Mohali: Playing on their home turf at PCA Stadium Mohali, Punjab skipper Taruwar Kohli's decision to field first paid rich dividends as PCC medium pacers Siddharth Kaul and Sandeep Sharma bowled superbly to to bundle out ONGC for 135 runs in 38.1 overs in the JP Atray tournament here on Friday.
Kaul and Sharma reduced ONGC to 37 for 4 in 13.4 overs. The downward slide of ONGC continued as they lost seven wickets for a mere 70 on board in 19.2 overs.
Then Parveen Gupta 31 and Sarang Rawat 29 added 50 runs for the 8th wicket before Sarang Rawat was caught by Rahul Sharma off left arm spinner Rajwinder with the teams total reading 120 for 8 in 34.1 overs. ONGC finally were bundled out for 135 in 38.1 overs. Siddharth Kaul 4 for 30, Sandeep Sharma 2 for 25 and Taruwar Kohli 2 for 34 sharing the spoils for PCC.
PCC made a sound start with Sunny Sohal and Ravi Inder Singh adding 42 runs for the opening stand before Ravi Inder Singh was caught and bowled by Waqar Ahmed for 20 off 21 balls inclusive of four boundaries. Sunny Sohal went on to score 62 off 66 balls with 11 boundaries before being caught by Kamal Passi off Saurabh Kumar.
PCC scored 139 for 4 in 28.2 overs to register a six wicket win and logged 5 points including a bonus while ONGC got (-1). Siddharth Kaul was named man of the match.
In the 2nd match played at Sector 16 Stadium Chandigarh, first time enterants Defence Accounts Sports Control Board (DASCB) humbled BSNL by five wickets and garnered five points, including a bonus.
In the 3rd match played at GMSSS Sector 26, Income Tax XI got the better of State Bank of Mysore by 25 runs to log four points while State Bank of Mysore got (0).
In the 4th match played at Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, CAG defeated FCI by six wickets.
Brief Scores:
ONGC: 135 all out in 38.1 overs (Sarang Rawat 29 , Parveen Gupta 31, and Suhail Sharma, Sandeep Sharma 2 for 25, Siddharth Kaul 4 for 30, Taruwar Kohli 2 for 34, Rahul Sharma 1 for 35 and Rajwinder Singh 1 for 8).
PCC: 139 for 4 in 28.2 overs (Sunny Sohal 66, RaviInder Singh 20, Taruwar Kohli 20 and Uday kaul 14, Waqar Ahmed 1 for 33 , kamal Passi 1 for 24, Saurabh Kumar 1 for 42 and Suhail Sharma 1 for 24)
BSNL: 211 all out in 46.5 over’s (B S Pati 33 , G. Satish 34, Niranjan Behra 37, and Joginder Singh 30, Tarun Sharma 2 for 36, Amit Mishra 1 for 43, Vivek Khurana 1 for 54 and Charanjit Singh 5 for 28).
DASCB: 215 in 39.5 overs (Arish Alam 105, Murtuja Ali 56, and Deepak 37*, N S Negi 1 for 24, Shantanu Pilke 2 for 49, Kuldeep Dewan 1 for 54 and Niranjan Behra 1 for 42).
Brief Scores: Income Tax XI: 251 all out in 47.4 overs (G. Vignesh 49 and Ravi Jangid 106,
H S Sharath 3 for 41, Anirudit Joshi 3 for 38 and Anand Katti 2 for 45)
SBO Mysore: 226 all out in 45.4 overs (Chetan William 45, Amith verma 44, and Myank Aggarwal, Amol Junghare 5 for 57, Himanshu Joshi 2 for 44, Ravi Jangid 1 for 32).
FCI: 198 all out in 43.5 overs (Mayank Sidana 51, Jaideep Chohan 30, Nitin Saini 23, Kuldeep Rawal 4 for 42 and Bipul Sharma 2 for 34)
CAG: 201 for 4 in 38 overs (Swapnil Salvi 75, Ankur Julka 33, Kuldeep Rawal 40 not out, Sonu Rathi 1 for 20, Sanjay Budhwar 1 for 40).