Services hope for an upset

Though services won their match against J&K, they will be underdogs against Haryana on Tuesday at Palam. After losing to an all-conquering Punjab, Haryana bounced back with elan against HP and won with a bonus point, with Sumeet Sharma and Sunny Singh scoring centuries.

Though services won their match against J&K, they will be underdogs against Haryana on Tuesday at Palam. After losing to an all-conquering Punjab, Haryana bounced back with élan against HP and won with a bonus point, with Sumeet Sharma and Sunny Singh scoring centuries.

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And though the Services bowling won't be as docile as HP, if these two get their eye in on a flat wicket, another round of fireworks may well be on the way. As for their bowling, leggie Amit Mishra and medium pacer Joginder Sharma have bowled quite effectively and may cause more than a few problems for the Services line-up that is too dependant on Yashpal Singh.

For their sake, they will be hoping that someone else stands up to be counted. Despite the fact that they bludgeoned J&K, it doesn't count for much since, for all practical purposes, J&K are the whipping boys in the Zone. If Services are to cause an upset, their bowling has to improve. Services will be hoping that, on matchday, the lucky breaks fall their way, something that hasn't happened so far in this competition.

Haryana: Amit Mishra (capt), Joginder Sharma, Shafiq Khan, Mahesh Rawat, Sumit Sharma, Sachin Rana, Saurav Virmani, Gaurav Vashisht, Pradeep Sahu, Jitendra Malik, Tejinder Mann, Sanjay Bammal, Siddharth Verma and Sunny Singh

Services: Sarabjit Singh (capt), PMS Reddy, S.S Tomar, Jasbir Singh, Yashpal Singh, S.Upadhayay, A.K Mohanty, Narender Kumar, Arun Sharma, Sudhakar Ghag, Fazil Mohammed, K.G Chawra, Pankaj Kumar, H.P Naidu, Amrender Singh and Narender Singh