da bet esporte: Una: The four day North Zone Ranji Trophy match between HimachalPradesh and Services ended in a draw here yesterday as the hostsfailed to achieve a victory target of 257 runs set by Services

Rakesh Bakshi24-Nov-1999Una: The four day North Zone Ranji Trophy match between HimachalPradesh and Services ended in a draw here yesterday as the hostsfailed to achieve a victory target of 257 runs set by Services.A determined bid by Rahul Panta, who took six wickets for 103 runs andscored an unbeaten century in the second innings, failed to ensurevictory for Himachal who got three points against five earned byServices.Resuming at the overnight score of 90 for three, Services declared thesecond innings at 248 for eight. Sachin Kulkarni scored 54 runs forhis side while Harish Bhaskar and Sappan Dutta scored 39 and 30 runsrespectively. Pankaj also scored 30 while Thomson and M.V.Rao got 28and 27 runs.In their second innings, Himachal scored 164 runs for loss of fivewickets. Rahul Panta who opened the innings scored an unbeaten 100with the help of two sixes and eleven fours from 117 balls.M.V.Rao took two wickets for 84 runs while Sanjay Verma claimed onewicket for 13 runs in four overs.