Teetering at 25/2 overnight, Himachal Pradesh found batting form,primarily in the guise of Sangram Singh, who hit a mammoth 190 againstDelhi in their Ranji Trophy league match at Bilaspur on Day Three

Staff Reporter21-Nov-2001*Sangram Singh piles on the runsTeetering at 25/2 overnight, Himachal Pradesh found batting form,primarily in the guise of Sangram Singh, who hit a mammoth 190 againstDelhi in their Ranji Trophy league match at Bilaspur on Day Three.Singh and skipper Varinder Sharma, realising the predicament thattheir side was in, decided that attack was the best form of defence.Both, accordingly, went for their shots. After a 111-run partnership,the captain departed, having made 58.Sangram Singh, however, found another able supporter in Rajiv Nayyar,who made a tenacious unbeaten 50, giving the in-form batsman as muchof the strike as possible. The duo put on 200 runs before Sangram wasout for 190 made off 297 balls.At stumps, Himachal Pradesh were 327/4, with Nayyar and Shakti Singh(7*) at the crease.*Services face tough fourth innings taskAlthough they conceded a first-innings lead of 91 runs, Servicessurged back into the game in their second bowling effort, havingHaryana at 180/7 by the close of play on Day Three in their RanjiTrophy league match at Faridabad.The last four wickets in the Services’ innings fell for the additionof only 37 runs. S Vidyut and Amit Mishra ended the innings with fourwickets each, being the main destroyers of the opposition battingline-up.Haryana’s batting did not fare much better. Wickets tumbled at the topof the order, with Arun Sharma and Sudhakar Ghag taking two and threerespectively. Ishan Ganda was the sole substantial contributor to theinnings, making 65 before falling with the score on 160.At stumps, Haryana were 180/7, with Vidyut and Sumit Narwal unbeatenon 16 and 0 respectively. Services, however, are already behind by 271runs, and it will take a superlative batting effort in their secondinnings to win this match.*Jammu face steep victory targetQuickfire knocks from Manish Sharma and Yuvraj Singh enabled Punjab todeclare towards the end of Day Three of their Ranji Trophy leaguematch against Jammu and Kashmir at Jammu.The home side, resuming on 216/7, proceeded to add 67 runs for theloss of the last three wickets. The runs, for an astonishingly largepart, were contributed by overnight unbeaten batsman Ashwani Gupta.Gupta added 55 runs to his overnight score of 45 to remain unbeaten onexactly 100 when the innings finally folded.Punjab brushed off the early loss of Ravneet Ricky to put up a 141-runsecond-wicket partnership. Manish Sharma (90 off 113 balls) and Yuvraj(87 off 72 balls), however, fell in rapid succession. Only an unbeaten26 from Gagandeep Singh lower down the order enabled them to declareat a score of 299/9.Jammu and Kashmir, having just begun their innings, played only twoballs before play was called off for the day.