da dobrowin： Faridabad: An unbeaten century by Rajesh Puri (107) enabled Haryana topile up 261 for two in the first innings against Jammu and Kashmir atthe close of day one in the opening four day Ranji Trophy league matchplayed at the Nahar Singh Stadium here
Madhu Sanghi24-Oct-1999Faridabad: An unbeaten century by Rajesh Puri (107) enabled Haryana topile up 261 for two in the first innings against Jammu and Kashmir atthe close of day one in the opening four day Ranji Trophy league matchplayed at the Nahar Singh Stadium here on Sunday.The opening pair of Jatinder Singh (36) and Parender Sharma (79) putthe hosts on a sound footing with their 80-run stand. Jatinder wascaught at first slip by Ashwani Gupta off left arm spinner SanjaySharma. Parender Sharma and new batsman Rajesh Puri rotated the strikefrequently and added 119 runs for second wicket in 134 minutes and 191balls. Parender gave a return catch to Kanwaljeet while playing acasual shot with the total at 199.Rajesh Puri was in attacking mood as he hit 13 boundries and two hugesixes in his unbeaten knock of 107 runs off just 142 balls. This washis 13th century in the national championship playing his 90th inningsin his 62nd match. Veteran Amarjeet Kaypee (17*) joined Puri after thedeparture of skipper Sharma and was looking confident at stumps.Sanjay Sharma and Kanwaljeet Singh took a wicket each giving away 56and 25 runs respectively.