da doce： The North Zone Under-14 tournament match featuring Delhi and Punjab at theAir Force Palam “B” Ground in Delhi ended in a draw with Delhi taking 5points due to their massive 220 run first innings lead
Natarajan Sriram10-Nov-2000The North Zone Under-14 tournament match featuring Delhi and Punjab at theAir Force Palam “B” Ground in Delhi ended in a draw with Delhi taking 5points due to their massive 220 run first innings lead. Punjab had to besatisfied with three points.Delhi won the toss and elected to bat on the opening day and in their 91overs scored a mammoth 443 for 6 before declaring the innings. The chiefarchitects being M Tehlan (165 off 159 balls with 23 fours) and K Harit(61) who were involved in a 228 run fifth wicket partnership.Punjab in reply, were bundled out on the second day for 223. Stumper UdalKaul (56) was the top scorer. R Pant (4 for 46) took the bowling honoursfor Delhi. Following on, Punjab made amends and batted right throughthe third day to enforce a draw. Openers Karan Goel (89) and H Bajwa (74)held the fort for Punjab right through the first session of play on thefinal day. This was followed by some disciplined and sedate batting by themiddle and lower order batsmen. At close Punjab finished at 346/7.