da winzada777： Punjab, thanks in the main to a marathon unbeaten 185 by skipper VMahajan, comfortably won the MA Chidambaram (under-19) Trophy beatingthe Rest of India by virtue of their first innings lead of 142 runs atthe Dhruv Pandove stadium in Patiala on
11-Jan-2000Punjab, thanks in the main to a marathon unbeaten 185 by skipper VMahajan, comfortably won the MA Chidambaram (under-19) Trophy beatingthe Rest of India by virtue of their first innings lead of 142 runs atthe Dhruv Pandove stadium in Patiala on Monday. The four day matchended in a tame draw.Having scored 161 for four in reply to Rest of India’s total of 237,Punjab were the favourites to take the all important first inningslead. And Mahajan in the company of AS Sodhi took Punjab past the Resttotal for the loss of five wickets. He and Sodhi in fact added 74 runsfor the sixth wicket before the latter fell for 40. Sodhi faced 57balls and hit five fours. Then A Uniyal (34) helped his captain add 71runs for the seventh wicket. Uniyal faced 61 balls and hit five ofthem to the ropes. But the innings revolved Mahajan’s knock whichlasted 625 minutes. He had come in when the first wicket fell at 18and faced 389 balls and hit 14 fours and two sixes. Punjab were allout for 379. In the remaining time Rest of India scored 36 for twowhen stumps were finally drawn.