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Funr*F cRrcKET AssocrATronANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019

PCA OFFICE BEARERS

Mr. Rajinder GuPtaPresident

Mr. Rakesh RathourVice President

Mr. S. M' VermaVice President

Mr. R.P. SinglaHony. SecretarY

Mr. Arun SharmaHony. Jt. SecretarY

Dr, A.G.S. BawaHony. Jt, Secretary

Mr. Amarinder BindraVice President

Mr. AjaY TYagiHony. Treasurer

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IN REMEMBRANCE

Before we move on to the details of the accounts/activities of the association we would

like to remember the colleagues who Ieft us during the intervening period.

Mr. suresh Luthra passed away in Faridabad on 12th Feb 2019 at the

age of 74. He was left arm medium fast bowler who played for punjab and

Delhi in 67 Ranji rrophy matches. He took 262 wickets with 14 five wickets

hauls and two 10 wickets hauls. He worked with State bank of India and after

retirement from cricket he officiated as BCCI Match referee. we pray for thepeace ofthe departed soul.

Mr. Meg Raj played for punjab, southern punjab and Delhi in Ranjirrophy

from 1958 -tg73. He played 42firstclass matches and died in Delhi on 24th

March,2O19 at the age of 78. we pray for the peace of the departed soul.

Mr. Meg RajMr. Gokul Inder Dev died at the age of g0 in Delhi. He played

in 93 first class matches for Eastern punjab, Northern punjab, Delhi and

services. He was Right handed batsman and Right arm leg break googly

bowler. In his first class career spanning from 1957 to 197g he scored 30g4

runs with 7 centuries and captured 302 wickets with 25 five wickets hauls

and five 10 wickets hauls. we pray for the peace of the depafted soul. !

Prof. Raghbir Dayal Bansal founder secretary ,of District cricket

Association of Muktsar sahib, who was also prof. of Mathematics in Govt.

college, Muktsarosahib, died in a freak accident in chandigarh in

January,2019 at a relatively young age of 52 years. He was a syndicate

member of Punjab University also. In his death, the association has lost a

dedicated worker. we pray to almighty to grant peace to the departed soul.

Mr. Suresh Luthra

Sh. Gokul Inder Dev

\Prof. R. D. Bansal

Mr. Gurbachan Singh Banga was one of the most senior and revered member of PCA

fraternity. He became life member of PCA after the merger of SPCA and NPCA.

He was a keen cricket administrator who actively pafticipated in the affairs of

Patiala and later on Chandigarh Cricket. He was also very handy in performing

any task connected with cricket matches particularly the International

Matches hosted by Punjab Cricket Association. His towering personality at all

such events will be sorely missed by the members. We pray to almighty to

Mr. curbachan Singh Bansa grant peace to the departed soul.

Mr. Ramesh Chander Kohli was a senior life member of PCA and he

passed away on 8.12.2018 atJalandhar. He was a senior partner in a World

Famous Sports firm Beat All Sports, Jalandhar' He was a very popular figure

amongst top cricket players like Sachin Tenduikar, Mahender Singh Dhoni and

others. We at PCA pray to God for granting peace to the departed soul.

Mr. O,D. Sharma popularly known as'OD breathed his last on 21st August,2019 at the

age of 73 after a brief illness. He was the Honorary Secretary of Bathinda

District Cricket Association for the last 35 years and also the member of the

punjab Cricket Association. He was closely associated with cricketing

activities of the minor districts of the state as their coordinator and also took

active part in deliberations of the state association during meetings. His

absence will be sorely missed. May God grant peace to his depafted soul.Mr.0.D. Sharma

Mr. Sham lal was a Former Punjab Ranji player who played Ranji

Trophy between 1956-1958 under the captaincy of Late Lala Amarnath ' He

was contemporary of Punjab Cricketers M.P Pandove, Chaman Lal Malhotra

and Lokesh Khanna. He was also the Vice -President of Ludhiana District

Cricket Association. The PCA Management mourns his sad demise and prays

to God to grant peace to the departed soul.Mr. Sham Lal

, Mr. Jugal Kishore Garg had been life member of long standing and passed

away on 17th July 2019. The PCA management condoles the sad demise and

prays to God to grant peace to the depafted soul.

Mr. Ramesh Chander Kohli

Sh. Jugal Kishore Gatg

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ANNUAL REFORT I 2O18-2OT.9

have the pleasure and privilege of trophy. The Punjab U-16 team could not clear the

the 70th annual report of the North Zone league stage for the Vijay merchant

duly approved by the executive trophy.

We

presenting

association

committee.

The year under report has been very

productive for the association on and off the field.

The association organised matches at senior and

junior levels for age groups tournaments through

the inter district competitions so that the best

talent of the state was available for selection for the

state team to take part in the inter-state national

tournament. There has been lot of emphasis on

fitness for which various periodic fitness camps

were held at IS Bindra PCA Stadium Mohali and

Dhruv Pandove stadium Patiala before the start of

the National domestic season. Our senior team

playing in the elite Group of RanjiTrophy and was in

running for the knock out berth till their last match

against Bengal. The match was drawn and Punjab's

hopes of making it to the knock out stage were

shattered. In the one day Vijay Hazare tournament

the team once again failed to make it to the knock

out stage. In the T-20 tournament for Syed

Mushtaq Ali trop.hy we failed to qualify for the super

league. Our first success came in the U-23 Col CK

Nayudu trophy which we won by 1 lryicket by

defeating Bengal in a cliff hanger at Dhruv pandove

stadium Patiala. In the;U-23 one day tournament

Punjab lost to Vidarbha in the semi-finals. In the U-

19 Cooch Behur trophy Punjab could not reach the

knock out stage. The team also failed to make it to

the knock out stage in One day u-19 Vinoo Mankad

Our U-19 women team made it to the

quafter finals of one day tournament. In the T-20

women U-19 qualified for the super league. In the

U-23 one day tournament for women the team did

not qualify. In U-23 T-20 team qualified for the

super league. The senior women team failed to

qualify in One day tournament where as the senior

T-20 team became the National Champions.

15 Punjab players represented various

franchisee teams in IPL 12 namely Harbhajan

Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Gurkirat Singh, Mandeep

Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Manan Vohra, Sandeep

Sharma, Shubman Gill, Barinder Sran ,Mayank

Markande, Abhishek Sharma, Arshdeep Singh,

Harpreet Brar, Prabsimran Singh and Anmolpreet

Singh.

Shubman Gill player of our state was

selected to represent India in ODI tournament in

Newzealand while Siddharth Kaul represented

India in T-20 against Australia. Anmolpreet Singh

was selected for India-A against Srilanka and West

Indies.

Tanya Bhatia women cricketer of our state

represented India in T-20 and one day tournament.

Harmanpreet Kaur captained the India women

team in T-20 International matches,

PCA received best ground award for IpL-12.

This has been result of year round hard work by the

staff.

T6P PERFORMERS FOR PUHTAB TN VARIOUSIruTER STATE TOUR]TIAMEHTS 2O18.E0f, P

SHNIOR TOURNAMEHTS

728 Runs in 9 Innings Shubman GillHighest Score 268

4x50s and 2x100s in Ranji Trophy 3x50s

418 Runs in 7 InningsHighest Score 115

and 1x100 in Vijay Hazare TroPhY

Mandeep Singh602 Runs in 12 Innings

Highest Score 906x50s in Ranji TroPhY

MaYank Markande29 Wkts in 242'5 overs' 2 Five Wkts Hauls

with an ecomomy of 2'78 in Ranji Trophy &

13 Wkts in 60.5 overswith an ecomomy of 4.50 in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Anmolpreet Singh314 Runs in 3 Innings

Highest Score 1412x100s in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Siddharth Kaul23 Wkts in 206 overs

2 Five Wkts Haulswith an ecomomy of 2.82 in Ranji Trophy &

12 Wkts in 30.5 overs1 Five Wkts Hauls

with an ecomomy of 5.L2 in Vijay Hazare Trophy

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Harpreet Brar56 Wkts in 307 overs

6 Five Wkts Hauls and 1 Ten Wkts Haulwith an ecomomy of 2.99

Arshdeep Singh46 Wkts in 285 overs

2 Five Wkts Haulswith an ecomomy of 2.99

Ramandeep Singh674 Runs in 16 Innings

Highest Score 1483x50s and 2x1OOs

Nikhil Chaudhary714 Runs in 15 Innings

Highest Score 1692x50s and 2x100s

Akul Pratap Pandove477 Runs in 15 Innings

Highest Score 1111x50 and 1x100

33 Wkts in 293 overs2 Five Wkts Hauls

with an economy of 3.68

U-Ig OHE EAY LXF{ITEN OVER$ TcURH*MHHT

Sanvir Singh

358 Runs in 10 InningsHighest Score 81

5x50s

20 Wkts in 63.5 overs2 Five Wkts Hauls

with an ecomomy of 3.63

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Salil Arora654 Runs in 13 Innings

Highest Score 110x3x50s and 3x100s

in Cooch Behar TroPhY

Amit Shukla32 Wkts in 357 overs

2 Five Wkts Hauls withan ecomomy of 2.32

in Cooch Behar TroPhY and22 Wkts in 77 overs2 Five Wkts Hauls

with an ecomomy of 2'32in Vinoo Mankad TroPhY

Emanjot Singh Chahal12 Wkts in 130 overs

with an ecomomy of 1.65

Arjun Azad404 Runs in 8 Innings

Highest Score 122*

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Uday Saharan290 Runs in 5 Innings

Highest Score 119x1x50 and 1x100

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FUNJ*B PLNYERS IT{ INTERN*TION*L CIRCUITsEilrQn {HEru

Siddharth KaulRepresented India in T-20 against Visiting Australia team in Bangaluru

Represented India-A against visiting England Lions in ThiruvanthapuramRepresented Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2019

Shubhman GillRepresented India in ODI against New Zealand

Represented India - A against West Indies and Sri LankaRepresented Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2019

Anmolpreet SinghPlayed for India - A against West Indies and Sri Lanka

Represented Mumbai Indians in IPL 2019

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HarmanPreet KaurRepresented India in One DaY

against New Zealand in New ZealandCaptained India in T-20

against New Zealand in New Zealand

TaniYa BhatiaRePresented India in T-20

against New Zealand in New ZealandReprese-nted India in ODI against England in India

IUilrOn (HEN)

Nehal Wadhera

captained rndia A u-1, :;!il"ff|F.,f.ildlxJi-.'i':fl: :i:T?;J.l',:1ff',l"??l,.,"anthapuram (Kerara)

Prabh Simran SinghRepresented India U-19 against Afganistan in ODI

Represented tnOia emergin=; ;;;i;;t irilanrc em-erging aid-paklstan Emerging teams in Colombo- -

Ripresented Kings XI Punjab In IPL 2019

3 players Yuvraj Singh, Vikram Rajvir

Singh, and Mapreet Singh Garewal retired from all

forms of the game during the year under report.

The association wishes them a pleasant retired life

and the very best in the 2nd innings of their

respective careers. The association is also

beholden to them for the good work as players

while donning the state colours

Born on December 12th 1981 in

Chandigarh Yuvraj made rapid strides as a young

southpaw getting into the big league through the

U-19 world cup in which he represented the

country in 1999. He caught the fancy of the fans as

soon as he made his ODI debut at Nairobi

Gymkhana on October 3 2000. His Test debut came

against Newzeland at his home ground Mohali in

October 2003 while his T-20 debut was against

Scotland at Durban in Sept 2007

As a middle order left handed batsman he

turned out many sterling displays for his country

and later on his slow left arm spinners came very

handy at crucial moments in the matches. He

became the most feared batsman in One day and

T-20 cricket and has the sole distinction of hitting

six consecutive sixes off the bowling of England

fast bowler Stuart Broad in a world cup encounter.

RETIREMENT OF INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS OF PCA

Yuvraj Singh

His tenacity was in full flow when despite a life

threatening disease affecting his lungs. He went on

to help India win the

2011 world cup with his

b r i l l i an t a l l r ound

display which won him

the man of the series

award.

In the Indian Premier league he was one of

the highest paid stars who played for six

franchisees. The worthy scion of test player Yograj

Singh the contemporary of legendary Kapil Dev,

nally hung up his boots on 10th June 2019 after

having played 40 test matches, 304 ODI, 58 T-20

matches, 139 First class matches, 423 List –A

matches and 231 T-20s. He played his last test

against England at Kolkata in December 2012. Last

ODI against West Indies in June 2017. Last T-20

against England at Bengaluru in Feb 2017. Making

his rst class debut in 1996-97 he played his last

rst class for Punjab against Bengal at Kolkata in

January 2019. Made his List-A debut in 1999

played his last List-A match for Punjab against

Karnataka in October 2018. His retirement has

brought down curtains on illustrious career of a

Punjab player.

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VRV Singh born on September 1984 at

Chandigarh and played for India U-19,India and

Punjab as a right arm medium fast bowler. The

strappling fast bowlers career was plagued by his

back injury which forced an early retirement. A

gentleman cricketer he represented Punjab in 29

Ranji Trophy matches and captured 121 wickets

with the best bowling of 7 for 75 with 10 ve

wickets haul and two 10 wickets hauls. In 37 list A

matches he captured 55 wickets and in 33 T-20

outings he took 31 wickets. He made his test debut

against Westindies in June 2006 and played his last

test against Bangladesh in May 2007. In 5 test

matches he captured 8 wickets and also

represented the country in 2 ODI’s. He made his

ODI debut against England in Jamshedpur. His

Ranji debut was

against UPCA at

M o h a l i i n

November 2004

and his last Ranji

match against J&K

in January 2014. He

made his Debut in one day against Himachal in

January 2014 and played last match also against

Himachal in March 2008. He made his T-20 debut

against Haryana in 2007 and the last T-20 match

against Baroda in 2012. The Association wishes

him the very best in his future endeavours.

Born on January 4, 1984 Manreet Gony

played for Punjab as a right arm medium pacer in

6 1 m a t c h e s

c ap tu r i ng 196

wickets with 10

ve wicket hauls

and 2 ten wickets

hauls. In One day

h e p l a y e d 5 5

matches capturing 77 wickets while in T-20 he

played 90 matches capturing 96 wickets. Played 2

odi’s in 2008. Made his debut in Ranji trophy

against Andhra in November 2007 and his last

appearance against Bengal in January 7, 2019. He

made one day debut against Haryana in February

2008 and played last match against Karnataka. His

last T-20 match was against Railways in March

2019. He also played in IPL for different

franchisees in different seasons. He retired from all

forms of cricket in June 2019. The Association

wishes him best of luck in his future endeavours.

