da 888： In between early morning fog which delayed the start of play and badlight which ended play early, Punjab scored 191 for five off 61.5overs in the 260 minutes possible on the opening day of the four dayMA Chidambaram Trophy (under-19) match against
08-Jan-2000In between early morning fog which delayed the start of play and badlight which ended play early, Punjab scored 191 for five off 61.5overs in the 260 minutes possible on the opening day of the four dayMA Chidambaram Trophy (under-19) match against Rest of India at theDhruv Pandove stadium in Patiala on Friday. All the five wickets weretaken by opening bowler Gagandeep Singh.Punjab, who had emerged winners of the all India under-19 tournamentlast month at Jamshedpur, actually squandered away a goodstart. Openers Chetan Sharma (64) and D Mohan (95) put on 113 runs off41.1 overs. Chetan who faced 131 balls, hit ten fours. Ratan Kumar(17) then helped Mohan to add 44 runs for the second wicket off 10overs. But at 157, Gagandeep Singh dismissed Ratan Kumar and skipperR Gupta with successive deliveries. Mohan however seemed to beproceeding serenely towards his hundred but when five short of themark he was adjudged leg before to Gagandeep Singh. Mohan faced 173balls and hit 14 fours. He was fourth out at 185. With his next ball,Gagandeep Singh bowled AS Srivastava. At close, A Pandey (8) and USKaravadra (2) were at the crease. Gagandeep, used in short spells hadtaken five for 38 off 13.2 overs at the truncated end.