Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live blog of Day 2 of the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2015-16 Group A match between Haryana and Rajasthan at the Chaudhry Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium in Lahli. Both Haryana and Rajasthan sit at the bottom of the league table at number eight and nine, respectively as they both are in search for their first victory of the season. Haryana were off to an unplesant start in the opening day, getting bundled for mere 112 in the first innings, while Rajsthan were 75 for the loss of a wicket as they trailed Haryana by just 37 runs. Both the teams are in desperate search if a win in the game, but who would perform well? Complete coverage of Ranji Trophy 2015-16
Skipper Pankaj Singh had an eventful outing on Day of the play as he successfully claimed 4 for 10 in only 14.2 overs while Haryana were bowled out for mere 112 in. The former India pacer was at his sparkling best as he destroyed most of the Haryana batsme, with Virender Sehwag, being the only guy to score over 25, whiule Mohit Hooda and Mohit sharma were the other two guys who were able to score above 20s. In reply, Rajasthan were batting comfortable at 75 for the loss of a wicket, trailing by just 37 runs as they didin’t seemed to be bothered by their batting or Haryana’s bowling. Ooener Vineet Saxena and Puneet Yadav were batting on 38 and 12, respectively, reproted PTI.
Teams:
Haryana: Virender Sehwag (c), NR Saini (wk), HV Patel, AH Hooda, JJ Yadav, PY Tehlan, Mohit Sharma, RP Sharma, SU Yadav, CK Bishnoi, MS Hooda.
Rajasthan: MN Singh, Vineet Saxena, Ashok Menaria, Pankaj Singh (c), DL Chahar, DH Yagnik (wk), PR Yadav, TM Ul Haq, Rajat Bhatia, AB Singh, SS Dobal.