VRV Singh

Manpreet Singh Garewal

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INDIA VS AUSTRALIA 4TH ODI 10TH MARCH, 2019

PCA hosted the India- Australia one day

Match on 10th March at IS Bindra PCA Stadium

Mohali. Australia won the match by 4 wickets in a

thrilling nish. Ashton Turner of Australia was

named player of the match. Captain Virat Kohli

won the toss and opted to bat rst. India opened

with its seasoned pair of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar

Dhawan who raised 193 runs partnership in 31

overs at more than run a ball. The partnership was

broken when Rohit Sharma was snapped by

Handscomb off right arm fast bowler Richardson 5

short of his century 95 off 92 balls studded with 7

boundaries and 2 sixes. Shikhar Dhawan in the

mean while continued to milk the Australian

bowling and was nally castled by Pat Cummins for

an exhilerating century 143 off 115 balls spiced

with 18 boundaries and 3 lusty sixes. Skipper Virat

Kohli perished early being caught by wicket keeper

Alex Carey off Richardson for 7. Rishab Pant 36 and

Vijay Shankar 26 were the other contributors with

the bat. India innings ended at 358 for 9 in 50

overs. Pat Cummins 5 for 70 and JA Richardson 3

for 85 were the most successful bowlers for

Australia.

Replying Australia scored 359 for 6 in 47

overs to record a 4 wickets win. Australia innings

was anchored by U T Khwaja 91 off 99 balls,

century by P S P Handscomb 117 off 105 balls with

India Opener Shikhar Dhawan celebrating his century against Australia at Mohali

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8 boundaries and 3 sixes and AJ Turner’s late

assault with unbeaten 84 off 43 balls with 5

boundaries and 6 huge sixes setting the stands

ablaze and carving out a fascile win for Australia. J.

Bumrah 3 for 63, Bhuvnesh Kumar 1 for 67,

Kuldeep Yadav 1 for 64 and Y. Chahal 1 for 80 were

the successful Indian bowlers

India-Australia One Day Match in progress

Seven home matches of Kings XI Punjab

were played at IS Bindra PCA stadium Mohali. The

rst match against Mumbai Indians was played on

30th March 2019 which was won by Kings XI

Punjab by 8 wickets . Mumbai Indians scored 176

for 7 in 20 overs with Quinton D Kock 60, Rohit

Sharma 32 and Hardik Pandya 31 being the highest

run getters. For Kings XI Mohd. Shami, Hardu

Vijyon and Murgan Ashwin scalped 2 wickets each.

Replying Kings XI scored 177 for 2 in 18.4 overs

with KL Rahul remaining unbeaten on 77 and he

was supported by Chris Gayle 40, Mayank

Aggarwal 43. Krunal Pandya 2 for 43 was the most

successful bowler for Mumbai Indians.

Punjab’s next encounter with Delhi

Capitals played on 1st April 2019 was won by Kings

XI Punjab by 14 runs. Kings XI Punjab scored 166

for 9 in 20 overs. David Miller 43, Sarfraz Khan 39

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run getters for Punjab. For Sunrisers Sandeep

Sharma scalped 2 for 21 while S. Kaul and Rashid

Khan got 1 wicket each. K. L Rahul was named as

man of the match.

Kings-XI then took on Royal Challengers

Bangaluru on 13th April 2019 at IS Bindra PCA

Stadium Mohali. The match was won by Royal

Challengers by 8 wickets. Kings XI scored 173 for 4

in 20 overs. Chris Gayle remaining unbeaten on 99

and Mandeep Singh unbeaten 29 being the main

run getters. For Delhi K Rabada and S Lamichane

scalped 2 wickets each while Chris Morris took 3

wickets. Delhi Capitals were bowled out for 152 in

19.2 overs. Rishab Pant 39, Collin Ingram 38,

Shikhar Dhawan 30 being the main run getters. For

Kings XI Sam Curran 4 for 11 and R. Ashwin and

Mohd Shami 2 wickets each were the most

successful bowlers.

The Kings XI took on Hyderabad Sunrisers

on 8th April 2019. Hyderabad Sunrisers scored 150

for 4 in 20 overs with David warner remaining

unbeaten on 70. Mujib Rehaman, R Ashwin and

Mohd Shami scalped 1 wicket each. Kings XI

Punjab scored 151 for 4 in 19.5 overs. K.L Rahul

unbeaten 71, Mayank Aggarwal 55 being the main

Kings XI Co-Owner Preity Zinta watching the match at Mohali

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For Delhi K Rabada and S Lamichane scalped 2 wickets each while Chris Morris took 3

The cheering crowd at Mohali Stadium

wickets. Delhi Capital were bowled out for 152 in

19.2 overs. Rishab Pant 39, Colling Ingram 38,

Shikhar Dhawan 30 being the main run getters. For

Kings XI Sam Curran 4 for 11 and R.Ashwin and

Mohd Shami 2 wickets each were the most

successful bowlers.

Kings XI batsman David Miller executing the sweep shot

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scalped 2 wickets each for Kings XI.

Kings XI took on KKR on 3rd May 2019 at

IS Bindra PCA stadium Mohali which they lost by 7

wickets. Batting rst Kings XI managed 183 for 6 in

20 overs. Nicholas Pooran 48, Mayank Aggarwal

36 and Sam Curran unbeaten 55 were the main run

getters. S Warrior 2 for 31 was the main wicket

taker for Kolkata Knight riders. Replying KKR

scored 183 for 3 in 18 overs. Shubman Gill

unbeaten 65, Chris Lynn 46 being the main run

getters. M.Shami, R Ashwin and Andrew Tye

scalped 1 wicket each.

The last encounter at PCA stadium Mohali

for the IPL season was played on 5th May 2019

between Kings XI and Chennai super Kings. Kings

XI won by 6 wickets. Chennai batting rst scored

170 for 5 in 20 overs. F du Plesis 96 and Suresh

Raina 53 were the principal run getters for Chennai

super Kings. M. Shami 2 for 17 and Sam Curran 3

for 35 were the main wicket takers for Kings XI.

Replying Kings XI scored 173 for 4 in 18 overs. KL

Rahul 71 Nichlos Pooran 36 being the main run

getters for KXIP.

Punjab were drawn in pool-B along with

Himachal, Andhra Praesh, Tamilnadu, Kerala,

Delhi, Hyderabad, Bengal, Madhya Pradesh. The

Ranji trophy matches were played on home and

away basis. Punjab started their campaign on 1st November against Andhra Pradesh at Vizag.

M.S. Dhoni keeping stumps for Chennai Super Kings

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Andhra Pradesh won the toss and put Punjab into

bat. Punjab scored 414 in 156.2 overs. Punjab’s

innings was sustained by a maiden ton 110 by

Sanvir Singh and useful knocks by Shubman Gill 56

skipper Mandeep Singh 68, Gurkirat Singh 41 and

Mayank Markande unbeaten 63. For Andhra B

Ayappa and KV Sharma scalped 3 wickets each

while DP Vijay Kumar and Soib Mohd captured 2

wickets a piece. Andhra in reply made 423 in 158.5

overs led by a big hundred by Ricky Bhui and useful

knocks by KS Bharat 76, S Sumanth 54 and Shoib

Khan 52. Mayank Markande Right arm leg spinner

5 for 129 was the most successful bowler for

Punjab. Andhra took the vital rst innings lead to

garner 3 points while Punjab got 1. Punjab in their

2nd essay were 102 for 2 in 33 overs when the

match ended. Shubman Gill unbeaten 54 and

Anmolpreet Singh 32 were the principal run getters

for Punjab.

Punjab’s 2nd match against Madhya

Pradesh was played at Holkar Stadium Indore from

20th November 2018. Punjab won the toss and

elected to bat but could muster only 293 in 84.4

overs. Opener Jiwanjot Singh hit a patient century

124 off 216 balls with the help of 15 boundaries.

Other notable contributions came from Gurkirat

Singh 66, Abhishek Sharma 41. KR Sain 5 for 62

and Avesh Khan 4 for 77 were the most successful

bowlers for Madhya Pradesh. Replying Madhya

Pradesh scored 318 in 124.2 overs. Naman Ojha

81, RM Podar 73, Y Dubey unbeaten 65 being their

principal run getters. For Punjab Sanvir Singh

scalped 2 wickets while Right arm leg spinner

Mayank Markande got 4 wickets. Punjab in their

2nd essay declared their innings at 265 for 9 in 68

overs. Jiwanjot 39, Abhishek Sharma 79, Mandeep

Singh unbeaten 65 were the main run getters for

Punjab. For Madhya Pradesh IC Pandey 4 for 59,

Avesh Khan 3 for 45, KR Singh 2 for 74 were the

main wicket takers. MPCA in their 2nd Innings

were 67 for 1 in 35 overs when match ended.

Madhya Pradesh for their rst innings lead got 3

points while Punjab got 1. Kuldeep Sen was

declared man of the match.

Punjab took on Delhi in their 3rd league

match at Ferozshah Kotla Delhi and recorded their

rst win in the league by 10 wickets to garner 7

points including a bonus. Delhi won the toss and

chose to bat rst. Their decision boomranged as

medium pacer Siddharth Kaul rattled their innings

with a spell of 6 wickets conceding 32 runs and ably

supported by left arm spinner Vinay Choudhary 3

wickets for 34 runs. Delhi were bundled out for 107

in 42.5 overs. Punjab in reply made 282 in 91.5

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overs. Jiwanjot 39, Mandeep Singh 90 and Gurkirat

Mann 40 being the principal run getters. Delhi in

their 2nd essay floundered again and were bowled

out for 179 in 84.2 overs. Left arm spinner Vinay

Choudhary 4 for 39, Right arm leg spinner Mayank

Markande 3 for 30 and Siddharth Kaul 3 for 54

engineered the Delhi debacle. Gautam Gambhir 60

was the main run getter for Delhi. Punjab knocked

off 8 runs in 2.1 overs for their out right win.

Punjab’s skipper Mandeep Singh was named player

of the match.

Punjab playing their 4th league match of

the season at their home ground IS Bindra PCA

Stadium Mohali was in for a shock when they lost

their match to Himachal by an innings and 107

runs. Winning the toss and opting to eld Punjab

bowled out Himachal for 390 in 145.1 overs. A R

Kalsi 82, PM Thakur 44, NR Gangta 58, RR Dhawan

61, MJ Dagar 71 were the main contributors with

the bat for Himachal. For Punjab Sandeep Sharma

5 for 101, Sanvir Singh 2 for 58, Raghu Sharma 2

for 64 being the main wicket takers. Punjab in reply

were skittled out for 84 in 35.1 overs. Vinay

Choudhary 24 and Shubek Gill 23 not out were the

only batsman to enter the double gures. MJ Dagar

4 for 22 and AN Guleria 2 for 24 enginered Punjab’s

collapse. Forced to follow on Punjab in their 2nd

essay were again bundled out for 199 in 81.5

overs. Abhijeet Garg 48, Shubek Gill 41, Gurkirat

Singh 33 being the main run getters.AN Guleria

and MJ Dagar scalped 2 wickets each and

Gurvinder Singh 4 for 44 were the most successful

bowlers for Himachal.

Playing their 5th match at Mohali Punjab

garnered 3 points for their 1st innings lead against

Tamilnadu in the drawn tie. Punjab winning the

toss put Tamilnadu into bat and their decision paid

rich dividends as Tamilnadu outt was bowled out

for 215 in 85 overs. Medium Pacers MS Gony 5 for

55,Baltej Singh 3 for 45 and Sandeep Sharma 1 for

51 engineered the Tamilnadu collapse. For

Tamilnadu B Aprajith 40 and Vijay Shankar 71 were

the main contributors with the bat. Punjab opened

their innings with their U-19 world cup sensation

Shubman Gill and Jiwanjot Singh and the duo put

107 runs for the 1st wicket before Jiwanjot Singh

fell for 33. Skipper Mandeep Singh then joined

Shubman Gill and the duo put on 190 runs for the

3rd wicket before Mandeep Singh was trapped by

Vijay Shankar for a well-made half century 50.

Yuvraj Singh 41 and Gurkirat Singh 48 gave

company to Shubman Gill who was going hammer

and tong after the Tamilnadu bowlers and in the

process raised a brilliant big double hundred 268

off 328 balls studded with 29 glorious boundaries

and 4 huge sixes before being stumped by Dinesh

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Karthik off Sai Kishore. For his brilliant double

hundred Shubamn Gill was declared man of the

match. R Sai Kishore 6 for 107 was the most

successful bowler for Tamilnadu. Tamilnadu in their

2nd essay were 383 for 6 in 121 overs when the

match ended in a draw. A Mukund 74, N Jagdeesan

50, B Inderjith 93, Dinesh Karthik 74, Vijay

Shankar unbeaten 51were the most successful

batsmen for Tamil Nadu. For Punjab Sandeep

Sharma 2 for 92, Yuvraj Singh 2 for 29 and

Abhishek Sharma 2 for 84 were the most

successful bowlers.

Punjab moved to Hyderabad to play their

next league match against the home side at Rajiv

Gandhi International Stadium on 22 December

2018. The match was drawn. Hyderbad got 3

points for their 1st innings lead while Punjab got 1.

Winning the toss Hyderabad batting rst posted

317 in 109.3 overs before being bowled out. TD

Aggarwal 60, PA Reddy 77, HP Aggarwal 79 being

the main run getters. For Punjab Right arm leg

spinner Mayank Markande returned the flattering

gures of 6 for 84 while Medium pacer Siddharth

Kaul scalped 2 for 80. Replying Punjab were

bowled out for 303 in 93.5 overs. Anmolpreet

Singh 85, Mandeep Singh 63 and Gurkirat Singh

unbeaten 87 were the main run getters for Punjab.

T Ravi Teja 5 for 57 and Mohd Siraj 3 for 74 were

the main wicket takers for Hyderbad. Hyderabad

decleared their 2nd innings closed at 323 for 3 in

86 overs T A Reddy slamming an unbeaten century

161. Punjab in their 2nd innings made a valiant

effort to reach the target of 338 in 57 overs led by a

swash buckling century by opener Shubman Gill

148 off 154 balls laced with 16 boundaries and 2

sixes. Punjab reached 324 for 8 in 57 overs.

Anmolpreet 40 and Mandeep Singh 41 being the

other contributors with the bat. Ravi Teja of

Hyderabad was named player of the match.

