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Journalism of Courage
s.a.s. nagar, sept 15: Young Chandigarh right-arm off spinner Sanjay Dhull sent shivers down Minor Districts middle-order to have them reeling at 149 for 8 at the close of play on the first-day of the two-day Super League match of the Punjab Inter-District cricket for the Katoch Shield here at the PCA Stadium today.
Sanjay bowled a nagging line and captured 4 for 23 in ten teasing overs. Just when Minor Districts were looking good, Sanjay dismissed Harsh Amarnath, Kailash Sanwal and Navdeep Singh to wreck havoc in their middle order.
Harsh, son of former India player Surinder Amarnath, went for a drive but edged to first slip where skipper Dinesh Mongia snapped him up. Next to go was Kailash, who top-edged a sweep shot and Mongia took a brlliant catch at backward shortleg. Navdeep too missed a sweep shot to be bowled around his legs.
Only the former Railways junior player Saket Bhatia looked good for the batting side. He played some fluent strokes in his knock of 60, hitting six fours and a huge six off the left-arm spinner Jaideep Singh.
Scores: Minor Districts: 149 for 8 in 56 overs Saket Bhatia 60, Kamal Walia 27; Sanjay Dhull 4-23, Anurag Sharma 2-23
PATIALA: Patiala were sitting pretty at close on the first day of their two-day super league match of the katoch shield against ludhiana.
Patiala bowlers combined well to dismiss ludhiana for a paltry 115 in their first innings. Gautam Mandora and Sandeep Kohli captured three wickets each for Patiala while Harikrishan Kalli and Kiran Kumar had two apiece. In reply, Patiala were three for no loss.
Scores: Ludhiana: 115 Rajan Singh 28, Davinder 23, Rajesh Kumar 19; Gautam Mandora 3-28, Sandeep Kohli 3-17, Harikrishan Kalli 2-30, Kiran Kumar 2-28. Patiala: 3 for no loss
