Medium pacer Gagandeep Singh and off spinner Harbhajan Singh, who hadwreaked havoc in the first innings were again in the forefront in thesecond innings as they bowled Punjab to an innings and 20 run victoryover Bihar shortly after lunch on the

07-Mar-2000Medium pacer Gagandeep Singh and off spinner Harbhajan Singh, who hadwreaked havoc in the first innings were again in the forefront in thesecond innings as they bowled Punjab to an innings and 20 run victoryover Bihar shortly after lunch on the final day of their Ranji TrophySuper League Group B match at the PCA stadium in Mohali on Tuesday.Bihar, at 94 for four overnight after finishing 259 runs behind on thefirst innings, were facing defeat and the only interest on the finalday was whether they would avert an innings defeat. The not outbatsmen skipper Sunil Kumar and Manish Kumar added 88 runs for thefifth wicket off 28.5 overs. Sunil Kumar scored 51 off 106 balls withsix fours and two sixes. This was followed by a sixth wicketpartnership of 47 runs between Manish Kumar and wicketkeeper MS Dhoni(26) before the former was run out for 51. He faced 120 balls and hitseven fours.Then Harbhajan ran through the tail before a last wicket stand of 36runs off eight overs between S Khan (30 not out) and Dhiraj Kumar (16)delayed the inevitable. Khan, in a last ditch fight, hit five ballsand a six in his 39-ball knock, but Bihar were all out for 239.Gagandeep took three for 65 to finish with match figures of seven for109 while Harbhajan with four for 68 had match figures of nine for137. Punjab got eight points and now have 16 points from three gamesand remain in contention for a place in the knock out stage. Biharcompleted their engagements in the Super League with only three pointsfrom four games.