Back on their home turf at Mohali Punjab

defeated Kerala in a match played from 30th

December Punjab got 7 points including a bonus

while Kerala got 0. Winning the toss and opting to

eld Punjab dismissed Kerala for partly 121 in 37

overs. Medium pacer Siddharth Kaul 6 for 55 and

leg spinner Mayank markande 2 for 14 engineered

the Kerala collapse. Replying Punjab were bowled

out for 217 in 75.2 overs. Jiwanjot Singh 69 and

Mandeep Singh 89 doing the bulk of scoring for

Punjab. Sandeep Warrier 5 for 83 was the most

successful bowler for Kerala. Kerala in their 2nd

essay scored 223 in 73.1 overs. They were helped

in their cause by Mohd Azharaudin who hit a

century 112. For Punjab Mayank Markande 4 for

58, Siddharth Kaul 2 for 65, Baltej Singh 2 for 73,

MS Gony 2 for 20 shared the spoils. Punjab’s

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1. Punjab vs Andhra 1-4 Nov., 2018 Andhra

2. Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh 20-23 Nov., 2018 Madhya Pradesh

3. Punjab vs Delhi 28-30 Nov-1 Dec., 2018 Delhi

4. Punjab vs Himachal Pradesh 6-9 Dec., 2018 PCA Mohali

5. Punjab vs Tamil Nadu 14-17 Dec., 2018 PCA Mohali

6. Punjab vs Hyderabad 22-25 Dec., 2018 Hyderabad

7. Punjab vs Kerala 30-31Dec.,18 – 2 Jan.,19 PCA Mohali

8. Punjab vs Bengal 7-10 Jan., 2019 Bengal

The following are the draws of the tournament :

opener Jiwanjot Singh unbeaten 48 and Shubman

Gill unbeaten 69 helped Punjab reach 131 without

loss in 27.4 overs to record a 10 wickets win .

Punjab travelled to Kolkata for their last

league match against Bengal. Bengal won the toss

and opted to bat rst. Their decision boomranged

as left arm spinner Vinay Choudhary wove web

around the Bengal batsman to snare the six

wickets for 62 runs and sent them tumbling for 187

in 69.2 overs. Sudeep Chatterjee 52 and Srivats

Goswani 57 being the main run getters for Bengal.

Punjab started their reply with a flourish with

young Shubman Gill hitting 91 off 119 balls and

Anmolpreet Singh coming up with a sedate century

126 off 292 balls. Mandeep Singh 44, Geetansh

Khera 42 and a blistering cameo off 69 by

Manpreet Singh Garewal took Punjab’s total to 447

in 131.3 overs. For Bengal Mukseh Kumar 5 for 114

and Pardeepta Parmanik 4 for 108 were the

principal wicket takers. Bengal started their 2nd

essay with a purpose and led by unbeaten double

hundred 201 by their opener AR Easwaran and

ghting century 105 by Manoj Tiwari helped them

to reach 432 for 6 in 130 overs before they

declared their innings. Punjab made a valiant effort

to clinch an outright win to stay in contention for a

knock out berth but failed. They could muster 132

for 5 in 15 overs with Manpreet Singh Garewal

playing a blinder (58 off 28 balls) at the strike rate

207.14. Both Punjab and Bengal needed an

outright win to make it to the knock out stage but a

draw knocked both of them out of contention.

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INTER STATE ONE DAY TOURNAMENT FOR VIJAY HAZARE TROPHY

Punjab lost to Maharshtra by 94 runs on

23rd Sept at Just Cricket Ground Bengaluru and

ended up without any point. Batting rst

Maharshtra scored 281 for 5 in 50 overs with

unbeaten century by AR Bhawane 100 and

supporting knock by N S Shiekh 60, RA Triphati 28,

A PAlkar unbeaten 46. Manpreet Garewal and

Mayank Markande scalped 2 wickets each. In reply

Punjab were bundled out for 187 despite an

opening stand of 52 runs with Manan Vohra 27 and

Shubman Gill 36. SS Bachav 5 for 54 was

instrumental for Punjab debacle.

Next match against Baroda was washed

out at Bengaluru with both teams splitting 2 points

each.

Punjab then took on Mumbai at Just cricket

ground Bengaluru. Put into bat by Punjab Mumbai

scored 245 in 49 overs. Jai Bista 68 being their

highest run getter. For Punjab M S Grewal (4) and

Mayank Markande, Mandeep Singh shared 2

wickets each. In reply Punjab were bowled out for

202 in 44.3 overs. Anmolpreet Singh 35, Shubman

Gill 40, Mandeep Singh 32, Abhishek Gupta 33

being the main run getters. Punjab lost by 43 runs

and Mumbai garnered 4 points.

Winning the toss and electing to bat rst at

Punjab started their campaign in Vijay

Hazare Trophy against Himachal at Alur cricket

stadium Bengaluru. Winning the toss Himachal put

Punjab into bat. Punjab scored 290 for 7 in 50

overs with Shubman Gill hitting a brilliant century

115, other contributions came from Mandeep

Singh 39, Yuvraj Singh 48 and Gurkirat 31. RR

Dhawan 3 for 50 was the most successful bowler

for Himachal. Replying Himachal were bowled out

for 255 in 48.3 overs. Parshant Chopra 95, AK

Bains 56 being their principal run getters, while

bowling honors for Punjab were shared by

Siddharth Kaul 4 for 55 and Arshdeep Singh 2 for

51. Punjab won by 35 runs to garner 4 points.

Punjab’s 2nd league match was played

against Vidarbha at Alur. Vidarbha won the toss

and elected to eld. Punjab rattled up 278 for 7 in

50 overs. Gurkirat Mann unbeaten 85 and Yuvraj

Singh 41 doing bulk of scoring. SB Wagh 3 for 69

and FY Faizal 2 for 41 were the most succcsseful

bowlers for Vidarbha. Replying Vidarbha caved in

for 137 in 40.5 overs. Ganesh Satish 60 being the

highest run getter. For Punjab Mayank Markande

scalped 3 wickets while Arshdeep Singh and

Mandeep Singh scalped 2 each. Punjab won by 141

runs and garnered 4 points while Vidarbha got 0.

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Chinnaswamy stadium Punjab scored 284 for 6 in

50 overs. Gurkirat Mann hitting a brilliant century

101 and Yuvraj Singh 96 missing the ton by 4 runs

and Shubman Gill contributing 53 , Chanderkant

Sakure 3 for 85 was the most successful bowler for

Railways. Railways were bowled out in 44.3 overs

for 210. Saurabh Waksakar hit a brilliant century

104. For Punjab Mayank Markande 3 Siddharth

Kaul and Arshdeep Singh 2 wickets each were the

main wicket takers. Punjab won by 58 runs to

garner 4 points.

The next match against Goa played at Alur

Cricket stadium Bengaluru, resulted in “No result”

and both teams split the points. Batting rst

Punjab rattled up 359 for 4 in 50 overs. Anmolpreet

Singh hot a brilliant century 141 off 140 balls with

11 boundaries and 6 sixes and useful knock by

Shubman Gill 73 and Mandeep Singh 60.

Punjab defeated Karnataka by 6 wickets in

their last league match played at Chinnaswamy

Stadium Bengaluru. Karnataka batting rst scored

296 in 48.2 overs with R Samarth 54, B, Mansih

Pandey 67,Shreyas Gopal 37 being the principal

run getters. Siddharth Kaul 5 for 41 and Barinder

Sran 3 for 48 were the main wicket takers for

Punjab. Replying Punjab scored 297 for 4 in 48.5

overs. Anmolpreet Singh 138 off 106 balls with 12

boundaries and 5 sixes and Shubman Gill 77 with 7

boundaries and 1 six put together 198 runs in 31.1

overs for the rst wicket. Other contributions came

from Yuvraj Singh 38 and Mandeep Singh 30.

Pradeep T, Suchit J, Shreyas Gopal, Botham K got 1

wicket a piece. Punjab however could not qualify

for the super league.

1. Punjab vs Himachal Pradesh 19 Sep.,2018 Alur 1

2. Punjab vs Vidarbha 21 Sep.,2018 Alur 2

3. Punjab vs Maharashtra 23 Sep.,2018 Just Cricket

4. Punjab vs Baroda 24 Sep.,2018 Alur 2

5. Punjab vs Mumbai 28 Sep.,2018 Just Cricket

6. Punjab vs Railways 2 Oct.,2018 KSCA

7. Punjab vs Goa 4 Oct.,2018 Alur 2

9. Punjab vs Karnataka 8 Oct.,2018 KSCA

The following are the draws of the Tournament :

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Punjab played their 1st T-20 match against

MPCA for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, losing to MPCA

by 34 runs. The match was played at Holkar

Stadium Indore. MPCA riding on knocks by Parth

Sahni 90 off 50 balls with 7 boundaries and 5 sixes

and Abhishek Bhandari unbeaten 54 with 4

boundaries and 4 sixes rattled up 199 for 4. MS

Gony 2 for 34 was the most successful bowler for

Punjab. Punjab in reply could muster 165 for 9 in

20 overs . Mandeep Singh 64 and Gurkirat 46 being

the highest run getters. Ishwar Pandey 3, Avesh

Khan 2, V Ayyar 2 were the most successful

bowlers for MPCA.

In their 2nd match played at Emerlad

ground Indore on 22 Feb 2019. Punjab put Mumbai

into bat after winning the toss. Mumbai scored 155

in 20 overs with Surya 80 and Shreyas Iyer 46

being the highest run getters. Baltej Singh 3,

Sandeep Sharma 2 and Barinder Sran 3 were the

most successful bowlers. Punjab folded up for 120

in 80.2 overs. Prabshimran Singh 54 being the

highest run getter. Dhawal Kulkarni 4 for 22 was

the most successful bowler. Mumbai won by 35

runs to garner 4 points while Punjab got 0.

In their next match played against

Saurashtra at Emerlad ground Indore, Punjab

continued their downward trend as they lost to

Saurashtra by 8 wickets. Batting rst Punjab were

bundled out for 122 in 20 overs. Yuvraj Singh 34

being the highest run getter. J Unadkat 3 for 30 was

the most successful bowler. Saurashtra replied

with 126 for 2 in 17.4 overs. Robin Uthappa 54 and

C. Pujara unbeaten 42 being the principal run

getters. Sandeep Sharma and Mandeep Singh

scalped 1 wicket each.

In the next match played on 27th Feb at

Holkar stadium Indore against Sikkim, Punjab won

by 9 wickets to garner 4 points. Sikkim batting

rst made 90 for 8 in 20 overs with Milind 37 being

the main run getter. For Punjab Baltej 2 for 17 and

Krishan Alang 2 for 17 being the highest wicket

takers. Punjab rattled up in 95 for 1 in 10. 5 overs

with Shubman Gill unbeaten on 70.

Punjab then defeated Goa by 79 runs at

Emerlad school ground Indore on 28th Feb and

garnered 4 points. Punjab rattled up 205 for 7 in 20

overs with opener Manan Vohra hitting a sparkling

87 off 48 balls inclusive of 8 boundaries and 7

sixes. Phelix Alemeno and Malik Sirur got 2 wickets

each. Replying Goa were bowled out for 126 in 18

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overs. Amoag Desai 35 being the highest run

getter. For Punjab Krishan Alang 4 for 26 and Karan

Kaila 3 for 20 engineered the collapse.

Punjab won their last league match

against Railways by 3 wickets on 2nd March at

Holkar stadium Indore. Batting rst Railways

scored 149 for 5 in 20 overs. Parshant Gupta 54

being highest run getter. Manpreet Grewal,

Krishan Alang and Sandeep Sharma captured 1

wicket each. Punjab replied with 153 for 7 in 19.5

overs with Mandeep Singh remaining unbeaten on

71 off 48 balls with 5 boundaries and 3 sixes.

Anureet Singh 3, Krishankant Upadhaya 2 and

Harish Tyagi 2 wickets were the most successful

bowlers for Railways. Punjab failed to qualify for

the super league.

1. Punjab vs MadhyaPradesh 21 Feb.,2019 Indore

2. Punjab vs Mumbai 22 Feb.,2019 Indore

3. Punjab vs Saurashtra 24 Feb.,2019 Indore

4. Punjab vs Sikkim 27 Feb.,2019 Indore

5. Punjab vs Goa 28 Feb.,2019 Indore

6. Punjab vs Railways 02 Mar.,2019 Indore

The following are the draws of the Tournament :

Punjab started their CK NAyudu U-23

compaign against Maharashtra on 2nd Nov.,2018

at Dhruv Pandove stadium Patiala. Punjab made a

winning start by defeating Maharshtra by an

innings and 25 runs to garner 7 points including a

bonus while Maharshtra drew a blank. Maharashtra

winning the toss and batting rst were bundled out

for 178 in 53.1 overs. J.P Zope remaining unbeaten

59. Ikjot Singh Thind 4 for 41 and Nikhil Choudhary

3 for 14 and Harpreet Brar 2 for 24 were the most

successful bowlers for Punjab. Replying Punjab

Inter State U-23 tournament for Col CK Nayudu Trophy

hammered 435 in 138.2 overs riding on Mansab

Gill’s century 102 and suppporting innings by

Himanshu Sharma 67, Ramandeep Singh 57,

Nikhil Choudhary 48, Harpreet Brar 77. MM Sayed

took 4 wickets for Maharashtra. Maharashtra in

their 2nd essay were bundled out 232 in 79.4

overs. M.S Trunkwala 65 and Harishkesh Motkar 51

being the principal run getters for Maharashtra. Off

spinner Akul Partap Pandove with a spell of 5 for 67

was instrumental in Punjab’s emphatic win.

Punjab’s 2nd encounter against Mumbai

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was played at Sharad Pawar cricket academy

Mumbai. Batting rst Punjab scored 345 in 107.3

overs. The main contributors were Abhijit Garg 60,

Ikjot Thind 40, Akul Pandove 62 , Nikhil Choudhary

96 while Mumbai’s Kruthik Hangavade 5 for 102

and Menad Manjrekar 3 for 82 were the main

wicket takers. Nikhil Choudhary 5 for 20 and

Arshdeep Singh 3 or 52 then combined to skittle

Mumbai for 136 in 39.3 overs. Siddharth Aure

being the highest run getter for Mumbai. Punjab in

their 2nd innings caved in for 163 in 45.1 overs.

Anmol Malhotra 38 being the highest run getter

while Kruthik Hangavade 5 for 89 and Menad

Manjerakar 4 for 71 engineered Punjab’s collapse.

