da gbg bet： Himachal Pradesh were plunging towards an innings defeat at the end ofthe third day of their North Ranji Trophy match against Delhi at theHarbax Singh Stadium in the capital
Sankhya Krishnan13-Nov-2000Himachal Pradesh were plunging towards an innings defeat at the end ofthe third day of their North Ranji Trophy match against Delhi at theHarbax Singh Stadium in the capital. Having been dismissed for 225 intheir first knock, the visitors were at a dismal 83/5 the second timeround, needing a further 109 to make Delhi bat again.In the morning, skipper Rajiv Nayyar held HP together with a battling75, being involved in two useful stands with Richi Kapoor and SangramSingh. Nayyar’s dismissal for 75 (316 balls, 5 fours), a knockencompassing six hours and 40 minutes, opened the floodgates as thelast five wickets tumbled for 27. Ashish Nehra who has tasted a fairbit of success already in the season returned figures of 5/74 whilehis pace twin Amit Bhandari produced a bag of 3/72.Both of them struck again as Himachal followed on, the crucial blowbeing Nayyar’s removal, trapped leg before by Nehra for nine. VirenderSharma and Richi Kapoor were holding fort at stumps.