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Formidable Patiala inflicted a huge innings and 95 runs defeat on Mohali,by bowling them out for 164 in the second innings,in the Punjab Inter-District cricket tournament for Katoch Shield match played at the PCA Stadium in Mohali.
Resuming at 22 for 1 Mohali were bundled out for 164 in 60.5 overs shortly after lunch. Sachin Sohal with an unbeaten 59 off 122 balls inclusive of six boundaries and Shine Sharma 28 were the main contributors with the bat. Sandeep Sharma (3 for 32),Rajwinder Golu (3 for 36) and Amitoze Singh (2 for 13) scripted the exit of Mohali batsmen.
Brief scores: Patiala (Ist innings): 478 all out in 114.3 overs (Jeewanjot Singh 196,Amitoze Singh 124,Preet Kamal 65,Sandeep Sharma 25,Varun Khanna 4 for 146,Mayank Sidana 1 for 59,Harmeet Singh 5 for 74).
Mohali (first innings): 219 all out in 49.2 overs (Manpreet Gony 55,Shine Sharma 37,Harmeet Singh 24,Beant Singh 3 for 37,Sarabjit Singh 3 for 76,Amitoze Singh 2 for 37,Rajwinder Singh 2 for 53),(2nd Innings): 164 all out in 60.5 overs (Sachin Sohal 59 not out,Shine Sharma 28,Sandeep Sharma 3 for 32,Rajwinder Gollu 3 for 36,Amitoze Singh 2 for 13).
In the second match at Sector 26 Ground,Chandigarh resuming at 173 for 2 were bowled out for 414 and were also awarded 64 penalty runs because of 8 overs bowled short by Amritsar team making the final total to 478. Overnight unbeaten skipper Uday Kaul was the first to go when he was snapped by the keeper off Sunny for 59. Simrat Bawa went on to complete a sedate century 116 off 316 balls studded with 14 boundaries before snicking to Bhatia in first slip of off spinner Sumit. Thereafter,Gurkirat Walia and Amit Prashar stitched a partnership of 121 runs for the fifth wicket before Gurkirat Walia was caught off Bharat Lumba for 68 off 123 balls studded with 9 boundaries. Amit Prashar also perished on the same total of 357 after scoring 77 off 96 balls studded with 9 boundaries and three towering sixes. Sunny (5 for 71) and Bharat Lumba (3 for 95) were the main wicket takers for Amritsar.
Amritsar were 25 for 2 in 17 overs in their second innings at close of play. Manish Bhatia was unbeaten on 21 while Ajay Dalal (1 for 12) and Gaurav Gambhir (1 for 9) were the successful bowlers for Chandigarh.
Brief scores: Amritsar (Ist innings): 265 all out (Munish Bhatia 40,Sharad Lumba 36,Chandan Madan 87 ,Sumit Sharma 37,Siddharth Kaul 5 for 45 Ajay Dlal 3 for 52,Bipul Sharma 1 for 37 and Gurinder Singh 1 for 77).
Chandigarh (1st innings): 478 all out 142 overs (Sarul Kanwar 29,Simrat Bawa 116,Uday Kaul 59,Gurkirat Walia 68,Amit Prashar 77,Kamal Passi 1 for 50 and Sunny 5 for 71,Bharat Lumba 3 for 95).Amritsar (2nd innings): 25 for 2 in 17 overs.
In the third match played at PAU Ludhiana between Ludhiana and Jalandhar,hosts scored 288 runs in their first innings,going all out. Jalandhar were bowled out for 268 in 78.2 overs thus conceding a vital 20 runs first innings lead to Ludhiana. For Jalandhar,Pargat Singh (34),Sarabjit (38),Ishan Malhotra (54) were the principal run getters. For Ludhiana,Baltez Singh bowled brilliant spell of medium pace bowling and returned the flattering figures of 6 for 82. He was ably supported by Rahul Singla (2 for 42). Ludhiana in their second innings was 63 for no loss at close of third day’s play with Nitin Goel unbeaten on 32 and Ashish Kumar unbeaten on 27.
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