Valuable knocks by Sehrawat and Parinder Sharma

Haryana made the most of a good first day pitch at the Paddal stadium in Mandi on Friday to run up a score of 240 for three wickets off 75.3 overs at stumps against Himachal Pradesh in a North Zone Ranji Trophy league match.

Winning the toss, Haryana were given a sound start with openers Padamjit Sehrawat and Jasvir Singh putting on 53 runs off 13.5 overs before the latter was bowled by Rajinder Thakur for 21. Ishan Ganda (7) did not last long but Sehrawat and skipper Parinder Sharma initiated a recovery process by adding 80 runs for the third wicket off 26.3 overs. Sehrawat was out for 79, compiled off 150 balls and inclusive of 11 hits to the ropes.

Parinder Sharma and Rajesh Puri then consolidated Haryana's position by adding 89 runs for the unbroken fourth wicket off 30.2 overs. By stumps, Parinder Sharma was batting with 74. He has so far faced 178 balls and has hit eight fours and a six. Puri was on 46, compiled off 76 balls and inclusive of six hits to the fence. Play was called off at 4 pm owing to bad light.