Jiwanjot Singh played a gem of an innings against UP on Tuesday. Image Source: sportpulse.net[/caption]Internet Desk: Riding on Jiwanjot Singh's 82-ball 69-run knock, Punjab today notched up a seven-wicket win over Uttar Pradesh to grab six valuable points in their Ranji Trophy Group A match on Tuesday.
Chasing 112-run victory target, Punjab resumed their second innings at 61-2 today and overnight batsman Jiwanjot produced his 18th first-class fifty, which was studded with 10 boundaries to seal the win.
He was dismissed in the 28th over with Punjab needing just four more runs to win. Jiwanjot was supported well by overnight batsman Uday Kaul (9 not out), who hit the winning runs with a boundary to seal the win at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here.
With two wins in five matches, Punjab are currently placed third in the pool, behind Tamil Nadu.
In another match, Riding on Tushar Deshpande's five-wicket haul, defending champions Mumbai registered a comfortable 10-wicket win over Railways and grabbed six points in their Ranji Trophy Group A match here today.
On the fourth day, Deshpande snapped three wickets -- Faiz Ahmed (28), Ashish Yadav (26) and DN Bansal (3) -- to go with the two wickets he had taken yesterday, while Shardul Thakur, Vijay Gohil and Balwinder Sandhu picked up one wicket each to dismiss Railways for 208 after they resumed their second innings at an overnight total of 135-4 today.
With just 24 runs to chase, Mumbai openers AA Hrewadkar (18) and SS Iyer (6) completed the task in just 5 overs without losing any wicket at the Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground here.
Earlier, resuming their second innings at 135/4, Railways lost Nitin Bhille in the 67th over by Thakur. In the 81st over, Faiz Ahmed too was back in the hut when he was caught by Suryakumar Yadav as Railways slipped to 170-6.
Five overs later, Karn Sharma was then cleaned up by Sandhu and in the next over Ashish Yadav too departed after being caught by Kaustubh Pawar. Amit Mishra and Deepak Bansal too was dismissed cheaply after Railways crossed the 200-mark.
Brief Score:
Uttar Pradesh 335 & 95
Punjab 319 & 112/3 in 28.1 overs (Jiwanjot Singh 69; Sourabh Kumar 2/31)
Mumbai 345 & 24/0 in 5 overs (AA Herwadkar 18 not out; KV SHarma 0/6)
Railways 160 & 208 all out in 92.1 overs (SP Wakaskar 39; T Deshpande 5/35).
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