Jalandhar-Ludhiana Katoch Shield tie ends in a draw

Ludhiana: Jalandhar garnered three points while Ludhiana got one for their drawn encounter at PAU Ludhiana.

Resuming at overnight 57 for 2 in 22 overs Ludhiana lost their overnight batsman Akhil Aggarwal when the batsman had scored 29 inclusive of 3 boundaries and his 3rd wicket stand with Anil Sihag had realized 41 runs.

At this stage Anil Sihag was joined by Bharat Malhotra and the duo went on to stitch a partnership of 99 runs for the 4th wicket before Bharat Malhotra got out for 52 inclusive of 5 boundaries and one six.

Anil Sihag kept on batting with great aplomb and in the company of wicket keeper Gitansh Khera added 88 runs for the 6th wicket before Gitansh Khera was dismissed for 52 inclusive of five boundaries and two sixes. Anil Sihag remained unbeaten on 128 off 268 balls studded with 16 boundaries when the play was called off after the 2nd mandatory overs with Ludhiana 306 or 5 .


Brief Scores:

Ludhiana 1st innings: 332 all out in 134 overs
Jalandhar 1st innings: 341 all out in 108 overs (Taruwar Kohli 115, Love Kumar 26, Himanshu Satyawan 58, Shubek Gill 43).

Rahul Singla 4 for 100, Amritpal 3 for 67 and Baltej Singh 2 for 35
Ludhiana 2nd innings : 57 for 2 in 22 overs (Akhil Aggarwal 29, Anil Sihag not out 128, Bharat Malhotra 52, Gitansh Khera 52, Yogesh 2 for 108, Navdeep 1 for 42, Anmol 1 for 24 and Gurkirat 1 for 51).

At the end of the fourth round the points tally of the teams is as under :

Patiala 21 points
Jalandhar 15 Points
Chandigarh 10 Points
Mohali 09 Points
Amritsar 07 Points
Ludhiana 02 Points

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