da luck： Haryana defended a meagre total and effected a comprehensive 71-runvictory over Delhi in their Ranji one-day match at Patiala on Monday
Staff Reporter18-Dec-2001Haryana defended a meagre total and effected a comprehensive 71-runvictory over Delhi in their Ranji one-day match at Patiala on Monday.Winning the toss, Haryana posted only 217 in their innings. The firstthree wickets fell for 30, and the innings looked certain to crumble.But 42 from Shafiq Khan and a busy 73 off 80 balls from skipper AjayRatra took Haryana through past the 200-run mark. They reached 217/9,with Ratra unbeaten till the very end. For Delhi, Amit Bhandari took 4wickets.Mithun Manhas’ 41 notwithstanding, Delhi collapsed spectacularly intheir batting effort. Bowled out in 40.3 overs for just 146, Delhistruggled against all the Haryana bowlers. Only Manhas batted with anydegree of comfort, and when he fell with the score on 114, the matchwas all but over.