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{Inter-District Cricket tournament} Ludhiana beats Nawanshahr by an innings and 221 runs
After winning the toss, Ludhiana declared its first innings at 304 runs for five in 78 overs in the Inter-District Cricket tournament; Nawanshahr batsmen were bowled out at 40 runs in their first innings
Ludhiana U-16 cricket team on Friday outwitted host Nawanshahr by an innings and 221 runs in a test match of Inter-District Cricket tournament being played at Nawanshahr cricket ground.
After winning the toss, Ludhiana declared its first innings at 304 runs for five in 78 overs.
Promising Ludhiana player Shabd Tangri once again shined with the bat and scored an unbeaten 157 runs in 180 deliveries, hitting 17 fours and a six. Armaan Walia, Sukhsehaj Singh Narang and Yuvraj Pal also contributed with decent individual scores of 42, 35 and 31 runs, respectively.
While Gurshan Singh of the host team took two wickets, Rohanpreet Singh, Meeraz Nanda and Vansh Bhalla claimed a wicket each against Ludhiana.
However, Nawanshahr batsmen were bowled out at 40 runs in their first innings, forcing them to follow on.
The host team once again was wrapped at 43 runs in 31.3 overs.
In the first innings, Anmoljeet Singh of Ludhiana bagged a fifer in his 13-over spell, giving away 16 runs. Shivam Verma took three wickets against the host.
In the second innings, while Anmoljeet and Divyam Sehgal got two wickets each, Shivam bagged three wickets.
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