da apostebet： Discarded India off spinner Harbhajan Singh, weaving patterns aroundthe batsmen, picked up five wickets for 53 runs as Bihar struggled tomake 197 for six off 98.2 overs on the opening day of their RanjiTrophy Super League Group B match against
04-Mar-2000Discarded India off spinner Harbhajan Singh, weaving patterns aroundthe batsmen, picked up five wickets for 53 runs as Bihar struggled tomake 197 for six off 98.2 overs on the opening day of their RanjiTrophy Super League Group B match against Punjab at the PCA stadium inMohali on Thursday. Put into bat, Bihar were held in check by thebowlers, but at 150 for two about an hour before close they seemed tohave laid the foundation for a good total. However Harbhajan Singh wasdeadly in the post tea session, and Bihar were probably glad that theydid not lose more than six wickets by stumps.Openers N Ranjan (39) and Javed Khan (60) gave Bihar a good startputting on 77 runs for the opening partnership but this took 41 oversto compile. Ranjan faced 138 balls and hit six fours before he was legbefore to Gagandeep Singh. A Hashmi and Javed quickened the tempo abit during a second wicket stand of 44 runs off 13 overs before theformer was caught and bowled by Harbhajan Singh for 22. Rajiv Kumarand Javed then took the score to 150 before the opening batsmanfinally fell, caught by Ravneet Ricky off Harbhajan. Javed Khan batted302 minutes, faced 208 balls and hit eight fours.Harbhajan by now was virtually unplayable. At 161, he took two wicketswith successive deliveries dismissing skipper Sunil Kumar and ManishKumar. Then after Rajiv Kumar and MS Dhoni added 36 runs for the sixthwicket off 11.2 overs, Harbhajan struck again in the last over of theday by dismissing the latter for 13. Rajiv Kumar at close was battingwith a steadily compiled 43 compiled off 102 balls with nine hits tothe ropes. But there was little doubt that the day’s individualhonours were cornered by Harbhajan Singh who had the excellent figuresof 25.2-9-53-5.