Mumbai riding on a century by Bhupin Lalvani 127

and supporting knocks of 59 by HArdik Tamore and

73 by Kruthik Hangavade helped Mumbai reach

377 for 7 in 126.5 overs to record a 3 wickets win

and garner 6 points while Punjab drew a blank. For

Punjab Ikjot Thind 4 for 91 was the most successful

bowler.

Punjab won its next league match against

Saurashtra by 9 wickets to garner 6 points at

Dhruv Pandove stadium Patiala. Saurashtra

batting rst were bundled out for 167. Off spinner

Akul pandove 5 for 52 and Ikjot Singh 3 for 33

made repeated in roads into Saurashtra ranks and

did not allow them any breathing space. Only

Vishwaraj Jadeja 49 and Parth Bhatt 60 made

some notable contributions with the bat. In reply

Shivam Bhambri 39, Ramandeep 43 and Akul

Pandove 47 helped Punjab reach 265 in 96.2 overs.

For Saurashtra Parth Bhatt 5 for 94 and Pranav

Karia 4 for 50 were the main wicket takers.

Saurashtra in their 2nd knock made 259 in 124.3

overs with Vishwaraj Jadeja hitting a century 108.

Harpreet Brar 6 for 70 and Arshdeep 3 for 70 were

the most succseful Punjab bowlers. Punjab in their

2nd innings rattled up 162 for 1 in 50 overs with

Shivam Bhambri unbeaten 65 and Himashu

Sharma unbeaten 70 doing the bulk of scoring.

Punjab continued their winning spree as

they trounced Tripura by an innings and 145 runs

and garnered 7 points in the match played at

Dhruv Pandove stadium Patiala. Batting rst

Tripura were skittled out for 120 in 39.1 overs with

off spinner Akul Partap Pandove leading the pack

with a haul of 3 for 20 and assisted by Harpreet

Brar 2 for 27, Ikjot Singh 2 for 34. Replying Punjab

hammered 529 in 126.1 overs. They were helped

in their cause by centuries by Anmol Malhotra 104

and Ramandeep Singh 148 and unbeaten knock of

84 by Ikjot Singh Thind. For Tripura Arjun Devnath

and RA Deb scalped 3 wickets each. Tripura in their

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2nd knock scored 264 in 80.3 overs. Harpreet Brar

5 for 75 and Jasinder 4 for 37 being the main wicket

takers for Punjab. R.N Saha 50 A A Singha 54,

Neelambuj Vats 81 were the main run getters for

Tripura.

Punjab continued its winning spree as they

demolished Team Rajasthan by an innings and 208

runs at Jaipuria Viyalhya ground at Jaipur and

garnered 7 points. Dismissing Team Rajasthan for

114 in 40.4 overs with Ikjot Singh Thind turning in

a sterling bowling performance by capturing 6

wickets for 33 runs. Punjab in their rst knock

rattled up for 441 in 109.1 overs. Shivam Bhambri

58, Ramandeep Singh 74, Akul Pandove 42 ,Anmol

Malhotra 47, Ikjot Singh 58 and Abhinav Sharma

76 doing bulk of scoring. SK Sharma with 3 for 80

was the main wicket taker for Team Rajasthan.

Team Rajasthan in their 2nd essay failed again and

were bowled out for 119 in 28.4 overs. Aditya

Garwal 36 being the highest run getter. Ikjot Singh

Thind took 8 wickets for 44 runs to take match tally

to 14 for 77 runs.

The next match against UPCA was played

from 24th December 2019 at IS Bindra PCA

Stadium Mohali which was won by Punjab by 26

runs in which they gathered 6 points. Batting rst

Punjab scored a modest 168 in 51 overs. Mansab

Gill 52, Anmol Malhotra 41, Nikhil Choudhary 41

doing the bulk of scoring. For UPCA Wajid Ali and

Trishal Trivedi scalped 3 wickets each while

Harshvardhan and Boby Yadav got 2 wickets each.

Replying UPCA were skittled out for 106 in 24.4

overs with Rahul Rawat scoring 54. Ikjot Singh 4

for 27, Arshdeep Singh 3 for 40 and Harpreet Brar

2 for 7 were the main wicket takers. Punjab in their

2nd knock scored 354 in 90.5 overs. Nikhil

Choudhary hit a brilliant century 123 while Mansab

Gill 67 and Anmol Malhotra unbeaten 86 were the

other contributors with the bat. Shubam Choubhe

5 for 87 was the most successful bowler for UPCA.

UPCA in their 2nd knock scored 390 in 97.5 overs .

Rahul Rawat 115, Aryan 93, Sandeep Kumar 41

and Shiva Singh unbeaten 43 were the principal

run getters. For Punjab Arahsdeep Singh and

Harpreet Brar scalped 3 wickets each while Nikhil

and Abhinav Sharma chipped in with 2 wickets

each.

Bengal defeated Punjab by 247 runs in

their league match played from 1st January at BCA

ground Kalyani. Punjab won the toss and put

Bengal into bat, Bengal scored 337 in 106.4 overs.

Suddep Kumar Garami 58, Ritvik Roy Choudhary

97, Shreyan Chakraoborty unbeaten 54 were the

main run getters for Bengal. Akul Pandove 4 for 74

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and Arshdeep Singh 2 for 44 were the main wicket

takers for Punjab. Punjab replied with 205 in 53.5

overs. Himanshu Sharma 68, Nikhil Choudhary 46

being the main run getters. For Bengal Kanishk

Seth 5 for 71 and Anath Saha 4 for 60 did most of

the damage. Bengal in their 2nd essay declared the

innings closed at 309 in 87 overs. Shubam

Chatterjee unbeaten 110, SUdeep Kumar Garami

50 , ARif Ansari 62, Kanish Seth 41 being the main

run getters. For Punjab the wickets were shared by

Ikjot Singh, Harpreet Brar, Gurwinder Bhullar and

Nikhil Choudhary each one scalping 2 wickets.

Punjab in their 2nd knock were bowled out for 185

with Ritwick Chouhary scalping 5 wickets for 21.

Ikjot Singh 61 was the highest run getter for

Punjab.

Punjab won their last league match

against Andhra Pradesh played at Ananthapur

from 9th January. Punjab batting rst could muster

374 in 111.5 overs, riding on a brilliant century by

Akul Pandove 111 and supporting knocks by Nikhil

Choudhary 63, Kashish Pasneja 66, Ramandeep

Singh 48 and Abhinav Sharma 39. For Andhra A

Vinay Kumar 3 for 73, Vinay 2 for 89 and Emandi

Karthik Raman 2 for 76 were the main wicket

takers. Andhra in their 1st innings were bundled

out 182 in 71.5 overs with Charan Sai scoring 38

while Harpreet Brar took 5 wickets for 43 and Ikjot

Singh Thind 2 for 19 did most of the damage.

Following on Andhra in their 2nd essay were

bowled out for 261 in 62.1 overs with Jaivardhan

83 and PP Manohar 56 being the highest run

getters. For Punjab Harpreet Brar 3 for 85. Akul

Pandove 2 for 82, Ikjot Singh 2 for 47 were the

most successful bowlers. Punjab knocked off the

required 70 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in 20.3

overs. Anmol Malhotra remained unbeaten on 35.

Punjab took on team Utrakhand in the

quarter nals at Dhruv Pandove stadium Patiala

from 12th January and won the match by an

innings and 406 runs to move into the semi-nals.

Batting rst Team Utrakhand was bowled out for

160 in 43 overs. Vijay Sharma 60 being the highest

run getter. For Punjab Arshdeep Singh and Ikjot

Singh scalped 3 wickets each while Harpreet Brar

and Akul Pandove got 2 wickets each. Replying

Punjab piled up a huge total of 713 in 183.1 overs.

Mansab Gill 115, Sanvir Singh 112, Nikhil

Choudhary 169, hit brilliant centuries while

Abhishek Sharma 75, Ramandeep Singh 57, Ikjot

Singh 52 also contributed to the Punjab’s huge

total. Sunil Singh Bisht 5 for 89 was the most

successful bowler for Team Utrakhand. Team

Utrakhand in their 2nd essay were bowled out for

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147 in 31 overs with Harpreet Brar returning

gures of 5 for 60 and Arshdeep 2 for 22.

Gujrat won the toss and chose to bat rst

and their decision misred as they were dismissed

for 165 in 55.Overs. Left arm medium pacer

Arshdeep Singh bowled a penetrative spell and

captured 6 wickets for 52. KB Panchal of Gujarat 54

was the highest run getter. Replying Punjab

hammered 447 in 105 overs with Ramandeep

hitting run a ball century 138 ably supported by

Anmol Malhotra 57, Mansab Gill 97 and Himanshu

Sharma 41. Gujarat in their 2nd knock were

bowled out for 240 in 71.3 overs with Rahul Shah

76 and MA Hengarajia 87 being the principal run

getters. For Punjab Arshdeep Singh, Akul Pandove,

Harpreeet Brar and Sanvir Singh scapled 2 wickets

each. Punjab won by an innings and 42 runs to

enter the nals of the tournament.

Punjab won the Col CK Nayudu trophy for

U-23 by ekking out a one wicket win over Bengal to

whom they had lost in the league stage. The

narrow 1 wicket win was a testimony to the keen

competition between the two teams, while Punjab

had lost to Bengal at Kalyani in the league stage,

they reversed the trend on their home base Dhruv

Pandove stadium Patiala on 4th February. Winning

the toss and opting to bat rst Bengal made a

disastrous start with their three batsman failing to

open their account before Shubam Chatterjee 64

and Ritwick Roy Choudhary 43 stemmed the rot by

putting on 105 runs for the 4th wicket, Agniv Pan ,

Arif Ansari 29 were the two other notable

contributors with the bat as Bengal batsman

slumped to the guiles of left arm spinner Harpreet

Brar 5 for 62 and off spinner Akul Pandove 2 for 63.

The initial jolts being given by medium pacer

Arshdeep 2 for 18 and Ikjot Singh 1 for 29. Punjab

in reply also wilted under pressure and only

Ramandeep 37 and Akul Pandove 34 made some

contribution with the bat in the otherwise Punjab’s

dismal total of 133 in 48.1 overs. Aamir 4 for 53

and Shreyan Chakroborty 4 for 28 bowled in

tandem and pinned down the Punjab’s batsman.

Leading by 58 runs on the 1st innings Bengal in

their 2nd essay were skittled out for 76 in 26.2

overs with left arm spinner Harpreet Brar turning

out a scintillating bowling effort by capturing 7

wickets for 23 runs of 13.2 overs. Requiring 135

runs for the title win Punjab were in dire straits at

one stage when they were 124 for 9 in 27.3 overs

still needing 11 runs for the win when Arshdeep

Singh unbeaten 2 and Ikjot Singh unbeaten 7 saw

them reach 137 without any further loss in 30.1

overs to record a nail biting title win against Bengal

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President Patiala Cricket Association Dr. J.R. Sachdeva handing over the Col. C.K. Nayudu trophy to skipper Anmol Malhotra of Punjab

by 1 wicket bringing cheer, to the home team and

its supporters. This was the rst title win for the

Punjab in the domestic season 2018-19.

1. Punjab vs Maharashtra 2-5 Nov., 2018 Patiala

2. Punjab vs Mumbai 22-25 Nov., 2018 Mumbai

3. Punjab vs Saurashtra 30 Nov.-3 Dec., 2018 Patiala

4. Punjab vs Tripura 8-11 Dec., 2018 Patiala

5. Punjab vs Team Rajasthan 16-19 Dec., 2018 Team Rajasthan

6. Punjab vs Uttar Pradesh 24-27 Dec., 2018 PCA Mohali

7. Punjab vs Bengal 1-4 Jan., 2019 Bengal

8. Punjab vs Andhra 9-12 Jan.,2019 Andhra

9. Punjab vs Uttrakhand 17-20 Jan.,2019 Patiala

10. Punjab vs Gujarat 26-29 Jan.,2019 Valsad

11. Punjab vs Bengal 4-7 Feb.,2019 Patiala

The following are the draws of the tournament :

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Punjab started their campaign in interstate

U-23 One day tournament against J&K at Jaipur.

Punjab won the toss and opted to eld rst. J&K

batting rst were bundled out for 184 in 48.3

overs. Paras Sharma 37, Muneeb Munaf 36, Auqib

Nabi 32 were the main contributors for J&K.

Arshdeep Singh, Ikjot Singh shared 3 wickets each

for Punjab. In Reply Punjab scored 187 for 1 in 34

overs and garnered 4 points while J&K got 0.

Shivam Bhambri and Sanvir stitched a partnership

of 162 runs for the 1st wicket. Shivam Bhambri

unbeaten 81 off 106 balls inclusive of 9

boundaries and 2 sixes, Sanvir Singh 81 off 85

balls inclusive 3 boundaries and 6 huge sixes. For

J&K Auqib Nabi 1 for 27 was the only wicket taker.

Punjab’s next encounter against Mumbai

on 14 Feburay 2019 at Jaipur saw Punjab win the

match by 3 wickets and garner 4 points while

Mumbai got 0. Winning the toss and opting to eld

rst Punjab restricted Mumbai to 246 for 7 in 50

overs. Chinmay Suttar 124 off 133 balls inclusive

of 11 boundaries and 3 sixes. Sairaj B Patil 55 off

67 balls inclusive of 6 boundaries being the main

run getters. Arshdeep Singh 2 for 47 Harpreet

Brar 2 for 51 were the main wicket takers for

Punjab. Replying Punjab were 247 for 7 in 47.5

overs. Skipper Anmol Malhotra’s crucial knock of

73 off 56 balls inclusive of 10 boundaries helped

Punjab to achieve target. For Mumbai Kurthik

Hanagavadi 3 for 41, Sairaj B Patil 2 for 34 were

the main wicket takers for Mumbai.

Punjab’ next game with Team Rajasthan at

Jaipur saw Team Rajasthan win the toss and opt to

eld. Their decision backred as Punjab won by 70

runs and got 4 points while Team Rajasthan got 0.

Batting rst Punjab scored 258 for 9 in 50 overs.

Shivam Bhambri 57 off 77 balls inclusive of 9

boundaries, Nikhil Chouhdary 47 off 48 balls

inclusive 6 boundaries were the main run getters

for Punjab. For Team Rajasthan AR Lamba, AM

Singh, SK Sharma shared 2 wickets each. Replying

Team Rajasthan were bundled out for 188 in 45

overs. YB Kothari 104 off 118 balls inclusive of 10

boundaries and AM Gigna 36 were the main run

getters for Team Rajasthan. Sanvir Singh 4 for 40

and Nikhil Choudhury 4 for 39 shared the spoils for

Punjab.

