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Inter district cricket tournament: Ludhiana beats Kapurthala by innings and 85 runs
At inter-district cricket tournament, Having won the toss, Kapurthala chose to bat first against the hosts; Ludhiana declared their innings at 309 at the loss of two wickets, garnering the lead of 231 runs.
Ludhiana’s U-23 team on Saturday defeated Kapurthala by an innings and 85 runs in the last league match in Group B of the ongoing inter-district cricket tournament at GRD Ground.
Having won the toss, Kapurthala chose to bat first against the hosts. The side was sent packing at a lowly total of 78 runs in their first innings.
While Ravi Kumar of Ludhiana took four wickets, conceding 22 runs in his 15-over spell. Jaish Jain, meanwhile, clinched two wickets in his three overs and gave away 13 runs.
Four Kapurthala batsmen were sent back for a duck and only two could manage double figures. Tarun Kumar was the highest scorer for the losing side in the first innings with 32 runs.
Ludhiana declared their innings at 309 at the loss of two wickets, garnering the lead of 231 runs. Nehal Wadhera and Tikshan Tangri steered their team to a mammoth total by scoring 151 and 88 runs respectively.
In the second innings, the Kapurthala team was bowled out at 146 runs. Kunwardeep emerged as the top scorer for the losing side in the second innings with 48 runs.
Both Ravi Kumar and Nehal Wadhera took three wickets each for Ludhiana in the second innings.
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