Chandigarh firmly in driver’s seat

At the end of the day’s play,Chandigarh were 101 for 3 in 31 overs. Openers Jaskaranveer Singh (44) and Shivam Bhambri (52) were associated in a 96-run partnership for the first wicket.

Brief scores :

Jalandhar : First innings : 152 all out in 61.1 overs (Bhupinder Singh 43,Viabhav Sharma 23,Abhilash Sharma 3 for 29,Vineet Dhaka 2 for 18,Rajpal Singh 2 for 38); Chandigarh : First innings : 101 for 3 in 31 overs (Shivam Bhambri 52,Jaskaranveer Singh 44,Kamaljeet Singh 2 for 31,Karan Bhargav 1 for 31).

Ludhiana in control

Sunny Pandey’s superb century (103 off 231 balls) put hosts Ludhiana in a strong position against Mohali as they were 266 for 6 in 97 overs at the end of the day’s play. Opener Pandey was first associated in a 43-run stand for the first wicket with Namit Malhan and then 95 runs for the second wicket with Nikhil Chaudhary. Chaudhary departed after contributing 56 runs. At the end of the day’s play,Chirag Maria was unbeaten on 34 runs while Khushvinder Singh was batting on 19 runs.

Brief scores :

Ludhiana : First innings : 266 for 6 in 97 overs (Sunny Pandey 103,Bikhil Chaudhary 56,Chirag Maria 34 no,Maninder Singh 2 for 41,Kohinoor Sidhu 2 for 54).

Patiala lose early wickets

In the third match played at Patiala,the hosts were precariously placed at 72 for 4 in 24 overs after restricting Amritsar to a first innings’ total of 147. Pradeep Kumar and Karan Kaila bowled exceedingly well and grabbed four wickets each for the hosts. In reply,Patiala were 72 for 4 in 25 overs.

Brief scores :

First innings : Amritsar : 147 all out in 67.4 overs (Satbir Singh 43,Pardeep Kumar 4 for 28,Karan Kaila 4 for 22); Patiala : 72 for 4 in 25 overs (Vicky Sharma 35 no,Sunny 2 for 9,Vinay Chaudhary 2 for 47).