Punjab’s 4th encounter with UPCA on 20th

February 2019 at Jaipur saw Punjab winning the

toss and opting to eld rst. Batting rst UPCA

were bundled out for 119 in 38.4 overs. Madhav

Kaushik 45 and Abhishek Yadav 30 were the only

two who entered into double gures. For Punjab

all-rounder Sanvir Singh 5 for 21 and Arshdeep

Singh 4 for 23 shared the spoils. Replying Punjab

achieved the target in 30.5 overs. Punjab scored

119 for 5. Sanvir Singh's patient innings of 52 off

87 balls inclusive 7 boundaries helped Punjab in

winning their 4th game. Abhishek Sharma 24 off

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24 balls inclusive of 2 boundaries and 1 six was the

other contributor with the bat. For Team Rajasthan

Wajid Ali and Sunil Kumar shared 2 wickets each.

Punjab won the match by 5 wickets and garnered 4

points while Team Rajasthan got 0.

Punjab’s next encounter against MPCA at

Jaipur saw Punjab winning the toss and opting to

eld rst. MPCA batting rst were bundled out for

174 in 45.2 overs. Nikhil Mishra 56 off 76 balls

inclusive of 8 boundaries and 1 six and Shubam

Rathore 50 off 82 balls inclusive of 6 boundaries

and 1 six were the main run getters for MPCA. For

Punjab Ikjot Singh 3 for 19, Harpreet Brar 3 for 34,

Arshdeep Singh 2 for 36 and Nikhil Choudhury 2 for

24 shared the spoils. Punjab in reply scored 177 for

5 in 40.5 overs. Sanvir Singh 54 inclusive of 8

boundaries , Himanshu Sharma 48 inclusive 5

boundaries and Abhishek Sharma 33 off 38 balls

inclusive of 2 boundaries and 1 six were the main

run getters for Punjab. For MPCA Rajarshi

Srivastava and Aryaman Birla shared 2 wickets

each. Punjab won the match by 5 wickets and

garnered 4 points while MPCA got 0.

Punjab’s 6th encounter against Vidarbha

at Jaipur Vidhalya ground, Jaipur saw Vidarbha

winning the toss and putting Punjab in to bat.

Punjab batting rst were bundled out for 208 in

45.5 overs. Sanvir Singh 51 off 61 balls inclusive 5

boundaries and 1 six, Himanshu Sharma 62 off 78

balls inclusive 5 boundaries and 1 six were the

highest run getters for Punjab. NS Parande3 for 44

and AS Thakare 3 for 32 shared the spoils.

Replying Vidarbha achieved the target in 42 overs

and scored 212 for 6. Nayan R Chavan 100 off 109

balls inclusive 9 boundaries and 2 sixes, Akshay D

47 off 55 balls inclusive 5 boundaries and 2 sixes

were the main run getters for Vidarbha. For Punjab

Arshdeep Singh and Ikjot Singh shared 2 wickets

each. Punjab lost by 4 wickets. Vidarbha got 4

points while Punjab got 0.

In their 7th league match against

Tamilnadu played at Jaipuria ground Jaipur,

Tamilnadu winning the toss put Punjab into bat.

Punjab scored 278 for 8 in 50 overs. The main

contributors with the bat for Punjab were

Ramandeep 54 and Nikhil Choudhary unbeaten 69.

For Tamilnadu Mohan Psarth and M Siddharth

scalped 2 wickets each. Tamilnadu in reply were

bowled out for 220 in 40.1 overs. S Swaminathan

62 being the highest run getter. For Punjab Nikhil

Choudhary 4 for 43 was the most successful

bowler. Punjab won by 32 runs via VJD method and

secured 4 points while Tamilnadu got 0.

Punjab defeated Chhattisgarh by 134 runs

and garnered 4 points to qualify for the knock outs.

The match was played at Jaipuria Ground Jaipur

and Chattisgarh invited Punjab to bat after they

won the toss .Punjab made most of the opurtunity

and scored 346 for 8 in 50 overs. Shivam Bhambri

75, Sanvir Singh 51 gave a rocking start by putting

on 108 runs for the rst wicket. Sanvir Singh

contributing 51. Other contributions came from

Abhishek Sharma 50, Ramandeep Singh 41,

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Abhinav Sharma 48, Anmol Malhotra unbeaten 35.

The bowling honors for Chhattisgarh were shared

by Mahipal Bhall 3 for 73, Gagandeep Singh 2 for

66 and SV Thakur 2 for 64. Chattisgarh were

bowled out for 212 in 41.3 over. AG Tiwari 37,PM

Yadav 51, Sehban Khan 42, Gagandeep Singh 37

being the principal run getters. For Punjab

Abhishek Sharma 3 for 20 , Harpreet Brar 2 for 42,

Akul Pandove 2 for 61were the main wicket takers.

In the quarter nals against Utrakhand

played at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Hyderabad on 9th

March 2019. Uttrakhand won the toss and put

Punjab into bat who were however bowled out for

177 in 46.4 overs. Akul Pandove 45, Anmol

Malhotra 55 were the main run getters. For

Uttrakhand the bowling honors were shared by

Pundir 3 for 33, Pradeep Chomali 3 for 19 , Agrim

Tiwari 2 for 24. In reply Uttrakhand went down

tamely for 104 in 32.5 overs. Ajit Singh Rawat

being the highest run getter. Sanvir Singh Bowled

an extraordinary spell claiming 7 wickets for 10

runs in 9.5 overs. Punjab won by 73 runs to set up

semi-nal clash against Vidarbha.

Punjab took on Vidarbha in the semi-nals

at Rajiv Gandhi stadium Hyderabad on 12th March

2019 and after winning the toss Punjab chose to

eld. Vidarbha scored 209 before being bowled out

in 50 overs. Akshay D 67 , Nayan R Chavan 37, MR

Kale 36 being their principal run getters. For

Punjab Ikjot Singh and Sanvir Singh scalped 3

wickets each. Replying Punjab batsman floundered

and were bundled out for 151 in 44.1 overs. Nikhil

Choudhary 32 , Ikjot Singh 28 were the main run

getters for Punjab. For Vidarbha NS Parande 3 for

13, Kshitij Dahiya 2 for 29, PR Rakahade 2 for 24,

Mr. Rao 2 for 18 were the main wicket takers.

Vidarbha won by 58 runs and qualied for the

nals. Punjab made their exit from the

tournament.

1. Punjab vs J&K 13 Feb., 2019 Jaipur

2. Punjab vs Mumbai 14 Feb., 2019 Jaipur

3. Punjab vs Team Rajasthan 17 Feb., 2019 Jaipur

4. Punjab vs Uttar Pradesh 20 Feb., 2019 Jaipur

5. Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh 22 Feb., 2019 Jaipur

6. Punjab vs Vidarbha 26 Feb., 2019 Jaipur

7. Punjab vs TamilNadu 2 Mar., 2019 Jaipur

8. Punjab vs Chhattisgarh 4 Mar., 2019 Jaipur

9. Punjab vs Uttrakhand (Q.F) 9 Mar., 2019 Hyderabad

10. Punjab vs Vidarbha (S.F.) 12 Mar., 2019 Hyderabad

The following are the draws of the tournament :

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Punjab were drawn with Gujarat, Bengal,

MPCA, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnatka, Hyderabad

and Team Rajasthan. In the opening match Punjab

took on Gujarat at Dhruv Pandove Stadium Patiala

on 19th Nov 2018. The match was drawn and

Punjab got 3 points for 1st innings lead while

Gujarat got 1. Punjab batting rst scored 332 in

88.4 overs. Arjun Azad 51, Prabhsimran Singh 95,

Jaish Jain 64 were the principal run getters. For

Gujarat Suraj S Suryal 5 for 89 and Akash 3 for 97

were the main wicket takers. Gujarat aided by

Sanpreet Singh Bagga's 147 scored 272 in 139.4

overs. LM Kochar 62 was the other contributor with

tha bat. For Punjab Sumit Sharma 4 for 33 and

Dipin Chitkara 3 for 48 were the main wicket

takers. Punjab declared their 2nd essay on 246 for

6 in 66 overs, Nehal Wadhera 77, Prabshimran

Singh 58 , Salil Arora 57 doing the bulk of scoring. P

Hitanshu 3 for 30 and SM Prjapati 2 for 31 were the

main wicket takers for Gujarat. Gujarat in thir 2nd

essay were 162 for 6 in 70 overs when the match

ended. Priyesh W 55 being the principal run getter.

For Punjab Harit Sachar 4 for 22 and Dipanshu

Chadha 2 for 47 were the most successful bowlers.

Punjab took on Bengal in their next match

at IS Bindra PCA Stadium Mohali. Winning the toss

and choosing to bat Bengal were bowled out for

254 in 113.2 overs. Saurav Pal 41, Aishek 72 being

the principal run getters. For Punjab Sumit Sharma

3 for 54 , Amit Shukla 3 for 55, Dipin Chitkara 2 for

72 and Dipanshu Chadha 2 for 64 were the main

wicket takers. Replying Punjab declared their rst

innings closed at 422 for 8 in 125 overs. Arjun Azad

80, Nehal Wadhera 59, DIpin Chitkara 59, Salil

Arora 98 were the main contributors with the bat

for Punjab. For Bengal Karana Lal 4 for 93 was the

most successful bowler. Bengal in their 2nd knock

were 375 for 9 in 98 overs when the match ended

in a draw. Nijantan Yogi 172, Karan Lal 52 were

responsible for Bengal's resurgence. Amit Shukla

returned the gures of 5 for 119. Punjab got 3

points for 1st innings lead while Bengal got 1.

Punjab went to take on MPCA at MPCA

cricket ground Sagar. Winning the toss Punjab

elected to eld. Their decision boomranged as

MPCA hit a tidy total of 453 in 142.3 overs. Dev

Barnalle 90, Rishab Chouhan 109 , Yuvraj Rao 42,

Irfan Ali 65, Rahul Chandra 43, Nirankar Sharma

50 being the main conributors with the bat. Yuvraj

Choudhary 4 for 89, Sumit Sharma 3 for 92 being

the most succseful bowlers for Punjab. Replying

Punjab were bowled out for 291 in 98.5 overs.

Pukraj Mann 76, Salil Arora 41 , Sumit Sharma 49 ,

Yuvraj Choudhary unbeaten 68 were the main run

getters for Punjab. For MP Adhir Partap Singh 3

wicket and Onkarnath Singh, Ishan Afridi and

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Prankesh Rai grabing 2 wickets a piece. Made to

follow on Punjab were 319 for 8 in 98 overs when

the match ended. Salil Arora's unbeaten ton 110

saved the day for Punjab. He was ably supported

by Anshul Choudhary 69, Pukhraj Mann 37 and

Yuvraj Choudhary 46. Mpca got 3 points for the

rst innings lead while Punjab got 1.

The next league match was played at

Gandhi grounds Amritsar where Punjab chose to

bat rst after winning the toss against Haryana.

Nehal Wadhera hit a brilliant century 125 studded

with 19 boundaries and 5 sixes and ably supported

by Yuvraj Choudhary 69 off 62 balls with 8

boundaries and 4 sixes and Anshul Choudhary 42.

Punjab were bowled out for 318 in 102.3 overs. For

Haryana Neeraj Rathi 4 wickets, Naman Bansal

and Bhuwan Rohilla 3 wickets each were the most

successful bowlers. Replying Haryana were bowled

out for 148 in 65.4 overs. Spinner Amit Shukla 4 for

63 and Dipin Chitkara 3 for 38 engineered the

Haryana collapse. Following on Haryana were 170

for 9 in 79 overs. Yuvraj Singh 51, Rakesh Bali

unbeaten 33 helped Haryana to salvage a draw.

Punjab however got 3 points for their rst innings

lead while Haryana got 1.

Punjab took on Jharkhand at Dhruv

Pandove stadium Patiala from 24th December

2018. Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat

riding on Sahil Raj’s 108 runs knock aided by

Shresth Sagar 55, Jharkhand scored 329 in 96

overs. Amit Shukla 6 for 104 and Arjun Pappal 3 for

61 being the most successful bowlers for Punjab.

Punjab in reply could muster 292 in 81.4 overs

despite centuries by Salil Arora 103 and Sumit

Sharma 100. For Jharkhand Sushant Mishra 5 for

75 and Yuvraj Kumar 4 for 84 were the main wicket

takers. Jharkhand in their 2nd essay were bowled

out for 294 in 104.3 overs. Shresth Sagar 81, Sahil

Raj 84 and Ayush 46 being the main contributors

with the bat. Sumit Sharma, Amit Shukla and

Arjun papal claimed 3 wickets each. Punjab in their

2nd essay were skittled out for 196 in 50.3 overs.

Arjun Azad 46, Nehal Wadhera 59, Salil Arora 46

being the main run getters for Punjab. Amit Kumar

4 for 4. Jharkand won the match by 135 runs to

secure 6 points while Punjab drew a blank.

Punjab ’s next encounter aga inst

Karnataka was played at Shimoga from 7th

January 2019. It turned out be to night mare for

Punjab who were demolished by Karnataka by an

innings and 200 runs to pocket 7 points and Punjab

returned empty handed. Winning the toss and

choosing to bat rst Punjab were all at sea against

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were bundled out for a measly 81 in 32.5 overs.

Yuvraj Choudhary 22 being the highest run getter.

Punjab's Misery continued as Karanatka batsman

led by Luvneet Sisodia and Rohan Naikar put the

hapless attack to sword by putting on 159 runs

partnership for the 2nd wicket. Luvneesh Sisodia

later helped by Anish KV 46, Samran R 68 and

Venkatesh M 42 to enabled Karnatka to declare

their 1st innings at 516 fo9 in 136.3 overs. Luvneet

Sisodia completed a match winning double century

236 off 376 balls studded with 23 boundaries and 5

sixes. Punjab in their 2nd essay faired better

scoring 235 in 68.3 overs. Arjun Azad 39, Salil

Arora 52, Sumit Sharma 73 being the principal run

getters. For Karnataka Santokh Singh 4 for 70,

Venkatesh M 3 for 63 , K washwa 2 for 34 were the

main wicket takers.

