RAIPUR: Left-arm spin bowler Ajay Mandal delivered his career best with the ball as Chhattisgarh registered a 132-run win over Pondicherry in a low-scoring match of the Ranji Trophy. Ajay claimed 13 wickets in the match.
Winning the toss, Chhattisgarh opted to bat first and put 162 runs on the scoreboard with wicket-keeper batsman MSS Hussain contributing unbeaten 43 runs from 56 balls. Rishabh Tiwari (32 off 88), Sanidhya Hurkat (25 off 92), Amandeep Khare (26 off 46) and Shashank Singh (23 off 25) got the good start but failed to convert them into big. Sagar P Udeshi and Ankit Sharma claimed four wickets each for Pondicherry.
