Ludhiana, September 1
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Punjab Agricultural University, scored an easy 98-run victory over GGN School to enter the semifinal of the Ludhiana District Inter-School Cricket Tournament for boys u-19 (Zone I- PAU ) being played at the PAU ground here today.
Government Model Senior Secondary School won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 162 for 6 in their allotted 16 overs. In reply, GGN School could muster only 64 runs after losing five wickets.
Brief scores: Govt Model Senior Secondary School 162 for 6 ( Karan Bhardwaj 56, Ravi 31, Mohammed 27, Jasdeep 2 for 28 and Daman 1 for 44); GGN School: 64 for 5 ( Rajeev Gulati 2 for 6)
In another (pre-quarter final) match, Sanatan Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Civil Lines beat Arya Senior Secondary School by 25 runs to move into the last eight stage.
Batting first, SVM Senior Secondary School made 136 for 5 with main contributions coming through Saurav Arora and Rohit Jalota who contributed 43 and 29 runs, respectively.
Needing 137 runs for victory, Arya Senior Secondary School could manage 121 runs losing nine wickets, thus falling short of the target by 26 runs.
Brief scores: SVM Senior Secondary School 136 for 5 (Saurav Arora 43, Shivam 16, Rohit Jalota 29, Vikas 16, Jaswinder 12, Vivek 1 for 23, Rahul 1 for 28 and Vivek Sharma 1 for 54); Arya Senior Secondary School 121 for 9 (Prabhjeet 26, Nitin 23, Rohit 2 for 21, Johny 2 for 24, Vikas 1 for 15, Saurav Arora 1 for 19 and Shivam 2 for 19).
In a match between SAN Jain Model Senior Secondary School and Government Senior Secondary School, Mangat, the former emerged victorious by six wickets to reach the quarterfinals.
SAN Jain Model Senior Secondary School won the toss and put Mangat school into bat. Vikas and Varun of SAN Jain Senior Secondary School bowled a devastating spell claiming four and two wickets, respectively, as Government School, Mangat’s innings folded at 77 runs in 16 overs.
SAN Jain Model Senior Secondary School achieved the target losing just four wickets after 13 overs.
Brief scores: Govt Senior Secondary School, Mangat, 77 all out (Rajesh Soni 22, J Soni 19, Rajinder 6, Vikas 4 for 18, Varun 2 for 9 and Gaurav Dawar 1 for 20); SAN Jain Model School 78 for 4 in 13 overs (Vikas 38, Chinton Sehgal 27, Arun Sabi 2 for 9, Onkar 1 for 10 and Rajesh Soni 1 for 24).