Punjab’s next sojourn was at Gymkhana

ground Hyderabad where they took on the hosts

from 14th January 2019. Hyderabad winning the

toss and opting to bat were bowled out for 110 in

81.3 overs . Ajay Goud 47, T Santosh Gaud 63

were the main run getters. For Punjab Sumit

Sharma 4 for 26, Amit Shukla 2 for 49, Ketan

Mankotia 2 for 55 and Vanshish Mehra 2 for 49

were the main wicket takers. Replying Punjab

scored 411 in 103.5 overs. Prabsimran Singh 102

and Salil Arora 101 along with Pukhraj Mann 62

and Sumit Sharma 53 helped the team's cause. For

Hyderabad Ajay Goud 4 for 63 was the most

successful bowler. Sumit Sharma’s 6 for 39 and

Ketan Makotia 3 for 34 spells brought curtains

down on the Hyderabad 2nd innings which ended

on 135 in 45 overs, handing over an impressive

innings and 66 runs win to Punjab who garnered 7

points. Tilak Verma unbeaten 69 was the only

batsman to stand amongst the ruins.

Punjab’s last league match against Team

Rajasthan was played at Kl Saini stadium Jaipur

from 21st January, which was won by Team

Rajsthan by 6 wickets and got the home side 6

points while Punjab did not gather any. Team

Rajsthan winning the toss and electing to bat rst

were bowled out for 291 in 92.4 overs. Karan

Lamba 64, S.N Kulsreshtah 40 , R.S Choudhary 65

being the main contributors with the bat. For

Punjab Sumit Sharma 5 for 89, Ketan Mankotia 2

for 44, Amit Shukla 2 for 48 were the most

successful bowlers. Punjab made a disastrous start

to their innings losing their 1st wicket without any

run on the borard and the slide conitinued and the

entire team came crumbling down like a pack of

cards for a mere 59 runs of 22.2 overs. Arjun Azad

27 put up a symbolic resistance. Team Rajasthan

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bowlers A.M Singh 5 for 22 , R.M Bishnoi 4 for 14

were all over the Punjab’s batsman. Follwing on

Punjab in their 2nd essay scored 289 in 62.2 overs

with Arjun Azad hitting a brilliant century 115 he

was ably supported by Prabshimran Singh

44,Sumit Sharma 27. For Team Rajasthan RM

Bishnoi 5 for 86 and AM Singh 2 for 60 continued to

torment Punjab’s batsman. Team Rajstahan in

their 2nd innings scored 60 for 4 in 14.2 overs and

won by 6 wickets. Ketan Mankotia 2 for 30 was the

most successful bowler. Punjab did not qualify for

the knock out stage.

1. Punjab vs Gujarat 19-22/11/2018 Patiala

2. Punjab vs Bengal 26-29/11/2018 PCA Mohali

3. Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh 3-6/12/2018 Madhya Pradesh

4. Punjab vs Haryana 10-13/12/2018 Amritsar

5. Punjab vs Jharkhand 24-Dec-18 Patiala

6. Punjab vs Karnataka 7-Jan-19 Shimoga Karnataka

7. Punjab vs Hyderabad 14-Jan-19 Hyderabad

8. Punjab vs Team Rajasthan 21-24/01/2019 Team Rajasthan

The following are the draws of the tournament :

Punjab started their U-19 Vinoo Mankad

campaign against Delhi at VCA stadium Nagpur.

Punjab won the toss and opted to bat rst and

scored 225 in 47.3 overs. Nehal Wadhera 68,

Prabhsimran Singh 43 ,Yuvraj Choudhary 59 being

the principal run getters. For Delhi Parshant Kumar

Bhatti 3 for 40, Prince Choudhary 2 for 40, and

Maynk Rawat 2 for 24 were the main wicket takers.

Delhi scored 230 for 7 in 48 overs to record 3

wickets win and log 4 points. Ayush Badoni

unbeaten 89 was the highest run getter for Delhi.

For Punjab Sumit Sharma 3 for 40 ,Dipin Chitkara 2

for 26 were the main wicket takers.

In their 2nd match played at Jamtha

Nagpur Punjab defeated Baroda by 42 runs to earn

4 points while Baroda got 0. Put into bat by Baroda

Punjab scored 303 for 9 in 50 overs. Arjun Azad 78,

Nehal Wadhera 50, Prabsimran Singh 59, Dipin

Chitkara 77 being the main contributors with the

bat. For Baroda Vijay 3 for 56, Nishank Patel 2 for

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50 and Malhar H Gaeveria 2 for 66 were the main

wicket takers. Baroda were bowled out for 261 in

48.3 overs with Shahswat Rawat 109 and Kinit

Patel 63 being the main run getters. For Punjab

Amit Shukla 3 for 50 and Ketan Mankotia 2 for 34

were the main wicket takers.

Punjab defeated Tripura by 8 wickets to

garner 4 points while Tripura got 0. Batting 1st at

VCA Kalmana Nagpur Tripura were bundled out for

77 in 35.5 overs. Amit Shukla 4 for 15 and Ketan

Mankotia 3 for 22 doing most of the damage.

Punjab hit up 81 for 2 in 17.1 overs with

Prabsimran Singh remaining unbeaten on 50.

Punjab defeated Hyderabad by 8 wickets

at Jamtha Nagpur and garnered 4 points while

Hyderabad got 0. Batting rst Hyderabad scored

257 for 9 in 50 overs. A Vaishnav Reddy 49, Tilak

Verma 82, Pragnya Reddy 55 being the principal

run getters. Left arm spinner Amit Shukla 6 for 47

and Sumit Sharma 3 for 55 engineered the

Hyderabad’s collapse. Punjab in reply scored 262

for 2 in 43.3 overs. Arjun Azad unbeaten122 odd

127 balls with 13 boundaries and 3 sixes and

Prabshimran Singh unbeaten 103 off 72 balls with

11 boundaries and 3 sixes put on 164 runs for the

unbroken 3rd wicket stand.

Punjab defeated Andhra by 39 runs to

garner 4 points while Anadhra went pointless.

Winning the toss and opting to bat rst Punjab

scored 249 for 9 in 40 overs riding on a brilliant

century by wicket keeper Prabhsimran Singh who

hit an exhilarating 118 off 99 balls studded with 4

boundaries and 9 sixes. For Andhra Pradesh K

Nitish Reddy 3 for 45 and Vasu 2 for 47 were the

main wicket takers. In reply Andhra scored 210 for

9 in 40 overs. M Dheeraj Kunar 68 was the main

contributor with the bat. For Punjab Tejpreet Singh

3 for 29, Amit Shukla 2 for 42, Sumit Sharma 2 for

31 were the main wickets takers.

Playing at home at VCA Stadium Nagpur

Vidarbha defeated Punjab by 59 runs to garner 4

points while Punjab got 0. Vidarbha batting rst

scored 156 in 47.5 overs. Yash Kadam 47 being the

highest run getter. For Punjab Ketan Mankotia and

Amit Shukla scalped 2 wickets each. Punjab’

batting line up floundered and were skittled out for

97 in 30.3 overs. Arjun Azad 26 being the highest

run getter. Rohit Dattatrya 4 for 32, Yash Kadam 2

for 11 and Harsh Dubey 2 for 15 were the main

wicket takers.

In their next league match played at

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Jamtha Nagpur Punjab defeated Chattisgarh by 10

wickets to garner 4 points while Chattisgarh got 0.

Batting rst Chattisgarh were bowled for 161 in 48

overs. Ayush Pandey 41, Prabahat Shukla 34 being

the principal run getters for Chattisgarh. Dipin

Chitkara 5 for 32 and Amit Shukla 3 for 17 were the

pick of Punjab’s bowlers. Punjab scored 162

without loss in 35.4 overs with Pukhraj Mann

unbeaten 61 and Arjun Azad unbeaten 93 helping

Punjab score a resounding win.

Punjab defeated Haryana by 103 runs at

VCA Klamana Nagpur by 103 runs and garnered 4

points. Batting rst Punjab scored 215 for 9 in 50

overs. Arjun Azad 70, Nehal Wadhera 55 bein the

principal run getters for Punjab. For Haryana Rahul

Thakran, Yashjeet Balhara, Aman Sherwat scalped

2 wickets each. In reply Haryana were bundled out

112 in 35.4 overs. DA Thakral 24 being highest run

getter. For Punjab Tejpreet Singh 3 for 21 and Dipin

Chitkara 2 for 16 were the most successful

bowlers.

1. Chhattisgarh vs Punjab 5/10/2018 Nagpur

2. Punjab vs Vidarbha 7/10/2018 Nagpur

3. Haryana vs Punjab 9/10/2018 Nagpur

4. Andhra vs Punjab 10/10/2018 Nagpur

5. Hyderabad vs Punjab 14/10/2018 Nagpur

6. Punjab vs Tripura 18/10/2018 Nagpur

7. Baroda vs Punjab 20/10/2018 Nagpur

8. Delhi vs Punjab 24/10/2018 Nagpur

The following are the draws of the Tournament :

Punjab started their North zone league

campaign for Vijay Merchant Trophy with a match

against Himachal played at Gandhi grounds

Amritsar. Match ended in a draw with Punjab

securing 3 points for 1st innings lead and Himachal

got 1 point. Batting rst Punjab scored 234 in 90.3

overs. Shiven Rakheja 71, Sanraj Singh 35 being

the main run getters for Punjab. For Himachal

bowling honours were shared by Ritick Kumar 4 for

77, Mridul Saroch 3 for 26. Replying Himachal

scored 230 in 87.2 overs. Manpreet Singh 32 and

Kabir Singh 77 getting the bulk of runs for

Himachal. For Punjab Jaskirat Singh Mehra,

Emanjot Singh and Harjas Tandon captured 2

wickets each. Punjab in their 2nd essay scored 176

for 3 in 60.4 overs before declaring their innings.

Shiven Rakheja 68, Harnoor Pannu 47, Uday

Sharan 39 being the principal run getters.

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Himachal in their 2nd knock were 59 for 5 in 32

overs when the match ended. Harshdeep Singh 3

for 14 and Emanjot Singh Chahal 2 for 16 were the

main wicket takers.

Punjab took on Haryana in their next

league at Teri Cricket ground Teri and Punjab opted

to eld after winning the toss and contained

Haryana to 251 in 92.1 overs. Nishant Sindhu 84,

Piyush Dahiya and Anuj Thukral 29 were the

principal run getters. For Punjab Jaskirat Singh

Mehra and Emanjot Singh Chahal scalped 3

wickets each while Manroop Singh and Harshdeep

Singh got 2 wickets each. Replying Punjab scored

240 in 130.1 overs to concede a vital 1st innings

lead which enabled Harayana to garner 3 points

while Punjab got 1. Uday Sharan 43, Dhruv Rahul

57, Sanraj Singh unbeaten 75 were the most

successful batsman for Punjab. Anuj Thakral 5 for

63 was the most succseful bowler for Haryana.

Haryana in their 2nd knock scored 146 for 1 in 49

overs with Yuvraj Singh remaining unbeaten 102.

Punjab in their 3rd league encounter

played against J&K at Gandhi Grounds Amritsar

Punjab got 3 points for their rst innings lead while

J&K got 1 point. J&K winning the toss put Punjab

into bat who opened with Shiven Rakheja (56) and

Harnoor Pannu 88 putting on 140 runs for the rst

wicket. Uday Sharan came up with a brilliant

unbeaten century 109 and he was assisted by Alam

Bakshi 48 and Harjas Singh Tondon 36 to take

Punjab to 402 for 7 in 113 overs before declaration.

For J&K Nityam Abrol 4 for 121 and Ranjot Singh 2

for 91 were the main successful bowlers. J&K in

reply were bowled out for 207 in 106.3 overs with

Akash Bhatt scoring 66. Harjas Singh Tandon 5 for

42 and Emanjot Singh Chahal 3 for 59 were the

main wicket takers. J&K in their 2nd essay 65 for 5

in 52 overs when the match ended in a draw.

The last league match played against Delhi

played at Gandhi grounds Amritsar ended in a draw

Delhi taking 3 points with 1st innings lead while

Punjab having to be content with 1 point. Put into

bat Punjab scored 375 in 141.3 overs. Uday Sharan

84, Manroop Singh 90, Harshdeep Singh 54 , Alam

Bakshi 43 being the principal run getters. For Delhi

Parth Bali 3 for 62, Masab Alam 2 for 46 and Yash

Dhull 2 for 22 were the main wicket takers. Delhi

replied with 432 for 9 .Yash Dhull scored 185 runs

for Delhi while Vanshish Mehra and Akshdeep

Singh snared 3 wickets each. Punjab could not

qualify for the knock out stage and occupied the

3rd spot in league stage.

1. Punjab vs Delhi 27-29 Oct., 2018 Amritsar

2. J & K vs Punjab 2-4 Nov., 2018 Amritsar

3. Haryana vs Punjab 12-14 Nov., 2018 TERI Haryana

4. Punjab vs Himachal Pradesh 18-20 Nov., 2018 Amritsar

The following are the draws of the Tournament :

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WOMEN SENIOR ONE DAY LIMITED OVERS TOURNAMENT

score 66 and 3 half centuries, Jasia Akhtar 215

highest 76 with 2 fties, Praveen Khan 201 highest

score unbeaten 71 with 1 fty were the principal

run getters. In the bowling department Mehak

Kesar 10 wickets for 235 runs, Komalpreet Kaur 8

wickets for 165 runs were the most successful

bowlers.

Punjab went on to beat Maharashtra by 7

wickets at Wankhede Stadium Mumbai.

Maharshtra batting rst scored 120 in 19.3 overs

with SS Shinde 48 and TS Hasabneese 34 being the

highest run getters. For Punjab Mehak Kesar and

Neelam Bisht scalped 3 wickets each. Punjab in

reply made 121 for 3 in 19 overs to record a 7

wicket win and garners 4 points. Jasia Akhtar 38,

Ridhimma Aggarwal 26, Taniya Bhatia 22 and

Amarpal Kaur unbeaten 27 being the principal run

getters. DP Vaidya 3 for 19 was most successful

bowler.

Playing at Sharad Pawar academy BKC

Mumbai Punjab defeated Delhi by 2 wickets to

garner 4 points. Batting rst Delhi 125 for 3 in 20

overs with Priya Punia 61 and Neha Tanwar 38

being the main run getters. Sunita Rani 2 for 24

was the most successful bowler for Punjab. Punjab

in reply scored 126 for 8 in 19.2 overs.

Punjab pipped MPCA by 8 runs and their

match at Sharad Pawar Cricket academy BKC

Mumbai. Batting rst Punjab 103 for 8 in 20 overs

with Praveen Khan scoring 43. Varsha Choudhary 3

for 14 was the most successful bowler for MPCA.

