da leao： A 112-run sixth wicket partnership between RavneetRicky and S Mahajan helped Punjab defeat Delhi bythree wickets in the North Zone Ranji Trophy Oneday Tournament at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground inDelhi on Thursday
Natarajan Sriram22-Jul-2009A 112-run sixth wicket partnership between RavneetRicky and S Mahajan helped Punjab defeat Delhi bythree wickets in the North Zone Ranji Trophy Oneday Tournament at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground inDelhi on Thursday.Needing to score 247 for a win, Punjab were peggedon the back foot when they lost opener SandeepSingh (4) off the third ball of the innings.Sandeep was caught by Ashu Dani off Aashish Nehra.But Ricky and Vikram Rathour (38) added 48 runsfor the second wicket before Rathour fell for acatch by Rahul Sanghvi off Suman. Stumper PankajDharmani lasted just seven balls before offering acatch to Virendra Shewag off Suman. A Kakkar toowas out quickly.At 82 for 5, Punjab were in a precarious position.But both Ricky and Mahajan responded to the calland forged their retreiving stand which lasted21.4 overs. Ricky finally departed, caught by Danioff Sanghvi for 67 off 120 balls inclusive of twofours and a six. Then Harbhajan Singh (26), whoseems to fancy himself with the bat these days andMahajan took the score to 240. With only sevenmore runs required for a win, Harbhajan departedgiving a return catch to Shewag. Then SharandeepSingh helped Mahajan to finsh the formalities.Mahajan remained unbeaten with 77 off 89 balls. Hehit four boundaries and a six.Earlier, Delhi put up 246 on the board thanks tovaluable knocks by Gautam Gambhir (53) andstumper P Chawla (59). The Delhi top order chippedin with useful contributions.