Punjab beat Services by 9 wickets in 4th league match of Men’s Vijay Hazare Trophy (2021-2022)- Elite “E” Group Match
The match was played at JSCA Oval Ground, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Mohali, December 12, 2021: Punjab Vs Services match was played at JSCA Oval Ground, Ranchi, Jharkhand. Services won the toss and elected to bat VS. Batting first Services team made a score of 250 losing their 5 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. For Services Captain Rajat Paliwal scored 85 runs off 104 balls with held of six boundaries and Pulkit Narang scored an unbeaten 50 runs off mere 27 balls he played. He hit four boundaries and 3 sixes to complete his half century. Bowlers Hardeep Brar claimed 2 wickets giving away 41 runs, whereas Abhishek , Sanvir Singh and Arshdeep claimed 1 wicket each for Punjab.
Replying, Punjab achieved the target losing just 1 wicket and scored 261 in 37.5 overs. Prabhsimran Singh and Abhishek Sharma started the batting innings excellently and made a first wiket partnership of 192 runs , Prabhsimran Singh got out on 72 runs which he made with help of four boundaries and 3 sixes in 98 balls . Other opener, Abhishek Sharma remained unbeaten at a score of 169 runs which he made in just 117 balls with help of 17 boundaries and 9 sixes. Ramandeep Singh also remained unbeaten at a score of 15 runs with help of a four and a six off 12 balls.
Team Punjab won this match by 9 wickets and with this win Punjab got 4 points. Now in round 5th Team Punjab will be taking on Team Goa on 14th Dec 2021 at MECON Stadium Ranchi.