Chandigarh: Resuming at 284 for 5 in 82 overs Chandigarh were bowled out for 430 in 111 overs at stroke of lunch on the 3rd day at GMSSS Sector 26.
Overnight not out batsmen Jaskaran Singh Sohi and Gaurav Gambhir added 68 runs for the 7th wicket before Gaurav Gambhir was cleaned up by Vinay Chaudhary with the teams total reading 333 for 6.
Thereafter, medium pacer Sunny rocked back the Chandigarh innings by clean bowling Gurinder Singh (9), Jaskaran Singh (0), VRV Singh (0) on the first, third and sixth ball of the 11th over of his spell.
After this wicket Keeper Jaskaran Singh Sohi added 84 runs for the last wicket with Gurjot (0) and wicket keeper Jaskaran Singh Sohi blasted 130 off 152 balls studded with 16 rousing boundaries and six huge sixes before he was caught by Charanjit Singh off medium pacer Kamal Passi.
Trailing by 104 runs on the first innings Amritsar scored 177 for 4 in 60 overs at close of 3rd days play. There are 73 runs ahead with six wickets in hand. Karan Sharma 46, Sharad Lumba 48, Aman Bawa 45 and Mohit Handa 24 not out were the main contributors for Amritsar while Gaurav Gambhir 2 for 42 and Gurinder Singh 2 for 54 shared the spoils.
Meanwhile, Patiala in their 2nd innings were bowled out for 254 in 72.2 overs. Himanshu Chawla 57, Kunwar Raina 48, Preet Kamal 44 were the main contributors with the bat while Gurkirat Mann 5 for 58 and Arshdeep Brar 4 for 59 were the main wicket takers for Mohali.
Needing 413 to win Mohali were 151 for 5 in 36 overs at the close of 3rd days play. Sachin Sohal 26, Mayank Siddana 31` not out and Gurkirat Mann 57 not out were the main run getters for Mohali and Rajwinder Singh 3 for 59 was the most successful bowler for Patiala.
In the 3rd match being played at PAU Ludhiana between Ludhiana and Jalandhar, Ludhiana started their innings from the overnight score of 223 for 4 and were all out at 332 in 134 overs. Bharat Malhotra 46, Gitansh Khera 72 not out and Deepak Bansal 14 were the main run getters for Ludhiana while Gogesh Kumar 5 for 86 was the most successful bowler for Jalandhar.
In reply, Jalandhar were 118 for 2 in 40 overs at the close of 2nd days play. Taruwar 71 not out, Love Kumar 24 not out were the main run getters for Jalandhar while Deepak Bansal 1 for 25 and Rahul Singla 1 for 25 were the main wicket takers.
Brief Scores:
Amritsar first innings: 326 for all in 95.3 overs: (Rohan Marwaha 132, Sharad Lumba 93, Karan Sharma 23, Vinay Chaudhary 20, Kamal Passi 19, Gaurav Gambhir 5 for 84 , Gurinder Singh 3 for 86 and VRV Singh 2 for 49)
Chandigarh first innings: 430 all out in 111 overs (Manan Vohra 94, Vishwas Bhalla 61, Uday Kaul 45, Jaskaran Singh Sohi 130 and Gaurav Gambhir 24, Vinay Chaudhary 5 for 116, Sunny 3 for 71, Kamal Passi 1 for 69 & Charanjit Singh 1 for 77).
Amritsar 2nd Innings: 177 for 4 in 60 overs (Rohan Marwaha (02), Karan Sharma (46), Sharad Lumba (48), Aman Bawa 45, Mohit Handa 24 not out and Vinay Chaudhary (01) not out Gaurav Gambhir 2 for 42 and Gurinder Singh 2 for 54).
Patiala: 400 for all out 98.2 overs (Ravi Inder Singh 103 , Jeevanjot Singh 50, Amitoze Singh 54, Himanshu Chawla 74, Anmolpreet 58, Manpreet Gony 4 for 60, Maninder Sidhu 2 for 46 and Varun Khanna 2 for 108).
Mohali first innings: 242 all out in 57.1 overs (Sunny Sohal 83, Gurkirat Mann 76, Manpreet Gony 32, Sarabjit Ladda 4 for 69, Amitoze Singh 3 for 22 and Rajwinder Singh 2 65)
Patiala 2nd innings: 254 for all out in 72.2 overs (Jeevanjot 29, Ravi Inder 36, Himanshu Chawla 57, Kunwar Raina 48, Preet Kamal 44, Gurkirat Mann 5 for 58 and Arshdeep Brar 4 for 59)
Mohali 2nd Innings: 151 for 5 in 36 overs at the close of 3rd days play (Sachin Sohal 26, Mayank Siddana 31` not out and Gurkirat Mann 57 not out, Rajwinder Singh 3 for 59).
Ludhiana 1st Innings: 332 all out in 134 overs (Arjun Puri 14, Abhinav Bhatia 89, Anil Sihag 73, Bharat Malhotra 46, Gitansh Khera 72 not out and Deepak Bansal 14, Yogesh Kumar 5 for 86).
Jalandhar 1st Innings: 118 for 2 in 40 overs (Taruwar 71 not out, Love Kumar 24 not out, Deepak Bansal 1 for 25 and Rahul Singla 1 for 25).