umpires decided to declare the match as drawn
Rohtak: Dec 16, 2011
Haryana batsmen fought back in style with three half centuries after following on as their Ranji Trophy Elite division match against Madhya Pradesh ended in a draw on the fourth and final day.
Prateek Pawar (84) and Sachin Rana (64) defied the Madhya Pradesh bowling attack for 49.5 overs while adding 132 runs for the fourth wicket after Sunny Singh (76) could add just one run to his overnight score before being out.
Resuming at 147 for two, Haryana scored 346 for seven from 135 overs before the umpires decided to declare the match as drawn in the Group B fixture at Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium.
Harshal Patel (3) and Yuzvendra Chahal (4) were the not out batsmen at close.
Haryana had earlier conceded a huge 361-run first innings lead to Madhya Pradesh who asked the visitors to follow on.
The home side were to blame themselves for not winning the match as they got enough overs to bowl the visitors out.
Pacer TP Sudhindra bagged two more wickets today to end with innings figures of 3/83. Jalaj Saxena, Rameez Khan and Asif Ali grabbed a wicket apiece.
Madhya Pradesh bagged three points for taking first innings lead while Haryana got one point for saving the match.
Madhya Pradesh have already qualified for the knock-out round and they now have 16 points from five matches.
Haryana, on the other hand, are still not out of danger for relegation as they have just one point more than the two bottom place teams — Gujarat and Bengal — on nine points after five matches.(PTI)
Brief Scores: Madhya Pradesh 487 drew with Haryana 126 and 346 for 7 (Sunny Singh 76, Prateek Pawar 84, Sachin Rana 64; TP Sudhindra 3 for 83).
