Haryana's pace bowlers ripped through the Uttar Pradesh batting line-up to bowl them out for a lowly 178 in the second innings and win the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match by an innings and 88 runs in Rohtak on Monday.
Left-arm pacer Sanjay Budhwar took 4 for 36 as Haryana shocked the defending champions to win the match inside two days.
Haryana captain Joginder Sharma claimed 3 for 32 to finish with match figures 10 for 60.
Meanwhile, his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Mohammad Kaif's day just got worse as he was out off the first ball for the second time in the match.
Earlier, Haryana, resuming on 227 for 3 posted a healthy 337 in their first innings in reply to Uttar Pradesh's 71 all out.
Sumit Sharma (126) and Sachin Rana (110) completed their centuries adding 221 runs for the fourth wicket. However, Rudra Pratap Singh's took 5 for 68 as the hosts lost their last seven wickets for 39 runs.
Scorecard:
Uttar Pradesh 1st innings: 71 all out
Haryana 1st innings (Overnight score: 227-3)
Sumit Sharma lbw b Singh 126
A Rawat c Amir Khan b Singh 12
Sunny Singh c Amir Khan b Srivastava 22
D Joon c Raina b Kumar 7
S Rana c sub b Singh 110
M Rawat b Singh 0
Sandeep Singh lbw b Singh 1
Joginder Sharma c Yadav b Srivastava 12
A Mishra lbw b Chawla 14
G Vashisht c Srivastava b Chawla 5
S Budhwar not out 0
Extras (b: 5, lb: 12, w: 1, nb: 8) 28
Total (all out in 96.4 overs) 337
Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-56, 3-78, 4-299, 5-299, 6-302, 7-311, 8-319, 9-337, 10-337.
Bowling: A Zaidi 17-6-46-0, RP Singh 21-1-68-5, S Srivastava 21-6-60-2, P Kumar 22-4-72-1, Piyush Chawla 11.4-0-47-2, M Kaif 4-0-25-0.
Uttar Pradesh 2nd innings:
S Shukla lbw b Joginder Sharma 11
Jyoti P Yadav lbw b Joginder Sharma 0
M Kaif b Joginder Sharma 0
S Raina c Mishra b Budhwar 8
Ravikant Shukla c Rana b Vashisht 23
Piyush Chawla c M Rawat b Mishra 24
P Kumar c Joon b Mishra 25
Amir Khan c M Rawat b Budhwar 11
RP Singh not out 25
S Srivastava c M Rawat b Budhwar 0
A Zaidi c A Rawat b Budhwar 43
Extras (lb 6, nb 2) 8
Total (all out in 51.3 overs) 178
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-5, 3-18, 4-20, 5-69, 6-75, 7-109, 8-109, 9-109, 10-178.
Bowling: Joginder Sharma 12-3-32-3, S Budhwar 12.3-5-36-4, S Rana 4-1-9-0, Sandeep Singh 2-1-8-0, G Vashisht 8-1-28-1, A Mishra 13-0-59-2.
Result: Haryana won by an innings and 88 runs.
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