CHANDIGARH, Dec 1: Defending champions DAV College, Chandigarh will be challenged by the underdogs SD College, Chandigarh for the Panjab University Inter-College cricket crown here tomorrow. DAV College beat Government College, Ludhiana by 182 runs while SD College pipped Panjab University Campus, Chandigarh by two wickets in the semifinal matches played here today.If the DAV-GC (Ludhiana) clash was absolutely lop sided, the SD-PUC affair was a cliffhanger. Needing 19 runs of the last two overs, the SD duo of Anurag Sharma and Amit Uniyal threw their bats around to help their college win with three balls to spare. But the real hero for SD College was Lakshay Sharma who played a memorable knock of 70. Undettered by the early reverses, Lakshay held the innings together and with support from Vikramjeet Sodhi, put his side on the winning track.DAV College on the other hand thrashed the Ludhiana lads. After piling up an imposing total of 266, the DAV bowlers, led by leggie Sahil Bhatia and seamer Vinod Thakur who picked up three wickets each as Ludhiana were bundled out for a paltry 84.Scores: DAV: 266 (Kamal Walia 66, Deepak Thakur 48, Yuvraj Singh 34; Mithun Gupta 4-42, Ankur Kakkar 2-44, Gagandeep 2-37) beat GCL: 84 (Vinod Thakur 3-28, Sahil Bhatia 3-18, Sandeep Mor 2-31, Yuvraj Singh 2-3).PUC: 224 for 8 (Arun Arora 80, Vineet Soni 50, Manoj Rajan 40; Harsh Amarnath 2-24, Anurag Sharma 2-24, Amit Uniyal 2-41, Sanjay Dhull 2-51) lost to SD: 225 for 8 (Lakshay Sharma 70, Vikramjeet Sodhi 34, Amit Uniyal 22, Anurag Sharma 22 n.o.; Vikram Bhardwaj 3-27, Manoj Rajan 2-32, Dheeraj 2-44).
