Jalandhar brush aside Doaba, Mohali trounce Ludhiana

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, February 8

Jalandhar and Mohali won their fixtures against Doaba Heroes and Ludhiana, respectively, during the AGA Gold Cup cricket tournament (under -19) on Monday. Two separate matches were played at Gandhi and Amandeep grounds in the tournament being held with the support of Trident Group and Amandeep Group.

At the Gandhi ground, Jalandhar batted first and posted 190 runs in 40 overs for nine wickets. Akashjit Singh, with his knock of 48 runs off 75 balls, was the major run-getter for Jalandhar.

Chasing the target, Doaba Heroes were swept aside in just 37 overs as they bled wickets at regular intervals and could make post scoring 155. Akashjit, an all-rounder, impressed with the ball as he scalped five in eight overs giving only 17 runs. He was adjudged the man of the match. In another match Amandeep ground, Mohali trounced Ludhiana. Mohali batsmen successfully chased the target of 209 runs.

Senior Deputy Mayor Raman Bakshi, Dr Shabhaz Singh, OP Kanojia, Tilak Raj, Aman Randev, Gurbir Chadha, Surinder Arjun, Manmohan Singh, Sharat Sekhri, Vijay Dhingra, Rajan Trikha, IS Bajwa, Balraj Mehra, Raj Kumar Sharma and other executive members of the Tournament were present.