Replying MPCA were bundled out for 95 in 19.1

overs. Nidhi Bulley 34 being the highest run getter.

Komalpreet and Sunita Rani scalped 2 wickets

each.

1. Punjab vs Andhra 1/12/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

2. Punjab vs Haryana 3/12/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

3. Punjab vs Saurashtra 5/12/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

4. Punjab vs Vidarbha 6/12/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

5. Punjab vs Goa 12/12/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

6. Punjab vs Chhattisgarh 14/12/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

7. Punjab vs Maharashtra 18/12/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

Women Senior One Day Ltd. Overs Tournament

INTERS STATE WOMEN SENIOR T-20 TOURNAMENT

Women Senior One day limited overs

tournament was held at Vijayawada and Guntur

from 1st Dec-18th Dec 2018 in which Punjab

played against Andhra, Haryana, Saurashtra,

Vidarbha, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Railways and

Maharashtra. Punjab team could not qualify for the

knock out. Taniya Bhatia 323 runs with highest

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Playing against Railways at BKC Mumbai,

Punjab recorded a 4 wickets win to garner 4 points.

Railway batting rst scored 146 for 4 in 20 overs. S

Meghana 52 and Poonam Rawat 49 being the main

run getters. For Punjab Diksha Dogra, Mehak

Kesar and Neelam Bisht scalped 1 wicket each. In

reply Punjab scored 147 for 6 in 19.4 overs.

Ridhima Aggarwal 50, Jasia Akhtar 37, Amarpal

Kaur 24 being the main run getters for Punjab.

Rajeshwari and Swagita scalped 2 wickets each.

Punjab qualied for the super league.

Punjab defeated team Uttrakhand by 52 runs to

garner 4 points at MBB stadium Agartala. Batting

rst Punjab scored 123 for 4 in 20 overs. Amarpal

Kaur unbeaten 56 and Priyanka Malik 30 were the

main run getters for Punjab. Team Uttrakhand

replied with 71 for 6 in 20 overs. Maehak Kesar 3

for 8 and Komalpreet 2 for 20 were the main wicket

takers.

The 2rd match against Karnataka at MBB

Stadium Agartala was abandoned with teams

splitting points.

The next match was a cliff hanger as

Punjab won by one over eliminator and got 4 points

against Tripura. Tripura batting rst scored 101 for

3 in 20 overs. J R Debnath unbeaten 41 and RR

Saha 33 were the main run getters for Tripura.

Komalpreet 2 for 11 was the most successful

bowler for Punjab. Replying Punjab were 101 for 9

in 20 overs with Jasia Akhtar 55 and Amarpal Kaur

25 being the main getters . For Tripura MK Ravidass

3 for 19 and Suvi S Roy 2 for 13 were the main

wicket takers. In the super over Punjab scored 13

for 1 while Tripura could manage only 10 runs in

the super over.

Punjab defeated Hyderabad by 23 runs at

MB Stadium Agartala and garnered 4 points.

Punjab scored 124 for 6 in 20 overs with Jasia

Akhtar hitting 60 off 49 balls. For Hyderabad

Himani Yadav and Anitha K scalped 2 wickets each.

Hyderabad in reply were 101 for 7 in 20 overs with

SK Sarvanthi Nayudu being the highest run getter

with 29. For Punjab Mehak Kesar and Neelam Bisht

scalped 2 wickets each.

Punjab won their next match against Goa

by 27 runs to secure 4 points. Punjab scored 101

for with BN Meena hitting an unbeaten 43. Rupalin

Chavan 2 for 10 was the most successful bowler for

Goa. In reply Goa were bundled out for 74 in 18.4

overs with Sunita Rani 4 for 4, Mehak Kesar 2 for 16

and Neelam Bisht 3 for 17 being the main wicket

takers for Punjab.

Punjab defeated JKCA by 9 wickets to

garner 4 points at MBB Stadium Agartala in a low

scoring game. J&K scored 61 for 7 in 20 overs.

Neelam Bisht 2 for 9 , Disha Dogra 1 for 10, BN

Meena 1 for 11, Mehak Kesar 1 for 9 being the most

successful bowler for Punjab. Jasia Akhtar

unbeaten 32 , Amarpal Kaur unbeaten 28 were

responsible for Punjab’s scoring fascile win by

scoring 62 for 1 in 9 overs.

Punjab senior woman put up a consistent

show in the senior women T-20 in which after

getting the better of fancied Railway side they

nally won the T-20 trophy by recording a narrow 4

runs win against Karnataka at Wankhede Stadium

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Mumbai. Put into bat by Karnataka Punjab scored

131 for 7 in 20 overs with Jasia Akhtar scoring 56.

S.Imran Henry and G DIvya scalped 2 wickets each

for Karnataka. Replying Karnataka scored 127 for 7

in 20 overs with G Divya 41 and C Prutysha 35

being the main run getters. Punjab won by 4 runs

with Komalpreet Kaur, Sunita Rani, Neelam Bisht

snaring 2 wickets each. The following are the

draws of the Tournament :

Punjab Women Senior T-20 team crowned as National Champions at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Inter State Women Senior T-20 League Tournament

1. Punjab vs J&K 20/2/2019 Agartala

2. Punjab vs Goa 21/2/2019 Agartala

3. Punjab vs Hyderabad 23/2/2019 Agartala

4. Punjab vs Tripura 24/2/2019 Agartala

5. Punjab vs Karnataka 27/2/2019 Agartala

6. Punjab vs Uttarakhand 1/3/2019 Agartala

Inter State Women Senior T-20 Super-League Tournament

1. Punjab vs Railway 5/3/2019 Mumbai

2. Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh 6/3/2019 Mumbai

3. Punjab vs Delhi 8/3/2019 Mumbai

4. Punjab vs Maharashtra 11/3/2019 Mumbai

5. Punjab vs Karnataka (Final) 13/3/2019 Mumbai

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PunjabU-23 women team played at Surat

from 17th March 2019 to 3rd April 2019. They

played against Bengal, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Uttar

Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Railways and

Gujarat. They could not qualify for the knock outs.

Amanjot Kaur with 158 with highest score 53 with

2 fties and Amarpal Kaur 172 with highest score

69 with one half century, Neelam Bisht 160 with

highest score 46, Priyanka Malik 119 with highest

score 50 with one half century, Taniya Bhatia 232

with highest score unbeaten 52 with 2 fties were

the most successful batters. In the bowling

department Sunita Rani 10 wickets for 211 runs,

Rajni Devi 8 wickets for 175 runs, Amanjot Kaur 8

wickets for 137 runs were the most successful

bowlers.

WOMEN U-23 ONE DAY LIMITED OVERS TOURNAMENT

INTERSTATE U-23 WOMEN T-20 TOURNAMENT

Punjab started their women U-23

campaign with a 10 wicket win against Manipur at

Kochi. Dismissing Manipur for 41 in 17.3 overs.

Punjab knocked of 42 without loss in 5 overs.

Komalpreet Kaur and Sunita Rani scalped 3 wickets

each for Punjab.

In their 2nd match Punjab disposed of

UPCA by 2 wickets at Kochi. UPCA scored 99 for 8 in

20 overs with Aditi remaining unbeaten on 32.

Amanjot Kaur and Kanika Ahuja scalped 2 wickets

each Punjab scored 101 for 8 in 19.4 overs.

Neelam Bisht remaining unbeaten on 40, Rashi

Kanojia 3 for 19 was the most successful bowler for

UPCA.

In the next match Punjab routed Meghalya

by 10 wickets. Sunita Rani 2 for 1,Neelam Bisht 2

for 7 reduced Meghalya to 28 for 7 in 20 overs.

Punjab knocked off 28 without any loss.

Punjab continued their winning spree as

they got better of Goa by 28 runs at Kochi. Punjab

scored 90 for 7 in 20 overs with Shrishthi Rajput 31

and Ridhimma Aggarwal 27 being the main run

1. Punjab vs Bengal 17/3/2019 Surat (Gujarat)

2. Punjab vs Kerala 19/3/2019 Surat (Gujarat)

3. Punjab vs TamilNadu 21/3/2019 Surat (Gujarat)

4. Punjab vs UttarPradesh 22/3/2019 Surat (Gujarat)

5. Punjab vs Railways 26/3/2019 Surat (Gujarat)

6. Punjab vs Karnataka 28/3/2019 Surat (Gujarat)

7. Punjab vs Gujarat 30/3/2019 Surat (Gujarat)

8. Punjab vs Odisha 3/4/2019 Surat (Gujarat)

The following are the draws of the tournament :

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getters. Vanita 3 for 12 and Tejasvani 2 for 19 were

the main wicket takers for Goa. Goa in reply were

bundled out for 66 in 16.1 overs with Neelam Bisht

3 for 11, Rajni Devi 3 for 15 and Sunita 2 for 13

being the main wicket takers

Punjab defeated Kerala by 19 runs in their

next match at St. Paul college Kochi. Punjab scored

76 for 8 in 20 overs with AmarpalKaur scoring 25.

Mridula 3 for 16 was the main wicket taker for

Kerala. Kerala in reply were bundled out for 57 in

16.2 overs with Jisna Joseph remaining unbeaten

on 31. Komalpreet Kaur 4 for 14, Rajni Devi 3 for 6

being the main wicket takers. Punjab got 4 points

for this win.

Baroda beat Punjab by 36 runs in their

next encounter at ST Paul College Kochi and

garnered 4 points. Baroda scored 98 for 7 in 20

overs. YH Bhatia 23 being the highest run getter

for Baroda. For Punjab Rajni Devi and Sunita

scalped 2 wickets each. Punjab in reply could

manage only 62 for 9 in 20 overs with Kanika Ahuja

scoring 21. Pragya Rawat 2 for 6 was the most

successful bowler for Baroda. Punjab team

qualied for the superleague:

In the next match played at Jaipuria

Vidyala ground Jaipur Punjab lost to Maharashtra

by 50 runs. Batting rst Maharashtra scored 134

for 3 in 20 overs.DP Vaidya 33, SS Shinde 39, PS

Hasabnise unbeaten 43 being the main run

getters. Sunita Rani and Kanika Ahuja scalped 1

wicket each. Punjab could muster 84 for 8 in 20

overs. Ridhima Aggarwal with 20 being the highest

run getter. DP Vaidya 3 for 8 was the most

successful bowler for Marashstra.

At Jaipuria Viadhalya Ground Jaipur.

Punjab lost to Delhi by 3 runs in a closely contested

match. Delhi were restricted to 86 for 7 in 20 overs

with Arti Dhama and Simrandil Bahadur scoring 22

each. For Punjab Sunita Rani and Rajni Devi and

Kanika Ahuja took 2 wickets each. Punjab could

manage 83 for 8 in 20 overs with Ridhima Aggarwal

remaining unbeaten on 51. Simran Bahadur and

Ayusha Sohni scalped 2 wickets each.

Punjab lost their next match against

Bengal by 28 runs. Bengal batting rst scored 103

for 7. Tanushree Sarkar 37 being the highest run

getter while Sunita Rani 4 for 15 was the most

successful bowler.Punjab in reply were 75 for 9 in

20 overs. Shreya 4 for 15 did most of the damage

for Bengal.

In the last super league match Punjab lost

to Vidarbha in the 1 over eliminator. Batting rst

Punjab were 94 for6 in 20 overs with Ridhima

Aggarwal 30 and Priyanka Malik unbeaten 21 being

the main run getters. For Vidarbha MS Budhke 2 for

12 was the most successful bowler. Replying

Vidarbha also ended on 94 for 5 in 20 overs. DD

Kasath 37 and SW Dharney 25 being the main run

getters. Sunita Rani 2 for 14 was the most

successful bowler for Punjab. In the eliminator

over Vidarbha scored 14 without loss with LM

Inamdar unbeaten 11. Punjab in reply could

muster only 3 in the over and could not qualify for

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the nals. The following are the draws of the Tournament :

Punjab started their campaign in women

U-19 one day tournament against Baroda at

Reliance cricket stadium, Vadodra. Baroda won the

toss and put Punjab into bat. Punjab were bundled

out for 178 in 49.2 overs. Kanika Ahuja 64 was the

highest run getter for Punjab. Pragya Patel 2 for 29

while R Patel 1, T Chokshi 1, J Mohite 1 and Rathod

Janki 1 shared the spoils. Replying Baroda scored

179 for 5 in 47.5 overs and garnered 4 points while

Punjab got 0. For Baroda Hrutu Patel unbeaten 89

was the main run getter. Parul 2 for 29 was the

main wicker taker for Punjab.

Punjab played their next match against

MPCA at GSFC cricket ground, Vadodara. Punjab

won the match by 4 wickets and garned 4 points

while MPCA got 0. MPCA won the toss and elected

to bat rst. While batting rst MPCA were bundled

out for 130 in 46.1 overs. Sanjana Awase 27 and

Anshan Patidar 25 were the main run getters for

MPCA. Parul 2 for 13 and Shabnam 2 for 12 were

the main wicket takers for Punjab. Replying Punjab

scored 131 for 6 in 47.2 overs. Skipper Kanika

Ahuja 26 and Pragati 29 were the main run getters

for Punjab. Soumya and Shashi Kala scalped 2

wickets each for MPCA.

Punjab played their 3rd match against

Jharkhand at GSFC cricket Ground , Vadodara.

Punjab won the toss and chose to eld. Jharkhand

batting rst were bundled out for 147 in 50 overs.

Jaya 28 and Payesh Goel 25 were the main

contributors for Jharkhand .

Punjab defeated Chattisgarh by 4 wickets

to garner 4 points at Alembic Ground Vadodra.

Chattisgarh scored 96 in 41.1 overs with Sangeet

Patel scoring 33, Parul, Kanika Ahuja and Mannat

Kashyap scalped 2 wickets each. Punjab replied

with 98 for 6 in 34 overs. Amanjot Kaur 21 and

Gazala Naaz unbeaten 28 being the most

successful run getters for Punjab.

