Tikshan stars in Ludhiana’s win over Barnala

Tikshan Tangri remained unbeaten on 150 as Ludhiana beat Barnala by six wickets in the fourth and last league match in the ongoing Punjab State Inter-District (U-23) One Day Limited Overs Cricket Tournament, being organised by the Punjab Cricket Association. The match was played at Trident Ground in Barnala on Monday.

Batting first, hosts Barnala scored 265 runs after losing nine wickets in 50 overs. Their innings revolved around Parvjot Singh, Mitansh Sobti, Sahilpreet Singh, Manish Kumar Jain and Narinder Maurya, who scored 71, 56, 33, 31 and 23 runs, respectively.

For the visitors, Saksham Vij grabbed three wickets, Chintan Randhan and Shivam Verma took two wickets each while Aradhya Shukla and Shabd Tangri shared one wicket each.

Ludhiana, powered by an unbeaten innings of 150 runs off 113 balls (six sixes and 14 fours) surpassed opponents’ total in 46.2 overs with six wickets in hand. Bhavish Sethi contributed 39 runs while Sargunveer Singh scored

31 runs and Sarthak

Tyagi remained unconquered on 31.

With eight points from four matches, Ludhiana finished at the third spot in group D and made an exit from the tournament while Patiala and Mansa secured first and second positions, respectively, to qualify for the knock-out stage.