Katoch Shield Tourney: Hoshiarpur beats Nawanshahr, earns 3 points

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, August 30

The Hoshiarpur team earned three points by defeating Nawanshahr in the league math of Senior Katoch Shield Tournament match. Dr Raman Ghai, secretary, District Cricket Association, said batting first the Hoshiarpur team elected to bat first and scored 188 runs. Kulveer Happy scored 59 runs, Raman Arora (40), Arjun Kumar (36) and Rahul Kashyap (32).

Bowling for Nawanshahr, Ujjwal dismissed six players for 64 runs. Batting in the first innings, Nawanshahr’s team got all out for 126 runs. Rishabh Sharma scored 24 and Jatin scored 19 runs. While bowling for Hoshiarpur, Karan Saini took three wickets for 35 runs and Ashish Ghai, Rajat Sharma and Rahul Kashyap took 2-2 wickets.

The Hoshiarpur team, after taking a 63-run lead on the basis of the first innings, made 194 runs for the loss of 10 wickets while batting in the second innings. In which Arjun Kumar scored 98 runs, Kulveer Happy 26 and Maninjar scored 26 runs.

While bowling in the second innings for Nawanshahr, Harpreet Singh took five wickets for 55 runs. Nawanshahr’s team scored 121 runs for the loss of four wickets before the end of the match in the second innings. In which Amandeep Singh scored 43 runs, Shubham scored 32 runs, Jatin scored 21 and Jatinder Prince scored three runs. Hoshiarpur won on the basis of first innings lead and earned three points. The next match will be played on August 31 and September 1 at the Railway Mandi ground between Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur.