Ludhiana players steer Moga to win over Fatehgarh Sahib

Sports Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 7

Consistent performance by Ludhiana players, representing Moga district, helped their side stitch up victory by three wickets against Fatehgarh Sahib in the league match of group B in the Punjab State Inter-District (U-25) One Day Cricket Tournament, played at the Kips Samadh ground, Moga, on Thursday.

City players namely Deepin Chitkara, Gurmehar Singh, Gobindjot Singh, Jaish Jain and Gurjot Singh played a major role in Moga’s second consecutive win in the tournament.

Batting first, Fatehgarh Sahib were bowled out for 122 runs on the penultimate ball of the 34th over.

Moga skipper Deepin Chitkara who had played the pivot role in the previous match against his erstwhile team, Ludhiana, by securing seven wickets and then scored 23 runs which enabled the present team win the tie by five wickets, was again in his elements, today.

Today, Deepin took six wickets after giving away 29 runs in 9.5 overs. Gobindjot claimed one wicket for 19 runs in five overs while Gurmehar bowled economically, conceding only 17 runs in six overs.

Moga achieved the target, scoring 124 runs after losing seven wickets in 28.3 overs and won the match squarely in which Ludhiana lads Jaish Jain and Gurjot Singh played an important role, making 37 and 25 runs, respectively.

Deepin was declared the player of the match. He pocketed this award in the previous match against Ludhiana also.

Brief scores

Fatehgarh Sahib: 122 all out in 33.5 overs (Ajay Pal Singh 40, Akashdeep Singh 24 and Kabir Kohli 22; Deepin Chitkara 6 for 29, Manpreet Singh 2 for 27 and Gobindjot Singh 1 for 19).

Moga: 124 for 7 in 28.3 overs (Jaish Jain 37, Gurjot Singh 25 and Manpreet Singh 19; Kabir Kohli 3 for 34, Mohit Sharma 1 for 10 and Ajay Pal Singh 1 for 37).

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