Cricket Tourney: Ludhiana-Mohali tie evenly poised

Ludhiana, August 8

The second league match in group B in the ongoing Punjab State Inter-District (U-16) Cricket Tournament being played here at GRD Global Education Institute ground on Hambran Road appeared to be an evenly poised one.

After containing Ludhiana’s first innings to a small score of 113 runs in 75.2 overs, Mohali too suffered early shocks and were struggling with the score-board reading 32 for four after 20 overs.

Batting first, hosts Ludhiana could not put up much resistance and their essay culminated at 113 runs. The only shining patch of the innings was a resolute batting by Savinay Kakkar, who contributed 44 runs after facing 180 balls during his 201 minutes stay at the wicket.

For the visitors, Jashandeep Singh took four wickets for 16 runs whereas Namitveer Singh and Kanwardeep Singh scalped two victims each while Guraneh Singh accounted for one wicket. Mohali began its reply on a shaky note, losing the first wicket without opening the account. They went on losing more wickets and were fighting against the wall (32 for 4) when the play was stopped today. — OC