Ludhiana score 235 against Chandigarh

Our Sports Correspondent

Ludhiana, September 6

The Ludhiana team skipper, Geetansh Khera, led from the front and played a sedate innings of 60 runs to help his side score 235 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the first innings on the opening day of the second match in the ongoing Punjab State Inter-District Katoch Shield Cricket Tournament on the Punjab Agricultural University campus ground here today.

Hosts Ludhiana won the toss and elected to bat first. They began on a dismal note, losing first wicket when Talwinder returned to the pavilion without opening his account.

Kashish and Sunny Pandey toiled to steady the innings and when it seemed that the duo would stay for a long time, the latter was found plumbed leg before the wicket on his individual score of 20 runs with score board reading 36 for two.

Next man in, Nikhil Chaudhary too departed soon, contributing just 12 runs. Kashish followed him immediately (76 for 4).

Then, skipper Geetansh Khera arrived at the crease. As he was trying to seize the situation, two more batsmen Sandeep Singh and Vaibhav Narang, left the scene in quick succession.

Geetansh remained at the wicket for 167 minutes for his innings of 60 runs that included three sixes and five hits to the fence while Krishan Kumar was still holding the crease with 51 runs against his name that came off 160 deliveries with the help of one six and five hits over the ropes.

Krishan Kumar and Sukhjinder Singh added 81 runs for the eighth wicket in which Singh made 46 runs off 68 balls, studded with two sixes and three fours.

For visitors, Bhagminder was the most successful bowler, chipping in with four wickets for 58 runs in 30 overs. Jagjit took one for 15, Arpit captured one for 53 and Karanveer claimed one for 67 runs.