Cooch Behar Trophy: Harshdeep halts Delhi

CHANDIGARH: Punjab’s leftarm spinner Harshdeep Singh (3/40) ran through Delhi's top order as he picked up three wickets and reduced Delhi to 116 for 4 in their reply to hosts first innings total of 489 during their Cooch Behar Trophy match being played at Dhruv Pandove Stadium, here on Sunday.Earlier, resuming from their overnight score of 340 for 3,they werebundledoutfor 489 runs in 129 overs. Punjab's middle order batsmen's Salil Arorar (39), Abhay Chaudhary (27), Fatehveer (29) and Anshul Negi (18), all of them got the starts but they failed to convert it.For Delhi, skipper Yash Dhull used ten bowlers. Aayush Singh (2/55), Rahul Chaudhary (2/40) and Yash Dhull (2/68) bagged two wickets each.Brief ScoresPunjab 1st innings: 489 all out in 129 overs Delhi 1st innings: 116 for 4 in 41 overs (Rahul Chaudhary 35 not out, Saurav Dagar 29; Harshdeep Singh 3/40, Deepanshu Chadha 1/36)Bowlers call the shots for Chandigarh: At the KIIT Cricket Stadium, Chandigarh were in the driving seat against Sikkim at the end of opening days play.Batting first, Sikkim were bowled out for 170 in 56.2 overs. Pranav (56) was the main run getter for Sikkim.For Chandigarh, Yuvraj Chaudhary (3/40), Prithvi Lohtiya (2/21), Rajangad Bawa (2/31) and Mandeep Singh (2/19) shared the spoils.In reply, Chandigarh were 143 for 2 in 39 overs. Anirudh Tandon (45), C Dhindsa (47) and Surya Narayan Yadav (47 not out) were star with the bat.