da fezbet： Pankaj Dharmani and Dinesh Mongia, with an unbeaten 330-run partnership forthe fourth wicket put Punjab in a position of considerable strength atclose of play on the second day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy leaguematch against Jammu & Kashmir
Partab Ramchand06-Nov-2000Pankaj Dharmani and Dinesh Mongia, with an unbeaten 330-run partnership forthe fourth wicket put Punjab in a position of considerable strength atclose of play on the second day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy leaguematch against Jammu & Kashmir at the Burlton Park in Jullundur on Monday.After being 36 for three in reply to J&K’s first innings total of 168,Punjab at stumps were 366 for three.Medium pacer Surendra Singh rocked Punjab by taking the wickets of RavneetRicky (6), skipper Vikram Rathour (23) and Manish Sharma (3) in his firstseven overs and suddenly the J&K first innings total looked veryimpressive. However over the next 76.5 overs, Dharmani and Mongia changedthe scenario dramatically. They did pretty much what they liked with thebowling. Eight bowlers were tried but to no avail as the fourth wicket pairscored at will. Mongia was slightly the more aggressive of the two and byclose he had hit 176 in 296 minutes. He faced 253 balls and hit eight foursand five sixes. The experienced Dharmani was no less impressive in hisstokeplay and his 148 took him 306 minutes to compile. He faced 210 ballsand hit eleven fours and three sixes. Surendra Singh by stumps had threefor 52 off 16 overs but the rest of the bowling was harshly dealt with.