da 888casino： Hosts Punjab established early domination over Punjab at the end ofthe first day their match against Assam at the Punjab CricketAssociation stadium at Mohali
da bet7： Staff Reporter24-Jan-2002Hosts Punjab established early domination over Punjab at the end ofthe first day their match against Assam at the Punjab CricketAssociation stadium at Mohali. First, they dismissed the visitors fora meagre 170 after inserting the latter in; this they followed up byracking up an impressive 130 for three in reply before stumps weredrawn.The star of the day, most obviously, was 17-year-old Ishan Malhotra, aright-arm fast bowler born in Jammu and Kashmir. He scythed throughthe Assam batting-order in an impressive bowling display that saw himreturn 7 for 59 in the 17 overs that he bowled. His new-ball partner HPuri, another debutant, also bowled commedably, chipping in with twowickets. Assam’s plight would have been pathetic but for a 44 fromwicket-keeper Syed Zuffri and a 33 from J Gokulakrishnan.The Punjab reply got off to a great start with openers Ravneet Rickyand Manish Sharma putting on 64 runs before Sharma was out after arapid-fire 50 off 64 balls. India discard Yuvraj, who followed, didnot last for long. The home team captain Pankaj Dharmani also had toreturn after a brief stint when Gokulakrishanan trapped him in frontof the wicket. Punjab, though, continue to remain in the driver’sseat; Ricky is looking good on 46 and there is a fair bit of battingto follow with the Assam score on the horizon.
