Mohali beat Ludhiana by 6 wickets

Our Sports Correspondent
Ludhiana, August 14

Mohali beat Ludhiana by six wickets in the first match of the One-Day Cricket Tournament for FC Mittal Trophy played on the Punjab Agricultural University ground here today.

Mohali skipper Gurkirat Maan won the toss and invited Ludhiana to bat first. Hosts could not survive their full quota of 45 overs (match curtailed to 45 overs each side due to delayed start because of wet outfield) as their innings folded at 129 runs after 43.1 overs.

Only Gurjot Singh put up some semblance of resistance, chipping in with 36 runs. For Mohali, Harpreet Brar and Varun Khanna were the main wicket takers, scalping four and three victims, respectively.

Chasing the target, Mohali scored 133 runs for the loss of four wickets in just 26.1 overs, wrapping the issue quite easily. Abhijeet remained unbeaten on 55 runs while Gurkirat made 38 runs to steer their side to a comfortable victory.

Brief scores

Ludhiana: 129 all out in 43.1 overs (Talwinder Singh 11, Sunny Pandey 13, Gitansh Khera 12, Gurjot Singh 36, Hartejsasvi 14 and Baltej Singh 10; Harpreet Brar 4 for 14, Varun Khanna 3 for 21, Maninder Singh 1 for 25, Gurkirat Maan 1 for 26 and Barinder Saran 1 for 28).

Mohali: 133 for 4 in 26.1 overs (Abhijeet Garg 55*, Gurkirat Maan 38 and Ramandeep Singh 24; Dipin Chitkara 2 for 27, Hartejsasvi 1 for 7 and Baltej Singh 1 for 13).