*Sandeep Sharma rips through Delhi

Fighting back from a first-innings deficit, Himachal Pradesh bowled Delhi out for only 228 on Day Two of their Ranji Trophy league match at Bilaspur, with Sandeep Sharma returning figures of 5-68.

Resuming at 69/1, Delhi lost wickets rapidly, with four wickets falling for the addition of only 27 runs. Sarandeep Singh and Sohail Rauf staged a small partnership before the former fell, having scored 21. Rauf received some more support lower down the order from Rahul Sanghvi (35). Delhi finally folded for 228, with Rauf remaining unbeaten on 58.

Himachal Pradesh wicket-keeper Ravikant Sharma notched up six catches, while Shakti Singh aided Sandeep Sharma well by taking 4-58.

Himachal Pradesh started their second innings disastrously, with both openers falling for just seven runs. Sangram Singh and captain Varinder Sharma, however, took their side safely through to the close of play by defending stolidly. At stumps, Himachal Pradesh were 25/2, with Sangram Singh on 11 and Sharma on 7.

*Punjab and Jammu fight for upper hand

The Ranji Trophy league match between Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab at Jammu see-sawed both ways during the course of Day Two. Punjab, resuming on their overnight score of 269/9, were bowled out for the addition of only seven runs.

The home side's batting effort, however, followed on lines similar to their rivals'. Despite a sizeable 96-run second-wicket partnership between Shabir Kanth (38) and Kavaljit Singh (62), the batting came unstuck after the fall of Kanth with the score on 105.

Ashwani Gupta was the sole battler in Jammu's middle order, making an unbeaten 45. The remaining batsmen aided their side's collapse, and the team ended Day Two on 216/7. For Punjab, Sandeep Sanwal picked three wickets, while Yuvraj Singh picked two.

*Services in trouble at Faridabad

Struggling first to bowl Haryana out early, Services then compounded their bad performance by collapsing to 219/6 by the close of play on Day Two of their Ranji Trophy league match at Faridabad.

Resuming at 275/8, their overnight score, Haryana added 72 vital runs for the loss of the last two wickets, finally being bowled out for 347. Services started off strongly, with PMS Reddy (77) and K Chawda (33) put on 103 runs for the first wicket.

Haryana came back into the game with the help of twin strikes from S Vidyut as he removed first Chawda and Reddy. Amit Mishra and Vidyut took two and three wickets respectively, destroying Services' top order.

By stumps, Services were down six wickets for only 219, with only Sarabjit Singh contributing substantially. CD Thomson and Sachin Nadkarni were unbeaten on 13 and 12 respectively.

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