Anmol Malhotra

Mandeep Singh remained unbeaten on a majestic 130, while wicketkeeper-batter Anmol Malhotra also slammed a century as Punjab recovered from a poor start to post 368 for 5 against Haryana on day one of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group F match on Thursday.

Punjab captain Mandeep Singh compiled a sparkling double hundred on the way to his second consecutive century in the ongoing Ranji Trophy as the hosts amassed a huge first innings total against Hyderabad at Dhruv Pandove Stadium, here on Thursday.

Punjab bowlers impressed after a superlative batting effort from Mandeep Singh and Anmol Malhotra to set up an easy 10-wicket win over Haryana in their Ranji Trophy Elite Group F match on Sunday. In reply, Punjab overhauled the target in 8.5 overs with Prabhismaran Singh (25 not out) and Abhishek Sharma (20 not out) sealing the win with a bonus point.

Shubman Gill became the talking point of the day again in the Ranji Trophy match between Punjab and Delhi at the IS Bindra PCA stadium on Sunday.

Bowlers set up the game for Punjab on the first day and they only finished it on the fourth, as visitors Hyderabad were demolished by an innings and 125 runs in the Group ‘A’ encounter at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium, here on Friday. It was a second consecutive win for Punjab with a bonus points and they have reached the top of their group with 14 points in their kitty.

Punjab eked out a narrow four-wicket win against table toppers Andhra Pradesh in a pulsating contest lasting only two days in the group A tie of Ranji Trophy at Dhruv Pandove stadium on Wednesday to revive their hopes of knockouts.

The Ranji Trophy has returned to Patiala after the gap of four years. It turned out to be a memorable outing for the local lads in the Punjab squad as seven Patiala players - Sandeep Sharma, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Sanvir Singh, Anmol Malhotra and two debutants Karan Kaila and Akul Pandove - were in the playing XI against Hyderabad.

Almost four years after being a 20-year-old rookie who replaced an injured Mandeep Singh in a Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy match against Tripura in Kochi and hit an unbeaten 40 off just 29 balls to help Punjab win by eight wickets, Anmol Malhotra was his ally in two Ranji Trophy great escapes.

Patiala once again upstaged Chandigarh district and retained the ML Markan Trophy for under-16 by virtue of first innings lead of 75 runs at PCA stadium in Mohali.

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Harbhajan Singh was named the captain of the Punjab Ranji Trophy team that will take on Tamil Nadu, to be played at Nagpur from 21-24.

The game went down to the wire and finished with two days to spare, as the Punjab under-23 side beat Bengal by one wicket on a rank turner to lift Colonel CK Nayudu Trophy.

A 122-run partnership between Delhi's captain Dhruv Shorey (96) and vice-captain Nitish Rana (64 not out) put the visitors in a commanding position against Punjab on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Group A tie at the IS Bindra PCA Stadium on Saturday.

30, 35 and 38 were the only notable partnerships for Chandigarh before being bundled out for a meagre 168 in 62.3 overs, and merely two sessions into the first day’s play of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match against Baroda in Cuttack.

Punjab skipper Mandeep Singh led from the front with a gritty 90 to guide his team to a 26-run win over Madhya Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Saturday. In a low-scoring affair at the Wankhede Stadium, Mandeep steered Punjab to 232 with other contributions coming from opener Abhishek Sharma (33) and Anmol Malhotra (32).

Fast bowlers Anubhav Agarwal and Puneet Datey scalped three wickets apiece to help Madhya Pradesh bundle out Punjab for 219 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy quarter-final match on Monday.

Delhi came here with a depleted squad, sans India stars Ishant Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan, but a resilient performance from their bowlers put the visitors in a commanding position on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy game against Punjab at the IS Bindra Stadium, here on Friday.

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Manoj Tiwary once again proved the difference for Bengal as the experienced campaigner scored an assured half-century to steer his team to safety on the second day of their Ranji Trophy match against Punjab at Dhruv Pandove Stadium on Thursday.

Mohali continuing their first innings from 17 for 1 in 14 overs were all out for 220 in 80.4 overs against Chandigarh at Sector-16 cricket stadium.