Mumbai, Dec 2:
Services today turned the tables on Chhattisgarh after conceding the first innings lead with the bowlers leading the way to provide for an exciting 18-run win in their Ranji Trophy Group C game at the BKC ground here.
Having set their rivals a challenging task of scoring 285 for an outright win by declaring their second innings yesterday at 340 for seven, Services bowlers rose up to the task and bundled out Chattisgarh for 266.
Medium pacer Diwesh Pathania led the way with a haul of 4 for 67 while left-arm slow bowler Vikas Yadav complemented him nicely with figures of 3 for 65.
Openers Sunny Gupta made 87 in 243 balls with 12 fours and held one end up after putting on 80 for the first wicket with captain Abhimanyu Chauhan, who scored a brisk 52 off 61 balls.
Pathani dismised Chauhan to end the partnership and give the much-needed opening into the rest of the batting line-up that collapsed without too much of a fight.
Avinash Singh Dhaliwal made 34 at no. 6 but the others capitulated to hand Services with a come-from-behind win.
Services gained six points to boost their points tally to 15 with a game in hand while Chhattisgarh remained at the bottom with 11 points from 8 games.
Brief scores: Services 225 and 340 for 7 decl. Beat Chhattisgarh 281 and 266 (S Gupta 87, A Chauhan 52; D Pathania 4 for 67, V Yadav 3 for 65) by 18 runs. Points: Services 6, Chattisgarh 0.
Summarised scores of other Group C matches:
1) Haryana vs Himachal Pradesh at Valsad
Haryana: 402 & 162 for 3 in 37.4 overs (Shubham Rohilla 100 not out; Kanwar Abhinay 2/43) vs Himachal Pradesh: 233 & 432 for 5 decl. In 88 overs (Prashant Chopra 237; Rahul Tewatia 3/109). Match drawn. Points: Haryana 3, Himachal Pradesh 1.
2) Jammu and Kashmir vs Hyderabad at Vadodara
Hyderabad: 328 & 244 for 2 decl (Tanmay Agarwal 103 not out, S Badrinath 66) beat J&K: 169 & 117 all out in 37.2 overs (Ram Dayal 33; Chama Milind 4/39) by 286 runs. Points: Hyderabad 6, J&K 0.
3) Kerala vs Tripura at Cuttack
Tripura: 213 & 162 all out (Sumit Patel 54; Akshay Chandran 4/16, Iqbal Abdulla 3/32) lose to Kerala: 193 & 183 for 3 in 51.4 overs (Mohammed Azharuddeen 99, Bhavin Thakkar 47; Gurinder Singh 3/40) by 7 wickets. Points: Kerala 6, Tripura 0. (PTI)
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