Hospice. In the Ranji Elite Group B match that started on Wednesday at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Dharamshala Stadium, Himachal has taken a lead of 62 runs against Puducherry by scoring 147 runs for two wickets in the first innings. Till the end of the first day’s play, Ankit Kalsi is unbeaten on 39 runs while Amit Kumar is at the crease after scoring 10 runs. Earlier, Himachal’s opener Shubham Arora scored a half-century. He scored 58 runs. Whereas the second opener Prashant Chopra contributed 23 runs. Earlier this morning, Himachal won the toss and invited Puducherry to bat first, but due to the accurate bowling of Himachal, the entire team was all out on a small score of 85 runs in the first innings. For Himachal, bowlers Vinay Glatia and Mukul Negi took three wickets each. Whereas captain Rishi Dhawan and Vaibhav Arora dismissed two batsmen each.
Earlier, Puducherry team did not have a good start and its opener Ajay Rohana was out on ground. Apart from this, offline Ganga Sridhar Raju scored 15 runs while Aman Hakim Khan was also out for zero. Fabid Ahmed was the only batsman from Puducherry who scored 25 unbeaten runs. Apart from this, both Saurav Yadav and Gaurav Yadav were out for zero, who were made victims of Himachal captain Rishi Dhawan. Other batsmen of the team also could not do anything special and could not even cross the double figures. Himachal all out Puducherry team for just 85 runs in 34 overs.
