Preet and Premjit shine

CHANDIGARH, May 3: Spurred by a 78 run fourth wicket partnership -- in only 45 balls -- by the southpaw opener Preet Mohan Singh 52 retd. ...

CHANDIGARH, May 3: Spurred by a 78 run fourth wicket partnership 8212; in only 45 balls 8212; by the southpaw opener Preet Mohan Singh 52 retd. and Premjit Singh Hundal 40, Fighter B8217; routed Star Eleven by 63 runs and qualify for the super League of the second Grow Green Cup Chandigarh League Cricket.

Preet hit four boundaries and a six, before succumbing to the heat, while Premjit had five fours and a six in his knock as Fighter B8217; scored 194 for 7. Star Eleven were bundled out for 131 as the Fighter B8217; spinners capitalised on the low bounce of the wicket.

Godrej A8217; beat High Court XI by seven wickets to book their place in the super league. They were helped by Sukhwinder Tinkoo8217;s knock of 43 and left arm spinner Girish Bhanot8217;s spell of 3 for 14.

Meanwhile, two super league matches were also played today. Fighter A8217; bowlers, led by left arm spinner Jaswant Rai, restricted DYFI to 169 for 6 in 25 overs. Arun Tuli played an unbeaten knock of 66 to take Fighter A8217; to a win.

In the other match, Rakesh Jolly and Munish Arora hit half-centuries to take Chandigarh Club to a total of 188 and then off spinner Sanjay Dhull and Arun Singla captured three wickets each to bowl Videocon XI out for 146.

Scores: Fighter B8217;: 194 for 7 Preet Mohan Singh 52 retd, Premjit Hundal 40, Bhupinder Sandhu 32, Vinay 4-58 beat Star Eleven: 131 Shamshad 41, Jagmohan 34, H S Sodhi 2-25, Sanjeev Trikha 2-26, Vikrant Gupta 2-20. High Court XI: 100 Jagjit Singh 39, Girish Bhanot 3-14, Ajay Sikka 2-19, Dhiraj 2-21 lost to Godrej A8217;: 104 for 3 Sukhwinder Tinkoo 43, Ajit Pal 31.

DYFI XI: 169 for 6 Arvind Sagar 42, Ajay Bakshi 36, Jaswant Rai 4-23, Narinder Kwatra 2-24 lost to Fighter A8217;: 171 for 4 Arun Tuli 66 n.o., Narinder Kwatra 23, Navneet Thapar 21 n.o.. Chandigarh Club: 188 Rakesh Jolly 50, Munish Arora 51, Bhupinder Singh sr 29, Ajay Duggal 3-18, Kamalpreet 3-13 beat Videocon XI: 146 Charanpreet 37, Ramanjit 35, Ajay Duggal 26, Sanjay Dhull 3-33, Arun Singla 3-23.