New Delhi: Chasing a modest victory target of 159, Services were 24 for two in the second innings of the penultimate day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Jammu & Kashmir here on Monday.

Resuming at 262 for eight in their first essay, Services added just one run before their innings folded up. They however were able to take a first innings lead of 42 runs. When J & K batted again, Services leg spinner Sachin Kulkarni (4 for 58) and Syed Javed (3 for 4) restricted the batsmen. Despite valuable contributions from Ranit Bali (31), Ashwani Gupta (33), Sanjay Kumar (31), Dhruv Maharaj (28) and Amit Pal Singh (34), J & K were all out for 200.

In their second innings, Services suffered an early jolt when left arm spinner Pradeep bali struck twice in the same over to dismiss Sarabjit Singh (13) and Syed Javed (0) at 21. Narinder Singh (7) and CD Thomson (0) were batting at stumps with Services still requiring 135 to win with eight wickets in hand.

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