NAGPUR: Allrounder Dharmendra Thakur showed the other side of his batting and completed his first century in BCCI tournaments on Monday. If he was patient and responsible a day before, he was attacking and calculative against Haryana on Day-3 of Cooch Behar Trophy match. Courtesy Thakur's 150 not out, Vidarbha created a mountain of 703 in front of the rivals in Hisar. This was the third century of the Vidarbha innings.
The student of former Ranji player Sanjog Binkar started at his overnight score of 93 with 14 boundaries. On the way to his unbeaten 150 runs, Thakur added 8 boundaries and a six more before Vidarbha declared at 703 for 9. In reply, Haryana posted 209 for 3 in 71 overs. The hosts are 494 runs behind.