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Sarul, Gurkeerat propel Chandigarh

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Posted: Oct 12, 2008 at 2316 hrs IST

Chandigarh, October 11 Continuing with his scoring spree, opener Sarul Kunwar made a brilliant 84 run for Chandigarh and was involved in a 99 run partnership with Gurkeerat in the first semi-finals of the Katoch Shield Tournament being held at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

Batting first, Chandigarh team was all out for 273 runs in 94.2 overs. Apart from Sarul and Gurkeerat, Gaurav Gambhir and Uday Kaul were the main contributors with knocks of 43 and 29 runs respectively. For Mohali, Jaskaran Singh claimed four wickets while Gunjit Singh and Varun Khanna bagged two wickets each.

In the second semi-final, Amritsar team was bowled out for a paltry 129 runs in 46 overs. Medium pacer Deepak Bansal and Gagandeep Singh tormented the Amritsar batsmen with their incisive bowling. Deepak Bansal bagged five wickets while Gagandeep scalped three wickets. Mayank Sharma (29) and Bharat Loomba (27) were the only noteworthy batsmen to show some resistance. Ludhiana's batting also collapsed due to some fine bowling performance by Bharat Loomba and Sumeet Sharma as the score read 55 for 5 at one point of time. Then Ankur Kakkar played a captain's knock along with Bharat Malhotra as the two were involved in a 62 run partnership for the sixth wicket to take the score towards a healthy 117 for 5 in 47 overs.

Brief Scores:

Chandigarh: 273 all out in 94.2 overs (Sarul Kunwar 84, Gurkeerat Singh 54, Gaurav Gambhir 43, Uday Kaul 29, Jaskaran Singh 4 for 57, Gunjot Singh 2 for 81, Varun Khanna 2 for 83)

Amritsar: 129 all out in 46 overs (Mayan Sharma 29, Bharat Loomba 27, Deepak Bansal 5 for 52, Gagandeep Singh 3 for 39);

Ludhiana: 117 for 5 in 47 overs (Ankur Kakkar 50 no, Bharat Malhotra 17 no, Bharat Loomba 2 for 24, Sumeet 2 for 41).

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