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Mandeep Singh remained unbeaten on an impressive 130, whereas wicketkeeper-batter Anmol Malhotra additionally slammed a century as Punjab recovered from a poor begin to submit 368 for five towards Haryana on day considered one of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group F match right here on Thursday.
Put in to bat, Punjab misplaced their opener Prabhsimran Singh for a golden duck, whereas skipper Abhishek Sharma (24) additionally didn’t convert his begin.
The 30-year-old Mandeep then took cost of the proceedings en path to his 14th first-class century.
The Punjab veteran shared two fifty-plus stands with Anmolpreet Singh and Gurkeerat Singh Mann (48) however wickets stored falling on the different finish.
But No. 6 Malhotra (100 from 128 balls; 14×4, 2×6) gave Mandeep a superb help because the duo stitched collectively 163 runs to take them previous the 300-run mark.
Malhotra acquired out within the remaining session after finishing his century however Mandeep held agency.
Mandeep struck 13 fours and two sixes throughout his 222-ball keep.
India Test discard Karun Nair got here up with a preventing unbeaten 152 as Karnataka scored 268 for 8 towards Jammu & Kashmir on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match in Chennai on Thursday.
Opener Devdutt Padikkal (8) fell early to Mujtaba Yousuf (2 for 44) after Karnataka received the toss and elected to bat.
Nair (267 balls, 21 fours, 1 six) and the opposite opening batter Ravikumar Samarth (45, 5 fours) then added 98 runs for the second wicket to regular the innings.
Ok V Siddharth, who hit a century within the opening match towards Railways, helped Nair add 56 runs for the third wicket.
Nair grew in confidence and was looking out for runs. However, the dismissal of Siddharth sparked a mini collapse as Karnataka slipped from 164 for two to 190 for 190 for five after which 209 for 7 after shedding Shreyas Gopal (7) and Ok Gowtham (2) to the veteran spinner Parvez Rasool (2 for 51).
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