da betsul： Ishan Ganda scored his second consecutive centuryof the tournament, against Madhya Pradesh in thefinals of the Cooch Behar U-19 Trophy at theDeccan Gymkhana grounds on Wednesday
Waleed Hussain13-Dec-2000Ishan Ganda scored his second consecutive centuryof the tournament, against Madhya Pradesh in thefinals of the Cooch Behar U-19 Trophy at theDeccan Gymkhana grounds on Wednesday. Haryana arewell placed on 315 for three off 91 overs on thefirst day of the four day final.Earlier in the day, Haryana won the toss andelected to bat. The openers Bhuvanesh Sharma (70)and Manvinder Bisla (35) did not disappoint theskipper. Vindicating the decision to bat first,the pair started brilliantly, scoring 50 runs fromjust 5.3 overs in 27 minutes. Although the Haryanaskipper would have like to see the run festcontinue it was not possible on the day.Bisla was the first man to be dismissed and theopening partnership ended, just three runs shortof the three figure mark, on 97 off 19.3 overs.Bhuvanesh Sharma added 65 runs for the secondwicket with Ganda off 21.5 overs. Bhuvaneshplayed 135 balls and hit ten boundaries.Although the openers had done their bit to helpthe Haryana cause, the real magic was yet to come.The star of the day was Ishan Ganda who scored hissecond century of the tournament. Following hisknock of 160 in the semifinal against Bengal,Ganda put up yet another impressive show. His 196ball innings was laced with 15 hits to the fence.Ishan and Sumeet Sharma (64 batting) added 135runs for the third wicket of 260 balls. Ganda(125) was finally dismissed in the 85th over,trying to cut a short delivery edging it to thekeeper. Sumeet Sharma was unbeaten as stumps werecalled on the first day , Ajay Ratra is with himat the crease.Jitender Likhar , Ambalal Patidar and Jatin Saxenapicked up a wicket each.