Shaumik guides Sukhna Zone to 279 on Day 1

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 5

A half-century each by Shaumik (73) and Yuvraj Singh (63) helped Sukhna Zone pile up 279 runs against Leisure Zone on Day 1 of their U-16 Multi Day Cricket Tournament match for the inaugural Balramji Das Tandon Memorial Trophy, here today.

Electing to bat at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, Sukhna Zone batters put up a decent show to close the day on 279.

Apart from Shaumik and Yuvraj, Harshul (43) and Suraj Kumar (39) made useful contributions to the total.

Vardan Sharma, Hrithik Sandhu, Ishaan Gaba and Ujjwal Saini took two wickets each for Leisure Zone.

At Sector 16 Stadium, Rock Zone were batting on 70/2 after bowling out Terrace Zone for 189 runs in 64 overs.

Nikhil was unbeaten on 57 at the close of opening day’s play.

Earlier, Amar Bahadur, Gursimar, Vivek and Aditya took two wickets each to restrict Terrace Zone to a below par total.

Mridul Chawla (54) and Ashutosh Gautam (47) were the main contributors for Terrace Zone.