Ranji Trophy: Bad weather leads to draw in Meghalaya Puducherry match

Shillong: Bad weather got the better of sports enthusiasm as the Ranji Trophy group match between Puducherry and Meghalaya ended in a draw on Thursday with a play on the fourth and final day cut short.

As cyclone Gaja was approaching Puducherry, it was only possible to continue the match for 17.2 overs. This helped the hosts as they were in a spot of bother in their second innings, finishing the day on 129/7, a lead of 192. Meghalaya finished the contest with one point, while Puducherry earned three thanks to taking a first innings lead of 63 runs.

After the game restarted, Puducherry, on 95/4, struggled against the spin bowling of Gurinder Singh. Gurinder had taken all four wickets on Wednesday and clinched one more on Thursday to finish the second innings with figures of 5/44 and match figures of 9/150.

Aditya Singhania took two wickets on Thursday to end with figures of 2/10 .

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