da realbet： New Delhi: An unbeaten 85 by Mithun Manhas and half centuries fromAshu Dani(76) and Virender Sehwag (70) gave Delhi a commanding 218-runfirst innings lead over Services on the second day of the North ZoneRanji Trophy match here on Monday
Madhu Sanghi26-Oct-1999New Delhi: An unbeaten 85 by Mithun Manhas and half centuries fromAshu Dani(76) and Virender Sehwag (70) gave Delhi a commanding 218-runfirst innings lead over Services on the second day of the North ZoneRanji Trophy match here on Monday. At draw of stumps, Delhi were 359for seven with Manhas and Rahul Sanghvi (2) at the crease.Delhi’s lead was built around a 113-run fifth wicket stand betweenManhas and Sehwag, whose knock came off just 73 delivaries andincluded seven hits to the fence and a huge six over extra over. Thepartnership was broken when Sehwag was caught at extra over by SanjayVerma while trying to drive Pankaj Maitery. Minhas, who anchored theDelhi innings, fell after 240 minutes at the crease. His knockincluded six boundaries.Earlier, resuming at the overnight score of 61 for one, Ashu Dani andAkash Malhotra (42) put together 110 runs for the second wicket beforemedium pacer M V Rao, who was bowling off-spin for a change, bowledMalhotra. Skipper Ajay sharma played a breezy innings of 31 beforeedging Rao to G S Thapa. Dani fell leg before to Syed Javed when thescore was 191. Rao and Syded Javed captured two wickets each givingaway 83 and 126 runs respectively.