da doce： Mohali, 31 October : Pankaj Dharmani (106*) scored a unbeaten centuryas Punjab piled up a big total of 334 for the loss of four wickets onthe first day of their second Ranji trophy 4-day league match beingplayed at Punjab Cricket Association
Rajesh Arora01-Nov-1999Mohali, 31 October : Pankaj Dharmani (106*) scored a unbeaten centuryas Punjab piled up a big total of 334 for the loss of four wickets onthe first day of their second Ranji trophy 4-day league match beingplayed at Punjab Cricket Association stadium here today.Vikram Rathore once again proved lucky with coin for Punjab and optedfotr batting on a batsmen friendly wicket. Rathore and Sodhi openedthe innings and give their team a solid start as both added 66 runsbefore Rathore 47 was caught at first slip by Thapa off Javed whileplaying a casual shot out side the off stump. His knock of 52 ballswas studded with six boundaries and one six. Reetinder Sodhi (32) wasnext to depart at team total of 91 in 19.3 overs. He unnecessarlyjumped out to left arm spinner Pankaj Maitrey and was stumped bySarabjeet Singh.Pankaj Dharmani played a gallant knock of 106* as he hits Servicesbowlers at all part of the ground. He was lucky to be droped by Thapaat second slip off Syed Javed at his individual score of zero. Afterthis he never looked back and take the Services bowlers on leathalhunt. He smashed 12 power packed hits to fence and a mighty six atlong on. Amit Sharma(35) and Dharmani added 45 runs in 67 balls forthird wicket. Amit was clean bowled by right arm leg spinner Kulkarnias he missed a juicy drive.At the fall of third wicket seasoned compainer Dinesh Mongia joinedDharmani. Mongia was looking very confident from the first ball hefaced. He too like his senior partner ride on Services bowlers andscored splendid 79 runs which included six boundaries and twosixes. This pair added 155 runs for the fourth wicket. Playing a twominded drive Mongia gave a simple caught to Thapa at slips of Maitrey.Pankaj Dharmani while playing his 46th innings of his 35th match,completed sixth century. He also completed 2000 runs today when hereached at 53.His unbeaten knock was consisted of 206 balls and he wasat crease for 280 minutes today. Sanjay Kumar (22*) who replacedMongia, is playing very gracefully. He and Dharmani contributed 43runs for the unbeaten fifth wicket and are yet on crease.Pankaj Maitray was pick of the bowlers today as he captured twowickets by giving away just 79 runs during his marathon bowling spellof 32 runs. Sachin Kulkarni and Syed Javed shared a wicket each givingaway 86 and 67 runs respectively.