Inter-district U-19 cricket: Tikshan, Saksham star in Ludhiana’s win

Sports Correspondent

Ludhiana, July 27

Fine batting display by openers Tikshan Tangri (73) and Saksham Vij (51) enabled hosts Ludhiana beat Fatehgarh Sahib by four wickets in the first league match of group B in the Punjab State Inter-District (U-19) One Day Cricket Tournament played at GRD Global Education Institute ground on Hambran Road here on Tuesday.

Ludhiana won the toss and invited Fatehgarh Sahib to bat first. The visitors, despite useful contributions from Ajay Pal Singh (58), Rimanjeet Singh (30), Simranjeet Singh (29) and Yugansh Kumar (15), could muster 173 runs as their innings folded in 48.1 overs.

For Ludhiana, Sidhant Tiwari and Aardhya Shukla claimed two wickets each after conceding 24 and 56 runs, respectively while Tikshan Tangri, Gurmehar Singh and Randeep Gill secured one wicket each.

Ludhiana achieved the target in 46.1 overs after losing six wickets. The highlight of their innings was an invaluable partnership of 134 runs for the opening wicket between Tikshan Tangri and Saksham Vij. Tikshan faced 106 balls for his essay of 73 runs that included nine hits over the ropes while Saksham while contribution of 51 runs by Saksham was laced with seven boundaries.

Sanyam Gill remained unbeaten on 16 runs which came off 23 balls.

For Fatehgarh Sahib, Jaskaranvir Singh Paul took 3-21 from 10 overs, whereas Rimanjeet Singh got one for three runs and Ajay Pal Singh grabbed one for 35.

With this victory, Ludhiana earned four points. In the second match, Ludhiana will play against Mohali here on July 29.

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