Ludhiana lads beat Fatehgarh Sahib by 56 runs

Sports Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 5

Hosts Ludhiana beat Fatehgarh Sahib by 56 runs in the second league match of group B in Punjab State Inter-District (U-25) One Day Cricket Tournament, played at the GR Academy ground on Hambran Road here today.

Invited to bat first, Ludhiana, after a shaky start, managed to post a challenging total of 245 runs after losing six wickets in 50 overs. The contributors were Tikshan Tangri (83), Lovepreet (48), Sanyam Gill (28), Saksham Vij (26), Vaibhav Kalra (18) and Harshit Takkar (18*).

For Fatehgarh Sahib, Jashan captured two wickets for 50 runs while Harmandeep, Ajay Pal, Rimanjeet Singh and Sarthak Sharma grabbed one wicket each.

Chasing the target, Fatehgarh Sahib could muster 189 runs in 45 overs in which the main scorers were Kunal (38), Devi Chand (36), Rimanjeet Singh (30), Gurmail (22) and Kabir Kohli (17).

For Ludhiana, Harshit Takkar secured five wickets for 27 runs in seven overs. Sidhhant Tiwari got two wickets for 31 runs whereas Sanyam Gill and Nehal Wadhera chipped in with one wicket each after giving away 25 and 47 runs, respectively.

Now, the Ludhiana team will travel to Mohali to play their third match against the latter on October 7.