Sports Correspondent
Ludhiana, April 4
Fine bowling display by Karanjot Singh (5 for 19) and an equally useful contribution with the bat by skipper Shabad Tangri (86), Armaan Walia (61) and Himanshu Prajapati (42*) enabled Ludhiana beat Kapurthala by 151 runs to reach the semi final in the ongoing PCA Trident Cup Inter-District (U-16) Cricket Tournament.
Ludhiana earned four points after their win. Their tally now stands at 12 points.
The match was played at Randhir College ground, Kapurthala, on Sunday. This was the third victory for Ludhiana in four matches. Earlier, they had defeated Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur, and had lost to Jalandhar. The semi final will be played against Moga on April 6.
Ludhiana had won the toss and decided to bat first. In the allotted 50 overs, the visitors posted a big total of 198 runs after losing seven wickets.
The highlight of Ludhiana’s innings was invaluable batting contributions by almost all players. Shabad scored 86 runs off 98 balls, including 14 hits over the fence, and Armaan Walia mader 61 runs, which came off 64 balls with the help of eight boundaries.
Himanshu Prajapati remained unbeaten at 43 runs, Nikhil Verma made 21, Savinay Kakkar scored 19, Utkarsh Sharma made 18 and Jaiveer Singh scored 14 runs.
Kapurthala’s Aryan Gupta got three wickets for 54 runs and Sajan Kumar grabbed one wicket for 51 runs.
Kapurthala began the reply on a cautious note, putting on 73 runs on the board for the first wicket. But they failed to keep up the memento and could reach only 147 for eight as they fell short of overs.
For Ludhiana, right-arm leg spinner, Karanjot Singh sent down 10 overs, three of which were maiden, gave away 19 runs and captured five wickets. Anmoljeet Singh claimed two wickets for 28 runs while Shabad Tangri secured one wicket for 27 runs.
Karanjot Singh was declared the Man of the Match.
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