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Surinder Bhardwaj

Chandigarh, June 26
A man was robbed of his purse at the Sector 10/16 dividing road last night. Jeet Singh, a resident of Sector 8-A, Chandigarh, alleged that two persons on a Pulsar sped away after beating him up and robbing his purse containing cash Rs 380, a voter card and one mobile phone.

Jeet works in the PGI canteen and was returning home when the incident occurred.

A case of robbery has been registered at the Sector 3 police station.

Chandigarh, June 26
Chasing the first-innings total of 200 runs posted by Chandigarh team during the ongoing inter-district cricket championship for boys (U-22), the Amritsar team found themselves struggling at 163 for 8 off 68 overs at the close of day's play at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium here today.

Rohan Marwaha (57) topped Amritsar's score chart with his half century. For the city team, Gurinder Singh was the most successful bowler with three for 53. Aman Bharti and Abhilash Sharma claimed two scalps each.

Earlier, Chandigarh after resuming from 155 for 4 was bundled out for 200 runs by the Amritsar bowlers. Veer Karan Goyal (84) top-scored while Gurinder Singh added 58 runs to the team's total. Sunny and Abhinav Sharma grabbed three wickets each for Amritsar.

Brief scores:

Chandigarh (1st innings) — 200 all-out in 83.4 overs (Veer Karan Goyal 84 , Gurinder Singh 58, Sunny three for 47, Abhinav Sharma three for 47, Amandeep Bawa two for 26, Ashwani two for 28)

Amritsar (1st innings) — 163 for 8 in 68 overs (Rohan Marwaha 57, Gurinder Singh three for 53, Aman Bharti two for 24, Abhilash Sharma two for 17)

In the second match, a brilliant ton by Patiala's Himanshu Chawla enabled the team to take an 11-run lead over Mohali. Himanshu hammered 155 off 216, studded with 22 boundaries, and remained unbeaten.

His 107-run partnership with Vicky Sharma for the fifth wicket was pivotal in taking the team total to 295 runs after Mohali had scored 284 runs in their first innings. Sharma later added 77 runs with Bhavish Goel (44). For Mohali, Harpreet Chatha claimed four for 84, and Arshdeep Brar took three for 69.

The Mohali team lost an early wicket in their second innings. Later, Harpreet Mander (41) and Arshdeep Brar (45) steadied the innings and remained unbeaten to take the team total to 87 for 1 at the end of day's play.

Brief scores:

Mohali (1st innings) — 284 all-out

Patiala (1st innings) — 295 all-out in 84 overs (Himashu Chawla 155, Bhavish Goel 42, Vicky Sharma 29, Harpreet Chatha four for 84 , Arshdeep Brar three for 69)

Mohali (2nd innings) -- 78 for 1 (Harpreet Mander 41 not out, Arshdeep Brar 45 not out)

In the third match of the tournament, at Burlton Park, Jalandhar, the home team closed the day's play with a total of 336 for 8 in 107 overs, chasing Jalandhar's first-innings score of 389 runs.

An unbeaten 105-run partnership between Ravinder (61) and Sandeep Singh (41) helped the team to close in on the visiting side's total. For Jalandhar, Yogesh Sharma completed a 5-wicket haul, giving away 95 runs.

Brief scores:

Jalandhar (1st innings) — 389 all-out in 80.5 overs

Ludhiana(1st innings) —336 for 8 in 107 overs (Gitansh Khera 39, Aashish Kumar 45, Ravinder 61 not out , Sandeep Singh 41 not out, Yogesh five for 95).

Patiala, June 26
Riding high on a fine all-round performance by Dilpreet Singh (five for 17 and 24 not out), Black Elephant Cricket Club defeated Achievers Club by four wickets in a close finish in a league match of the first Patiala Hot Weather T-20 Open Cricket Tournament.

Winning the toss, Achievers Club decided to bat first. The team managed 133 for 8 in the allotted overs. Skipper Aman Kumar (33) and Kanwar (55) were the main scorers for the club. Dilpreet's five-wicket haul for Black Elephant club did not allow the lower-order batsmen to pile runs in the closing overs.

In reply, Black Elephant Cricket Club started their innings with caution and added 27 runs for the first wicket in six overs. In the final over, the batting side needed 14 runs to win the match against the bowling of former Punjab player Gautam Mandora. Dilpreet once again came good for his side and hit two boundaries off the first two deliveries and a huge six off third ball to achieve the target with three balls to spare.

Brief Score:

Achivers Club: 133 for 8 in 20 overs (Kanwar 55, Aman Kumar 33, Dikpreet Singh five for 17, Amarjeet two for 34)

Black Elephant Cricket Club: 136 for 6 in 19.3 overs (Salinder Salaria 24, Sanjay Mahajan 27, Dilpreet Singh 24 not out).

Chandigarh, June 26
The team of AG Punjab posted a 3-0 win over the team of AG Uttar Pradesh (Allahabad) to win the team title of the North Zone Table Tennis Tournament at the Table Tennis hall, Sector 23, today.

In the first match, Rahul Malhotra of AG Punjab defeated Amit Shrivastava of AG UP 3-0. In another one-sided match, Sunil Ahuja of AG Punjab defeated Gaurav Khanna of AG UP 3-0. Vikash Sharma of AG Punjab put the final nail in the coffin for AG UP by defeating SP Singh 3-2 in a closely-contested match. The wining team was awarded the running trophy and mementoes.

Chandigarh, June 26
Swimmers Ishan Sharma, Rayaan Grewal, and Anhat Singh bagged the top-three positions in the 25-mts freestyle event for boys (U-8) during the swimming championship at All-Weather Swimming Pool, Sector 23, today.