da gbg bet: Fifteen wickets fell on the third day of the North Zone Ranji Trophyclash between Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh at the Maulana AzadStadium in Jammu, with the visitors emerging with the better of theexchanges
da casino: Natrajan Sriram25-Nov-2000Fifteen wickets fell on the third day of the North Zone Ranji Trophyclash between Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh at the Maulana AzadStadium in Jammu, with the visitors emerging with the better of theexchanges. Resuming their first innings at 289/8, Himachal declarednine overs into the day at 316/9. J&K were then shot out for 176,marginally avoiding the follow-on by just ten runs. But they struckback swiftly, knocking over four Himachal wickets for 55 before thedraw of stumps.After Himachal skipper Rajiv Nayyar’s declaration, J&K never reallygot going, losing their first five wickets for 69. Needing 167 tostave off the follow-on, the lower order manfully attempted to redressthe balance and succeeded to the extent of lifting the score to 176 in58.4 overs. Vijay Sharma topscored with 33 while for Himachal,Rajinder Thakur snapped up 3/65.In the 86 minutes batting available, Himachal limped to 55/4. Firstinnings centurion Nischal Gaur was removed by Qayoom for a tenth ballduck. Rahul Panta followed up his 46 not out in the first essay withanother unbeaten effort of 31 as the visitors closed the day 195 runsin front with six wickets in hand.






