ML MARKAN TROPHY City boys get one; Amritsar, Patiala bag six points each Chandigarh, April 19 Rupnagar earned three points from their draw against Chandigarh in the Punjab inter-district cricket championship for ML Markan Trophy at Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, on Thursday. Rupnagar claimed three points on the basis of a first innings lead of 145 runs, while the local side got one point from this match. Resuming at 185/7, Chandigarh managed to reach 315 before being bowled out. Alam Bakshi completed his century and was involved in two important partnerships. He stitched a 71-run stand for the eighth wicket with Arshnoor Pannu (33) and another fruitful partnership of 66-run for the ninth wicket with Sahil (23). These partnerships helped Chandigarh to cross the 300-run mark. Bakshi scored 107 off 180 balls, studded with 21 boundaries, before falling prey to Milind Kamboj. For Rupnagar, Anush Prashar was the pick of the bowlers with 3/52, while Kamboj (2/49) and Anish Sharma (2/70) got two wickets each. In their second innings, Rupnagar posted 89/4 in 46.5 overs when the match ended. Manish Joshi (31) and Aditya (25) were the main scorers while Arshnoor scalped 2/32 for Chandigarh.Making a stunning comeback, Amritsar logged a seven-wicket win over Mohali at the Sector 16 cricket stadium here. Amritsar bagged six points from the win. In reply to Mohali’s first innings total of 217, Amritsar were bundled out for 180 runs. In their second innings, Mohali scored 124 runs to set a 162-run target. Udayvir (35) was the day’s best scorer for Mohali. For the bowling side, Manroop took 4/28 while Sagar Sawal (2/25) and Akashdeep (2/29) claimed equal share of wickets. In reply, Amritsar chased down the target in 48.1 over, as they posted 162/3. Opener Dhruv Verma (48 off 89 balls, with 10 boundaries) provided a solid start while Manroop (55 off 69 balls, with six boundaries) and Samrath Chugh (36 off 49 balls, with six boundaries) scored unbeaten contributions in the victory. The duo was involved in an 80-run unbeaten stand for the fourth wicket. Harshdeep (2/63) was the most successful bowler for Mohali.Jalandhar shared points with Ludhiana as the first innings could not been completed at the PAU grounds in Ludhiana. Jalandhar were 356/5 in 123 overs when the match ended. Earlier, starting from their overnight total of 63/1, Jalandhar went on to score 356. Kumar Dhananjay scored 170 off 276 balls with 26 boundaries and Akashjit Dhillon posted 65 off 220 balls with seven boundaries to raise a 162-run stand for the second wicket. Dhananjay then partnered Ridham Satyawan (70) for a 138-run partnership for the third wicket. Since the first innings of Jalandhar could not be completed, both the teams split one point each.Hosts Patiala defeated Bathinda by 173 runs to garner six points at Dhruv Pandove Stadium. Patiala declared their second innings at 245/8 and then bundled out Bathinda for 178 in 94 overs. Jashan Jindal scored 88 off 166 balls with six boundaries before being run out by Arshit Quereshi. He was involved in a 102-run stand with Abhir Kohli (29) for the second wicket. For Patiala, Vanshish Verma took a five-wicket haul for 24 while Emanjot Singh Chahal (2/46) and Harjas Singh (2/65) took two wickets each.

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