Team Herald
PORVORIM: Punjab beat Goa by an innings and 133 runs to register their first win in this season’s Ranji Trophy cricket tournament, on Friday.
Vinay (6/129) and lRaghu (7/167) both returned with best match figures in their short first-class career to hand Punjab seven vital points from the Group D encounter.
A 90-run partnership for the last wicket between Darshan Misal (64) and No. 11 Rituraj Singh (51) – who both struck fifties – delayed Punjab’s innings victory but their partnership was not enough to bail Goa out.
Resuming at the overnight score of 67 for 2, the hosts slumped to 122 for eight in 30.2 overs.
Amit Yadav added 44 with Misal to push the score beyond 150. Misal and Rituraj’s stand then came at a run-rate of nearly eight.
Goa’s innings eventually ended at 256 when left-arm spinner Vinay had Rituraj caught by Jiwanjot Singh – who had hit a double-century in the first innings.
