Jalandhar beat Chandigarh with 1st innings lead

MOHALI: A fine score of 158 by Love Kumar Singh helped Jalandhar beat Chandigarh in the Under-19 Dhruv Pandove Trophy at the PCA Stadium, on Monday on the basis of first innings lead. Chasing Chandigarh's 309, Jalandhar scored 351 for 7 in 95 overs.Their innings was sustained skipper Love Kumar Singh's score that came from 145balls. He hit 17 boundaries and one six. Love Kumar has been in great form. Hehad scored a century against Patiala as well. He was helped by Anmol Luther whocontributed 39 runs while Bhupinder Singh and Jagrit Singh scored 28 each. ForChandigarh team, Aman Bharti took 3 wickets for 85 and Udit Hari Mehta took 2for 23. In another match between Mohali and Bathinda, the Tricityteam managed to take a lead of 89 runs in the first inning and got two points.In reply to 268 for 3 by Mohali, Bathinda's innings was wrapped up at 179.On the second day of the match between Mohali and Bathinda, afterthe overnight 48 for 2 in 21 overs, Mohali went on to score 268 for 3 in 95overs and took the vital 89 first innings lead. Overnight not out batsmanKinderpreet Singh was unlucky to miss a century by 9 runs when he was caught byKamaljeet off Gaurav after having put on 188 runs for the third wicket withManinder Singh. The latter, meanwhile, remained unbeaten with astrokeful 137 off 235 balls in which he hit 23 boundaries. In the 2nd inningsBathinda were 35 for one in 9 overs when stumps weredrawn.Amritsar outplayed Patiala in their match to clinch twopoints. Playing first, Amritsar team had scored, 427 runs in first innings whilechasing Patiala could manage only 195 at the loss of all wickets. The match wasplayed at Gandhi grounds Amritsar. Patiala was outplayed by Amritsarin all departments of the game. Their bowlers pulverized the Patiala batsmen andtheir innings could not gather any momentum. Patiala were bundled out for 195 in72.2 overs and conceded a massive first innings lead of 232 runs, which enabledAmritsar to garner two points. Amritsar bowlers Rahul Kanojia,Ashwani and Vinay chaudhary scalped three wickets each and kept on tormentingthe Patiala batsmen. Patiala opened their innings with Vikramdit and PrabhjotSingh, who put on 35 runs for the first wicket before Vikramdit was lured byleft arm spinner Kanojia to be stumped by wicket keeper Mohit Handa for 29 off28 balls including of seven boundaries. Then, a 2nd wicket stand of56 runs between Prabhjot Singh and Vikrant Sirohi ended when Prabhjot Singh wascaught by Karan off kanojia for 30 off 67 balls. Vikrant Sirohi with KanwarpalSingh added 46 runs for the third wicket before Vikrant Sirohi was snapped bywicketkeeper Handa off left arm spinner Vinay Chaudhary for 55 off 118 ballsinclusive of 7 boundaries with the team's total reading 137 for three in 43.2overs. Then a slide started and Patiala plunged to 195 for All in 72.2 overs andlosing their last 7 wickets for addition of 58 runs in a span of 29 overs. (Match I):(Bathinda): 179 all out in 83.3 overs, Sangram Singh 80, Manish 6 for 68:(Mohali): 268 for 32 in 950 overs: Maninder Singh 137 not out and Kinderpreet,Singh 91, Gaurav Mehra 2 for 55: (Match II): (Chandigarh) 309 for 9 in 95 overs,Naveen Dhiman 100, Udit Hari Mehta 40, Sumit Huda, 54 not out, Vir Karan Goel33, Aman Bharti 2,7Arun Chauhan 2 for 38, Love Kumar Singh 2 for 48 and JagritSingh 2 for 68: (Jalandhar): 351 for 7 in 95 overs, Love Kumar Singh 158 notout, Anmol Luther 39, Bhupinder Singh 28 and Jagrit Singh 28, Aman Bharti 3 for85 and Udit Hari Mehta 2 for 23: (Match III) (Amritsar): 427 for 7 in 95 overs,Shiv Love 71, Mohit Handa 57, Rohan Marwaha 74, Navneet singh 120, Harmanjeet 28and Vinay Chaudhary 47 not out, Vicky Sharma 2 for 62, Mehjot Singh Sodhi 1 for10: (Patiala): 195 all out in 72.2 overs, Vikrant Sirohi 55, Prabhjot Singh 30,Vikramdit 29, Kamarpal Singh 31 Rahul Kanojia 3 for 73, Ashwani 3 for 40, VinayChaudhary 3 for 45.