da pinup bet： Punjab scored a comfortable seven wicket victoryover Services at the Model Sports Complex inDelhi
Anand Vasu03-Dec-2000Punjab scored a comfortable seven wicket victoryover Services at the Model Sports Complex inDelhi. After Services captain Sanjay Verma won thetoss and elected to bat first, his team wasbundled out for 147 in 45 overs. Struggling at 76for 8, the Services team was lucky to get to theireventual score. SV Ghag coming in at number tenmade a fighting 41 including five fours and onesix. But for his innings, Services would havesuffered a much worse fate.As it were, the Punjab team had no trouble inoverhauling the mediumsized total. Former Indiaopener Vikram Rathour made an unbeatenmatchwinning 64 (144 minutes, 89 balls, 5 fours)while the rest of the batsmen chipped in. SandeepSharma, the mediumpacer has made a name forhimself with the bat in recent times. Promoted forhis clean hitting, Sandeep Sharma made 24 off just30 balls, with four boundaries in his position atone drop.Dinesh Mongia coming in at number five wasunbeaten on better than run a ball 17 when Punjabwon the match by seven wickets with over fourteenovers to spare.