JOIN USResuming at 84 without loss in reply to Uttar Pradesh’s 167, Haryana openers Nitin Saini (66) and Rahul Dewan (76) completed their respective half-centuries but Kumar’s fierce spell helped UP restrict the visitors to 272.
Kumar broke the 109-run partnership by trapping Nitin in front and then had Sunny Singh (30) caught behind by Amir Khan. Kanpur lad Kumar, who will turn 20 on Sunday, also accounted for Dewan, Manav Kumar (35), Sachin Rana (16) and Yuzvendra Chahal (0). However, Haryana still enjoyed a healthy 105-run lead and their bowlers responded well to reduce UP to 68 for three in 24 overs in their second essay.
Tanmay Srivastava (33) and skipper Mohammad Kaif (11) were at the crease at the draw of stumps at the Mohan Meakins Cricket stadium here. Joginder Sharma was the wrecker-in-chief as he scalped all the three UP wickets, giving away just 31 runs.
Brief scores:
Group A: In Delhi: Delhi: 472 all out in 127.4 overs (Unmukt Chand 59, Aditya Jain 58, Puneet Bisht 36, Mithun Manhas 124, Mayank Tehlan 83, Pradeep Sangwan 76; Abu Nechim Ahmed 3-105, Ranjitkumar Mali 3-129, Dhiraj Goswami 3-98) vs Assam: 118/2 in 42 overs (Dheeraj Jadhav 42 n.o., Sridharan Sriram 44).
In Valsad: Mumbai: 544/3 decl in 139 overs (Sahil Kukreja 81, Onkar Gurav 89, Ajinkya Rahane 126, Wasim Jaffer 169 n.o., Rohit Sharma 59 n.o.; Ishwar Choudhary 2-115) vs Gujarat: 121/2 in 39 overs (Rikin Chauhan 28, Niraj Patel 60 n.o.).
In Rajkot: Railways: 415 all out in 136.1 overs (Faiz Fazal 107, Sanjay Bangar 104, M Suresh 28, Mahesh Rawat 67, Nileshkumar Chauhan 34 n.o.; Jaidev Unadkat 4-82, Kamlesh Makvana 4-132) vs Saurashtra: 107/1 in 41 overs (Sagar Jogiyani 58 n.o., Sitanshu Kotak 34 n.o.). In Chennai: Tamil Nadu vs Bengal, second day’s play too abandoned.
Group B: In Ghaziabad: Uttar Pradesh: 167 all out in 49.5 overs and 68/3 in 24 overs (Tanmay Srivastava 33 n.o.; Joginder Sharma 3-31) vs Haryana: 272 all out in 93.5 overs (Nitin Saini 66, Rahul Dewan 76, Sunny Singh 30, Manav Sharma 35; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 6-77, Piyush Chawla 3-86). In Bhubaneswar: Punjab: 550/7 decl in 166 overs (Sarul Kanwar 104, Ravi Inder Singh 34, Uday Kaul 118, Mandeep Singh 43, Pankaj Dharmani 103 retd hurt, Bipul Sharma 62, Karan Goel 45 n.o.; Basanth Mohanty 4-97) vs Orissa: 25/0 in 8 overs.