Chandiharh/Amritsar: Resuming at overnight total of 126 for 2 in 51 overs, Chandigarh lost their third wicket when Naveen Dhiman was caught by Sharma of left arm spinner Yogesh for 25 off 49 balls. In company of Veer Karan Goyal, Naveen Dhiman had put on 50 runs for the third wicket. Veer Karan Goyal also left soon after when he was snapped by Mandeep Singh off Pargat for 68 off 208 balls. At this stage Simranpreet Singh and Gaurav Puri got together and added 113 runs for the fifth wicket before Simranpreet Singh was caught by Himanshu off Yogesh for a well made 51 off 149 balls. 

Chandigarh at this stage were 285 for 5 in 106.3 overs. Gaurav Puri who had been batting very sensibly was joined by skipper Gurinder Singh and the duo went on to clobber 88 runs for the 6th wicket in 12.2 overs before Gaurav Puri was caught by Yogesh off Raghu after hitting a brilliant century (112) off 152 balls inclusive of
15 well executed boundaries to all parts of the Ground and 2 towering sixes.

Gaurav Puri’s dismissal triggered a collapse and Chandigarh from a healthy score of 373 for 6 in 118.5 overs were bowled out for 413 in 128.1 overs. Left arm spinner Yogesh Kumar 4 for 122 and Raghu 3 for 122 were the main wicket takers for Jalandhar.

Jalandhar was set a target of 379 for an outright win and were sitting on 58 for one in 15 overs at close of third day’s play.  Nitish 28 and Love Kumar  21 were at the crease. A.Bharti  1 for 22 was the lone successful bowler for Chandigarh.

In the second match being played at Gandhi Grounds Amritsar, Amritsar resuming at overnight score of 13 for 2 in 9 overs were bundled out for 204 in 69.5 overs.  Amritsar lost their first five wickets for 28 in 15.3 overs. The main damage was done by medium pacer Robin Dhillon and his partner Beant Singh who accounted for all the five dismissals. 

Skipper Aman Bawa played a lone hand by smashing an unbeaten 87 off 144 balls spiced up with 11 sparkling boundaries. He was involved in a 59 runs 6th wicket stand with Arush Sabbarwal (30).

In the 3rd match being played at PAU Ludhiana, Ludhiana chasing Mohali’s first innings total of 414 were 369 for 7 in 140 overs at close of third day’s play.

Brief Scores:

Chandigarh 1st innings: 186 all out in 73 overs (Veer Karan Goyal 23, Simranpreet 22, Naveen Dhiman  30, Gaurav Puri 38and Vishal Thind 25 not out, Yogesh Kumar 4 for 48, Subek Gill 2 for 20, Raghu 2 for 59)

Jalandhar    1st innings: 221 all out in 67.4 overs (Mandeep Singh 60, Abhishek Gupta 66, Love Kumar 30, Gurinder Singh 6 for 80 and Aman Bharti 2 for 60

Chandigarh 2nd innings: 413 all out in 128.1 overs (Jaskaran Singh 50,Veer Karan Goyal 68,Naveen Dhiman 25,Simranjit Singh 51,Gaurav Puri 112, Gurinder Singh  35 and Udit Hari Mehta 27, Yogesh Kumar 4 for 122 and Raghu 3 for 122)

Jalandhar: 2nd Innings: 58 for 1 in 15 overs (Nitish 28 not out and Love Kumar  21 not out, A.Bharti  1 for 22)

Amritsar 1st innings: 231 all out in 92 overs (Rahul Khosla 62, Rohan Marwaha 39, Abhinav Sharma 47 and Aarush Sabharwal 38, Robin Dhillon 3 for 47, Sukhwinder  3 for 51 and Karan Kaila 2 for 30)

Patiala 1st innings: 259 all out in 84.1 overs (Prabhjot Singh 75, Jeewanjot Singh 33, Karan Kaila  31, Mohit Mohindra  29, Vikrant Sirohi 29, Ashwani Kumar  5 for 43, Rahul Kanojia  2 for 68, Sunny 2 for 80)

Amritsar 2nd innings: 204 all out in 69.5 overs (Aman Bawa 87 not out, Aarush Sabbarwal  30, Robin Dhillon  3 for 59, Karan Kaila  3 for 42, Sukhwinder  2 for 48 and Beant Singh 2 for 27)

Patiala 2nd innings: 97 for 01 in 32 overs at close of days play. (Jiwanjot  not out  44 and Manpreet 13 not out, Rahul Kanojia  1 for 29).

Mohali 1st innings: 414 all out in 144.1 overs (Sachin Sohal 72, Ankit Pursharthy  67,Pukhraj Singh 88,Harsrup Singh 98, Bir Kanwar Singh 47, Himanshu Shailey  2 for 80, Sukhjinder Singh 5 for 85)

Ludhiana  1st innings: 369 for 7 in 140 overs (Sunny Pandey 27, Akhil Aggarwal 23 and Nikhil Chaudhary 41, Ashish Kumar 87, Anil Sihag 67, Gitansh Khera  21, Himanshu Sheily  22, Davinder Sidhu  34 not out and Gurinder Hara 21 not out.
Harpreet Singh 3 for 135 and Mehnazpreet Singh 2 for 63).