Ludhiana record facile win over Fatehgarh Sahib

Ludhiana, August 14

Ludhiana recorded a facile victory over Fatehgarh Sahib by an innings and 108 runs in a match in the Inter-District (U-16) Cricket Tournament for Punjab Championship played here at GRD Academy on Hambran Road today.

Resuming their first innings at overnight score of 49 for 9, the visitors added two runs as their essay culminated at 51 runs.

Hosts Ludhiana declared their first innings at 193 for 2 after 43 overs in which the main contributors were Ankit Singh and Saksham Vij who made 79 and 46 runs, respectively. Trailing by 142 runs, Fatehgarh Sahib again failed in the second innings since they were bowled out for 34 runs in 21.4 overs.

Brief scores

Fatehgarh Sahib (first innings): 51 all out in 30.4 overs (Rimanjit Singh 25, Harman Singh 5, Bimal Bisht 4, Ansh Dhingra 4, Harkirat Singh 3 and Ishank Gupta 3; Sidhant Tiwari 5 for 2, Vansh Arora 2 for 7 and Ayushman Jayee 2 for 12).

Ludhiana (first innings) 193 for 2 declared after 43 overs (Ankit Singh 79*, Saksham Vij 46, Aryanvir Singh 28* and Ranvir Singh 26; Ishank Gupta 2 for 53).

Fatehgarh Sahib (second innings) 34 all out in 21.4 overs (Rajan 15; Ayushman Jayee 3 for 5, Vansh Arora 3 for 6, Sidhant Tiwari 3 for 19 and Sayam Gill 1 for 2). — OC