Sachidanand Pandey

Medium-pacers Diwesh Pathania and Sachidanand Pandey picked up five wickets each to help Services dismiss Maharashtra for 147 in their second innings and register an emphatic win by an innings and 94 runs in a Ranji Trophy Group C match here on Sunday.

Services seized the upper-hand against Maharashtra on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group C match on Saturday, with the visiting team requiring a further 148 runs to avoid an innings defeat.

In a cricket match between two states, Rajasthan (red) and Jaipur (green), Jaipur Services (yellow) are in the lead by 223 runs. In their third innings, Pulkit Narang (blue) proved to be the thorn in the flesh of Rajasthan, as he guided Services to a position of strength. Services made 1812 in their second innings after bowling out Rajasthan for 136 courtesy a five-wicket haul by Narang. Yash Kothari (green) topscored with 34, while Sachidanand Pandey (orange) got two wickets at stumps. Ravi Chauhan (purple) and Lovekesh Bansal (pink)– both guilty of succumbing to irresponsible shots in the first innings– showed determination this time around, were at the crease with 97 and 22 respectively. Deepak Chahar (light blue) and Manav Suthar (dark blue) took one wicket each for Rajasthan. Brief scores: Services 178 and 1812 Rajasthan 136.

Congress on Sunday suspended 13 party workers for six years for indulging in anti-party activities.

Services bowled out Maharashtra for 44 with medium pacer PS Poonia returning figures of 5/11 in their Ranji Trophy match on Friday. By stumps on the opening day, Services took full control of the game by taking a 97-run lead at the Air Force Ground in Palam.

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Jharkhand bowlers led by former India pacer Varun Aaron produced a stellar show for the second time as they thrashed Haryana by nine wickets in the Elite Group C Ranji Trophy encounter.

Diwesh Pathania returned with a match haul of eight wickets, while Poonam Poonia had a hat-trick in his five-for as Services routed Tripura by eight wickets in their Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match here on Friday.

Odisha bowlers produced a spirited show as they bowled out Rajasthan for a meagre 135 on the opening day of their Elite Group C encounter on Friday.