10Cric IPL

Chandigarh set up summit clash with Amritsar in FC Mittal Trophy

Chandigarh/Jalandhar: Chandigarh disposed off Mohali  by seven wickets at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium, Chandigarh  while Amritsar decimated  Jalandhar by eight wickets  at Burlton Park, Jalandhar in the FC Mittal Trophy on Wednesday. 
Chandigarh won the toss and elected to field first. Mohali scored 123 runs all out in 38 overs.  Maninder Singh 32, Arshdeep 17, Gurkirat Mann 15 and Harmeet Bansal 13 were the main run getters for Mohali. For Chandigarh Siddharth Kaul 2 for 13, Vishwas Bhalla 3 for 28, Anil Sihag 2 for 22 and Ajay Dalal 1 for 11 were the main wicket takers. 

Chasing the target of 123 runs opener Gurkirat Walia and Sarul Kanwar put partnership of 33 runs when Sarul Kanwar was dismissd by Maninder on 21 runs. Gurkirat Walia also got out on the same score at his individual score of 11. Thereafter Vishwash Bhalla 34 not out and Uday Kaul 52 steaded the innings and helped Chandigarh to win. Chandigarh got 5 points including a bonus while Mohali got (-1).

In the 2nd match played between Amritsar and Jalandhar, Jalandhar won the toss and elected to bat first. Jalandhar scored 245 for 8 in allotted 50 overs.  Satpal 41 with 4x4s and 1x6, Ishan Malhotra 55 with 4x4s and 3x6s, Pargat Singh 29 with 4x4s, Taruwar Kohli 31 with 4x4s and Nitish Sahota 25 with 3x4s were the main run getters for Jalandhar. For Amritsar Vinay Chaudhary 4 for 29, Shubham Khanna 2 for 54 and Sharad Lumba 2 for 46 were the main wicket takers.

Replying Amritsar chased the target of 246 for the loss of 2 wickets in 43 overs. They were helped in their cause by Manish Bhatia 115 with 10x4s and 2x6s, Manish Sharma 54 with 8x4s, Chandan Madan 55 not out with 5x4s and Sharad Lumba 12 not out. For Jalandhar Gurkirat Singh 1 for 55 and Shubek Gill 1 for 44 were the main wicket takers. Amritsar won by 8 wickets and got 4 points while Jalandhar got zero (0).

In the 3rd match played between Patiala and Ludhiana at Dhruv Pandove Cricket Stadium, Patiala, Patiala won the toss and elected to bat. Patiala scored 332 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in allotted 50 overs. Kunwar Raina 118 with 11x4s and 1x6, Amitoze Singh 103 with 11x4s and Preet Kamal  47  with 5x4s and 2x6s were the main scorers for Patiala.
For Ludhiana, Baltej 3 for 57 was the most successful bowler.

Replying Ludhiana was 215 all out in 49.5 overs. Nitin Goel 51, Chintan Sehgal 49 and Sandeep Singh 38 not out were the main run getters for Ludhiana and for Patiala Ankur Jund 3 for 36, Bhavish Goel 3 for 47 and Karan Kaila 2 for 27 were the main wicket takers. Patiala won the match by 117 runs and got 5 points including a bonus while Ludhia got (-1).