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Anil Gulati17-Nov-1999Rohtak: Haryana defeated Himachal Pradesh by 248 runs on the fourthand final day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match atVishwakarama Stadium here today. The Haryana bowlers captured theremaining five wickets today at the cost of only 85 runs. HimachalPradesh’s second innings ended within two hours of play on the finalday at 183.Haryana’s victory looked inevitable once Himachal’s not out batsmanRajiv Nayyar was removed by Pradeep Jain for 33. The wicket fell at109. Pradeep Jain struck again with the very next ball to dismiss thenew batsman Arun Verma for a duck. The tailenders showed someresistance but they were overpowered by the Haryana bowlers. ShaktiSingh made an aggressive 22 on 13 balls before being caught by SanjayDalal off Pankaj Thakur. Before his dimissal Shakti had lashed PankajThakur for two sixes and a four off successive balls in his 6thover. Sandeep Moudgil scored 30 in 87 minutes off 57 balls with fourboundaries. He was bowled by Pankaj Thakur.Pradeep Jain was the most successful Haryana bowler with a haul offour wickets for 29 runs while Pankaj Thakur took three wickets.Haryana gained 8 points from today’s victory. They now have 24 pointsfrom 4 matches. Haryana is scheduled to play against Punjab in theirlast league encounter to be played at Gurgaon later this week.