Himachal Pradesh negated in part the advantage that Services gained by virtue of their sizeable first-innings total in their Ranji Trophy league match at Una.

Services, winning the toss, made 329 in their first innings, with Jasvir Singh top-scoring with 81 off 238 balls. He received good support from Sanjay Verma (73), and their partnership formed the spine of the total. For Himachal Pradesh, Shakti Singh picked four for 67.

Himachal Pradesh, responding to Services' total, lost an opener early. Sandeep Sharma and Rajiv Nayyar put on 101 runs for the second wicket before the former fell with the score on 119, having made 80.

At the close of play, Himachal Pradesh were 142/2, with Nayyar (50*) and Sangram Singh (3*) at the crease.

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