Chandigarh,ROP declared joint winners

Since the first innings of the four-day match between Katoch Shield winners Chandigarh and Rest of Punjab could not be completed,both the teams were declared joint winners at the PCA stadium in Mohali on Sunday. The match saw over 1,100 runs being scored.

Resuming from the overnight score of 287 for 4,Rest of Punjab team went on to make 544 for the loss of nine wickets in 90 overs on the concluding day of the match. There were three century makers -Simrat Bawa (158),Sarul Kanwar (121),Vishwas Bhalla (139)-in the Chandigarh first innings,while Rest of Punjab team did not have a single player who got into three figures. Sunny Sohal top scored for Rest of Punjab with a fluent 98,while Gitansh Khera scored an impressive knock of 94. From the Chandigarh team,left-arm spinner Bipul Sharma (4 for 129) and leg-spinner Karanveer Singh (3 for 22),came up with superb bowling performances. Chandigarh had earlier piled on a total of 642 runs in the first innings.

Brief Scores:
642 for all out in 177.5 overs (Sarul Kanwar 121,Vishwas Bhalla 139,Gaurav Gupta 50,Simrat Bawa 158,Bipul Sharma 50,Karanveer 75,Navdeep 5 for 160,Lakshay Seth 2 for 140,Manpreet Gony 1 for 109,Ankur Kakkar 1 for 26,Karan Goel 1 for 82)

Rest of Punjab: 544 for 9 in 182 overs (Karan Goel 92,Ravi Inder 75,Ankur Kakkar 29,Pankaj Dharmani 30,Reetinder Sodhi 46,Sunny Sohal 98,Gitansh Khera 94,Manpreet Gony 26,Ajay Dalal 1 for 92,Satnam Singh 1 for 62,Bipul Sharma 4 for 129,Karanveer 3 for 122)