Ropar bow down to Chandigarh

For minnows Ropar,writing was on the wall. Chasing a daunting first innings total of 430 against formidable Chandigarh was always an impossible task.

For minnows Ropar,writing was on the wall.Chasing a daunting first innings total of 430 against formidable Chandigarh was always an impossible task.In reply,Ropar could make 250 runs for the loss of eight wickets,thus letting Chandigarh gain first innings lead win in the ongoing U-19 Dhruv Pandove Cricket Trophy in a match played at Sector 16 cricket stadium in Chandigarh.

Batting second,Ropar got off to a disastrous start losing two wickets for mere 12 runs in seven overs. Thereafter,it was left to Manpreet Singh and Gurpreet Singh to score runs for their team. Ropar might have found difficult to face the Chandiagrh bowling attack,but there was a silver lining in their innings as Manpreet Singh smashed impressive unbeaten kncok of 101. Gurpreet Singh also chipped in with useful 67 runs. Unfortunately,other wickets fell cheaply to Chandigarh spinners Verrkaran Goel (3 for 77),Gurinder Singh (2 for 66) and Rajpal Singh (2 for 55). The Chandigarh spinners kept the opposition on their toes till the end.

Brief scores:
Chandigarh :1st innings: 430 for 9 in 95 overs (Jaskaran Singh 211,Gurinder Singh 67,Vishal Thind 48 no,Naveen Dhiman 32,Avneep Saini 2 for 51,Sukhvinder Singh 2 for 84,Arjun Kumar 2 for 114)

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Ropar : 1st innings: 250 for 8 in 95 overs (Manpreet Singh 101 no,Gurpreet Singh 67,Amit Kumar 33,Veerkaran Goel 3 for 77,Gurinder Singh 2 for 66,Rajpal Singh 2 for 55)

Mohali snubs Patiala
In a close finish,Mohali gained two points on the first innings lead against Patiala. In reply to Mohali’s first innings total of 271 runs,Patiala were bowled out for 193 runs in 68.1 overs.

Patiala kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Vinay Goraba 44 off 127 balls with 6 boundaries and Mehjot Sodhi 62 off 87 balls were the only batsman to shine for Patiala. For Mohali Sohrab (5 for 52) and Birkanwar Singh (3 for 54) shared the spoils.

Brief scores:
Mohali :1st Innings : 271,Patiala 1st Innings: 193 in 68.1 overs (Mehjot Sodhi 62,Vinay Goraba 44

Sohrab 5 for 52 and Birkanwar Singh 3 for 54)

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Mohali : 2nd Innings:58 for 1 in 31 overs at close of play

Ludhiana drubs Bathinda
In the third match played at Ludhiana between Bathinda and Ludhiana,Ludhiana squeezed past minnows Bathinda by 29 runs on first innings lead. Resuming at 62 for 2 in 26 overs,Bathinda collapsed for 156 in 58 overs. Harjit Singh (36),Mahavir (28) and Sangram (22),were the main contributors for Bathinda. Amritpal Singh (5 for 73) and Abhishek Talwar (2 for 16) did most of the damage for Ludhiana. Ludhiana in their second innings were 94 for 4 in 46 overs.

Brief scores:
Ludhiana :1st Innings: 185 all out in 66.5 overs,Bathinda 1st Innings: 156 all out in 58 overs

(Harjit Singh 36,Mahavir 28,Sangram 22,Amritpal Singh 5 for 73 and Abhishek Talwar 2 for 16)

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Ludhiana : 2nd Innings :94 for 4 in 46 overs (Sunny Pandey 21,Akhil Aggarwal 19,Abhinav Bhatia 18 not out,Sangram 2 for 46)

Vinay props up Amritsar
In the fourth match played at Burlton Park Jalandhar,hosts chasing Amritsar’s total of 360 for 8 were shot out for 281 in 90.4 overs despite a brilliant hundred (120) by Love Kumar. For Amritsar Vinay Chaudhary bowled well to take four wickets for 95. Amritsar got 2 points by virtue of their 79 runs first innings lead. Vinay has been in a good form with the ball lately.

Brief scores:
Amritsar : 1st innings : 360 for 8 in 95 overs,Jalandhar : 1st innings: 281 for all in 90.4 overs

(Love Kumar 120,Himanshu 42,Siddharth 28 ,Vinay Chaudhary 4 for 95 and Sunny Singh 2 for 48)

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