Punjab in Driver Seat Against up in Vijay Merchant Trophy
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PUNJAB IN DRIVER SEAT AGAINST UP IN VIJAY MERCHANT TROPHY Punjab after winning the toss opted to bat first against UP in their Semi final encounter at Alur (Bangalore). Punjab met with an early reverse as opener Namandhir was caught by Abhishek Pandey off Mohit Jangra for 03 with teams total reading 15 for 1. Thereafter Prabhsimran and Shubman Gill added 43 runs for the 2nd wicket before Prabhsimran was castled by Tejaswa Raj for 40 off 25 balls inclusive of 6 boundaries and 2 huge sixes. Tejaswaraj struck a big blow to Punjab as he removed last match centurian Abhishek Sharma by cleaning him up before the batsman could open his account and reduce Punjab to 60 for 3. At this stage Nehal Wadhera joined inform batsman Shubman Gill and the duo steadied the Punjab innings by putting on 93 runs for the 4th wicket before Nehal Wadhera was cleaned up by Mohit Jangra for 28 off 72 balls inclusive of 6 boundaries. Shubman Gill was next to go after scoring a sparkling 86 off 101 balls inclusive of 11 sweetly timed boundaries and two sixes. He was stumped by Abhishek off Tejaswaraj. Ayush Gautam 24 and Dipin Chitkara 23 were the other notable contributors with the bat for Punjab. Punjab first innings folded at 242 in 61.4 overs. Mohit Jangra 4 for 94, Tejaswaraj 5 for 84 and Kartik Tyagi 1 for 26 were the main wicket takers for UP. Replying UP were staring down the barrel having lost half the side for a meager 61 in 28 overs at close of first days play. U.P opened with Aryan Juyal and Parth Jain. Parth Jain was caught by Prabhsimran off medium pacer Sumit Sharma for 01 reducing UP to 09 for 01. This brought in Prabhnoor Singh who in company of Aryan Juyal who added 28 runs for the 2nd wicket before Prabhmnoor Singh was caught by Prabhsimran off Sumit Sharma for 12. Abhishek Pandey was the next to go when Abhishek Sharma and Sumit Sharma combine accounted for his dismissal before the batsman could open his account. Aryan Juyal who was batting well was brilliantly run out by Rahul for 22 and left arm spinner Madhav Pathania trapped Aryan Sethi for one reducing UP to 43 for 5. Aryan Sharma unbeaten 09 and Divyansh Rajput unbeaten 10 were together at the crease when the stumps were drawn for the day with UP score reading 61 for 5 in 28 overs still 181 runs behind Punjab’s first innings total. Punjab first innings 242 all out in 61.4 overs Namandhir 03, Prabhsimran Singh 40, Shubman Gill 86, Nehal Wadhera 28, Ayush Gautam 24, Dipin Chitkara 23 and Jagdeep Singh 16 Mohit Jangra 4 for 94, Tejaswaraj 5 for 84 and Kartik Tyagi 1 for 26 UP First innings 61 for 5 in 28 overs at close of days play Aryan Juyal 22, Prabhnoor Singh 12, Aryan Sharma 9 not out and Divyansh Rajput 10 not out Sumit Sharma 3 foar 25 and Madhav Pathania 1 for 9. .