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Patiala thrash Ludhiana by 9 wickets to storm into final

LUDHIANA: Thanks to fine bowling by Karan Kaila (4 for 71) and Rajwinder Singh (3 for 105), followed by resolute batting performance by Jeevanjot (98 not out), which steered Patiala to script an emphatic nine wicket victory over hosts Ludhiana in the semifinal of the Punjab State Inter-District Katoch Shield Cricket Championship played at the Punjab Agricultural University campus ground here today.

Patiala thrash Ludhiana by 9 wickets to storm into final

A Ludhiana team batsman plays a shot in a match with Patiala at the PAU ground on Sunday. Photo: Ashwani Dhiman



Our Sports Correspondent

Ludhiana, September 17

Thanks to fine bowling by Karan Kaila (4 for 71) and Rajwinder Singh (3 for 105), followed by resolute batting performance by Jeevanjot (98 not out), which steered Patiala to script an emphatic nine wicket victory over hosts Ludhiana in the semifinal of the Punjab State Inter-District Katoch Shield Cricket Championship played at the Punjab Agricultural University campus ground here today.

After gaining 46 runs lead in the first innings, the visitors today bowled out the hosts to 180 runs in the second innings. Kashish was the top scorer with 41 runs while Nikhil Chaudhary and Sunny Pandey chipped in 39 and 38 runs. For Patiala, Karan and Rajwinder shared bowling honours taking seven wickets between them whereas three Ludhiana batsmen were run out.

Patiala made 135 runs in only 24.1 overs at the loss of one wicket to win the match. The highlight of their second innings was a strokeful 98 runs that came off in 80 balls with the help of one six and 12 boundaries.

Patiala will face Jalandhar in the final to be played at the PCA Stadium, Mohali, from September 20 to 22.\


Brief scores

  • Ludhiana (First innings): 249 all out ( Geetansh Khera 101, Sukhjinder Singh 50, Jaish Jain 35, Sunny Pandey 15, Krishan Kumar 12 and Simranjeet Singh 20; Sandeep Sharma 3 for 38, Karan Kalia 3 for 40, Uai Markanday 2 for 75, Sanvir 1 for 20 and Rajwinder 1 for 67).
  • Patiala (First innings): 295 all out (Prabhjot 60, Anmol Malhotra 57, Karan Kalia 51, Anmolpreet 35, Sandeep Sharma 21, Akul Pandove 18, Sanvir and Jeevanjot 13; Krishan Kumar 5 for 116, Baltej Singh 2 for 49, Simranjeet Singh 2 for 75 and Sukhjinder Singh 1 for 30).
  • Ludhiana (Second innings): 180 all out (Sunny Pandey 38, Kashish 41, Nikhil Chaudhary 39, Geetansh Khera 12, Diwakar Madhra 15 and Krishan kumar 12; Karan Kaila 4 for 71 and Rajwinder Singh 3 for 105).
  • Patiala (Second innings): 135 for 1 (Prabhjot 25, Jeevanjot 98* and Sanvir 10*; Krishan Kumar 1 for 65).

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