Punjab continued their good run as they

defeated Haryana by 6 wickets at Reliance cricket

stadium Vadodara. Haryana were bowled out for

105 in 48.2 overs. Kanika Ahuja 5 for 18 was the

most successful bowler for Punjab. Replying

Inter State Women U- 23 T-20 League Tournament

1. Punjab vs Manipur 14/1/2019 Kochi

2. Punjab vs UttarPradesh 15/1/2019 Kochi

3. Punjab vs Meghalaya 18/1/2019 Kochi

4. Punjab vs Goa 20/1/2019 Kochi

5. Punjab vs Kerala 21/1/2019 Kochi

6. Punjab vs Baroda 23/1/2019 Kochi

Inter State Women U- 23 T-20 Super-League Tournament

1. Punjab vs Maharashtra 28/1/2019 Jaipur

2. Punjab vs Delhi 29/1/2019 Jaipur

3. Punjab vs Bengal 31/1/2019 Jaipur

4. Punjab vs Vidarbha 1/2/2019 Jaipur

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Punjab scored 108 for 4 in 38.4 overs with Anjali

remaining unbeaten on 31 while Ramla Kumari 2

for 22 was the most successful bowler for Haryana.

Punjab routed Hyderabad by 141 runs at Reliance

cricket stadium Vadodra to garner 4 points. Batting

rst Punjab scored 205 for 4 in 50 overs Srishti

Rajput 38, Gazala Naaz 57 , Kanika Ahuja 42,

Anjali 42 were the main run getters for Punjab.

Hyderabad were skittled out for 64 in 35.2 overs.

Ramanpreet Kaur 6 for 13 and Parul 3 for 7 doing

most of the damage for Punjab.

Punjab got better of Mumbai by 6 wickets

at Ambelic ground Vadodara to garner 4 points.

Mumbai batting rst were bowled out for 136 in 47

overs. Achal Valunja 42 being the highest run

getter. Pragati Singh 4 for 36 ,Parul 3 for 17 were

the most successful bowlers for Punjab. Replying

Punjab scored 137 for 4 in 47.5 overs with

Shabnnam Thakur 40 and Srishthhi Rajput 29

being the main run getters. JR Powar was the most

successful bowler for Mumbai.

Punjab’s winning spree was halted by

Bengal at GSFC cricket ground Vadodara when

they beat Punjab by 91 runs. Bengal batting rst

scored 208 for 8 in 50 overs with Santhia Biswas

51, Kashish 34 and Mamta unbeaten 38 being the

main run getters. For Punjab Pragti Singh 3 for 34

and Parul 2 for 39 were the main wicket takers. In

reply Punjab were bundled out for 117 in 42.3

overs. Kanika Ahuja 61 was the most successful

run getter for Punjab. M. Mandal 4 for 24 was the

most successful bowler for Bengal.

Punjab qualied for the knock out but lost

to Mumbai by 5 wickets at Tanush Academy

Dehradun. Batting rst Punjab scored 164 for 9 in

50 overs with Amanjot Kaur 58 and Kanika Ahuja

40 being the principal run getters for Punjab. For

Mumbai the bowling honors were shared by Syali

Satgare 3 for 24, JR Powar 3 for 31 and Priyanka

Mach 2 for 21. Mumbai in reply scored 165 for5 in

49.1 overs. Shaheen unbeaten 66, Achal Valangi

30, Syali Satgare 25 being the principal run

getters. For Punjab Kanika Ahuja 3 for 27 and

Amanjot Kaur 2 for 33 were the most successful

bowlers. The following are the draws of the

Tournament:

1. Punjab vs Baroda 11/2/2019 Baroda

2. Punjab vs MadhyaPradesh 12/2/2019 Baroda

3. Punjab vs Jharkhand 15/2/2019 Baroda

4. Punjab vs Chhattisgarh 17/2/2019 Baroda

5. Punjab vs Haryana 21/2/2019 Baroda

6. Punjab vs Hyderabad 23/2/2019 Baroda

7. Punjab vs Mumbai 27/2/2019 Baroda

8. Punjab vs Bengal 1/3/2019 Baroda

9. Punjab vs Mumbai Q.Finals 6/3/2019 Dehradun

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Interstate U-19 T-20 tournament was

played at Guntur from 14th Oct-23 Oct 2018.

Punjab were pitted against Hyderabad, Andhra,

Gujarat, Sikkim, Meghalaya and Tamilnadu and

cleared the league stage to qualify for the super

league thereafter Punjab on 26th October defeated

Odisha and Himachal in the super league at

Vijayawada and lost two next matches against

Assam and Uttar Pradesh and made their exit from

the tournament. For Punjab Amanjot Kaur 343

runs with one century and 2 half centuries with

highest score unbeaten 121, Kanika Ahuja 124

runs with highest score 43, Srishti Rajput 102 with

highest score 42 were the most successful batters.

In the bowling department Parul 8 wickets, Nandini

sharma 8 wickets and Kanika Ahuja 8 wickets were

the most successful bowlers.

INTER STATE WOMEN U-19 YEARS T-20 TOURNAMENT

8 districts participated in tournament

which was played at various venues of the state.

The matches were played as per BCCI tournament

rules. The schedule of matches is attached as per

annexure 1.The matches till the semi-nal stage

were of three days duration while the nal was four

days duration. The tournament was held from 17th

April to 10 May 2018. The semi-nals were played

between Mohali VS Patiala and Amritsar VS

Bathinda. Patiala defeated Mohali by 9 wickets at

Draws For Inter State Women Under 19 Years T-20 League Tournament

1. Punjab vs Andhra 1-4 Nov., 2018 Andhra

1. Punjab vs Hyderabad 14/10/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

2. Punjab vs Andhra 15/10/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

3. Punjab vs Gujarat 17/10/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

4. Punjab vs Sikkim 18/10/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

5. Punjab vs Meghalaya 10/21/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

6. Punjab vs TamilNadu 23/10/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

Inter State Women Under 19 T-20 Years Super League Tournament

1. Punjab vs Odisha 26/10/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

2. Punjab vs Himachal 27/10/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

3. Punjab vs Assam 29/10/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

4. Punjab vs Uttar Pradesh 30/10/2018 Vizag (Guntur)

PCA DOMESTIC STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS INTER DISTRICT TOURNAMENTS

PUNJAB STATE INTER DISTRICT U-16 YEARS TOURNAMENT FOR M.L. MARKAN TROPHY

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IS Bindra PCA Stadium Mohali. Mohali were

bundled out for L23 in 70.3 overs. Vanshish 3 for

28, Harjas 4for54 and KabirGarg2for 12 werethe

main wicket takers for patiala. patiala scored the

required runs for the loss of 1 wicket to record a

nine wicket win. Siddharth Kathuria remaining

unbeaten on 41 and Ekamjeet Singh unbeaten on

26. In the other semi-final Amritsar defeated

Bathinda by 4 wickets to set up a tifle clash with

Patiala.

The final was played between Amritsar vs

Patiala on 7-10 May 2018. patiala won the toss and

opted to field first. Batting first Amritsar were

bundled outfor L62in 91.1overs. Sandeep Nishad

51 and Sumit Pal Singh were the main run getters

for Amritsar. For patiala Vanshish 3 for 33 and

Harjas 3 for 58 shared the spoils. In reply patiala

were 235 all out in L20.4 overs. Divyansh Garg 79

with 7 boundaries and Arshad euersehi 49were

the main run getters for patiala. For Amritsar

Fatehdeep 3 for 97 was the main wicket taker.

Amritsar in their 2nd innings were 274 dl out in

114 overs and set a target of 205 for patiala.

'1

Manroop Singh 112, Arshdeep 36 and Dhruv

Verma 36 were the principal run getters for

Amritsar. For Patiala Emanjot Singh 3 for 43 and

Kabir Garg 2 for 55 were the main wicket takdrs. In

reply Patiala achieved the target of 205 in 70.3

overs and won the ML Markan trophy. Dhruv

Rahul's unbeaten l17helped patiala to win the

trophy. For Amritsar Fatehdeep 3 for 67 was the

main wicket taker.

The top performer in the batting in the

tournament for patiala were Kabir Garg 276 with 1

century and 1 fifty highest 107 and Divyansh Garg

239 with highest 79. For Jalandhar Kumar

Dhananjay 170 with one century. For Bathinda

Uday Partap Sharan 59g highest unbesten 231

with 2 centuries and 1 fifty, Jashan Jindal 332

highest 100 with 1 century and 2 fifty, Shiv Jindal

327 with highest 125 with 2 centuries. For

Ludhiana Jaskaranvir 304 with one triple hundred

highest 304. For Mohali Sanraj Singh 294 highest

212 unbeaten.For Amritsar Manroop Singh 43g

with 2 centuries and 2 fifties highest 112.For

Chandigarh Atam Ba.kshi 261 highest 107 with 1

century and 1 fifty.For Ropar Mayank Gupta 279

highest 129 with f nunOrJO and 1 fifty.In the

bowling department Vanish Verma patiala 39

wickets for 252 runs with 3 five wicket haul, Harjas

Singh 30 wickets with 3 five wickets haul,

Akashdeep Amritsar 28 wickets with 1 five wicket

haul, Manroop Singh Amritsar 26 wickets for 263

runs, Arshdeep Singh Mohali 26 wicket for 363

successful bowlers in the tournament. The draw of

runs with 2 five wickets haul were the most the tournament are annexed as Annexure 1.

Mr, R.p, Singla, Honorary Secretary, PCA with Winners Patiala U-15 Team at I.S. Bindra Stadium, PCA Mohali

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Amritsar, Chandigarh, Gurdaspur, Amritsar scored 468 in 111'2 overs with Abhishek

Ludhiana were drafted in pool-A while Patiala, Sharma 160 and Sumit Sharma 115 hitting

Jalandhar; Mohali, Kapurthala made up pool-B. The centuries while Akashdeep Singh 66 and Sahil

matches were played as per schedule attached Sharma 54 also contributed to the Amritsar

annexure 2, The tournament was played from 20th innings, Chandigarh in their 2nd innings were 171

for B in 51 overs when'the match ended. lagdeep

In the leaguestageAmritsar,got 15 points Singh 49,Arjun Azad34and Ishan Goel 27 being

while Chandigarh got 13 points to set up a 3 day themainrungettersforChandigarh.

title clash at Mohali which was won by Amritsar Top batting performances in the

while Chandigarh taking the runner up position. tournament were by Ishan Goel Chandigarh 410

chandigarh batting first scored 2g3 in 133.4 overs highest score 204 with 1 century and 2 fifties, salil

with Ayush Sikka77, Mandeep Singh 67 and Arjun Arora Amritsar 317 highest 170 with one century

Azad 45 being the highest run getters. Replying and 2 fifty, Deepak Kumar Patiala 294 highest 109

May to 5th lune 2018.

COACHING CAMPS

In its effort to keep junior and senior

cricketers (men & women) of the state in a high

state of tness the association organized off

season camps before the start of the National

Championships for various age groups. The camps

were organized at I.S. Bindra Stadium PCA Mohali,

Dhruv Pandove Stadium Patiala, Gandhi Ground

Amritsar, Burlton Park Jalandhar and Barnala

under the supervision of PCA qualied coaches and

trainers.

S. No. Age Group Camp Venue Dated

1. Under-19 Men Patiala 25 Aug, 2018

2 Under-14 Men Patiala 28 May, 2018

3. Women U-19 Amritsar 26 July-2 Aug 2018

4. Senior Men PCA 21 Sep, 2018

5. Women u-19 Amritsar 28 Jan- 6 Feb 2019

6. Senior Men PCA 11 Feb, 2019

7. Under-14 Barnala 28 Sep, 2018

8. Under-16 Patiala 11 June, 2018

9. Senior Women Jalandhar 13-16 Nov, 2018

10. Senior Women Amritsar 12-23 Aug, 2018

11. Women U-23 Amritsar 25 -31 Dec, 2018

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New International Cricket Stadium at Mullanpur

(New Chandigarh)

In view of the changed requirements for

hosting International matches with the latest state

of the art facilities including proper and adequate

parking, the association started the work on the

new International Stadium at Mullanpur (New

Chandigarh) on 16 January 2017 in an area

measuring 41.3 acre Approx. The new stadium will

have seating capacity of 32500 which would also

see a sizeable increase of prime seats in the

pavilion area. The stands, players pavilion,

corporate pavilion and south pavilion have been

planned keeping in view the latest international

requirements for players, public and both print and

electronic media. The parking facilities of around

1650 vehicle will be a big attraction and also two

grounds including the main ground for hosting

International and National matches. When

completed it will be a star attraction for the people

of Punjab and adjoining area. PCA hopes to host

the International and IPL matches in the new

stadium during the 2019-20 season. Seventy

percent of the total work of the stadium stands

completed.

Structural work in progress at the New Stadium

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CRICKET STADIAS AND CRICKET GROUNDS IN PUNJAB

NEW INFRASTRUCTURE OF PCA

Structural work in progress at the New Stadium

New photograph of completed work

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Well Known Punjab Cricket Association'sI.S.Bindra Stadium, Mohali

A heritage destination Dhruv Pandove Cricket Stadium, Baradari Garden, Patiala

NEW INFRASTRUCTURE OF PCA

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Burlton Park Ground, Jalandhar - Hosted International Matches

Gandhi Grounds, Amritsar – Hosted International Matches

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GRD Academy Cricket Association's Ground Ludhiana

Ropar District Cricket Association's Govt. College Ground Ropar

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Hoshiarpur District Cricket Association's Govt. College Ground Hoshiarpur

National Public School Cricket Ground Sri Muktsar Sahib

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Bathinda District Cricket Association’s Ground

Barnala District Cricket Association’s Aryabhatta College Ground

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Faridkot District Cricket Association’s Ground

Moga District Cricket Association’s Ground

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Nawanshahr District Cricket Association’s Ground

Gurdaspur District Cricket Association’s - Govt. College Ground

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Kapurthala District Cricket Association’s Ground

Ferozepur District Cricket Association’s Ground

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Mansa District Cricket Association’s Ground

Fatehgarh Sahib District Cricket Association's - (RIMT University Ground)

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PCC's MEMBERS CLUB ACTIVITIES

Swimming Pool

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Enjoying a Cool Swim at the Swimming Pool

Members at Work Station in the Gym

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The Teej festival which is very prominent

amongst the ladies in North India was celebrated

by the Lady Members of the Club in the Banquet

thHall with great pomp and show on 04 August,

Apart from this, club celebrated the following festivals during the year under report.

TEEJ FESTIVAL

2018. Ladies dressed in traditional Punjabi outts

participated and danced to the tunes of Punjabi

folk songs.

KARVA CHAUTH

The Karva Chauth festival is a one-day

festival celebrated by Hindu women four days

after Purnima (a full moon) in the month of

Kartika. The traditional festival was celebrated by

the Lady Members of the Club in the Glass House

thon 27 October, 2018. On Karva Chauth women,

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especially in Northern India, married women fast for their husband's safety and longevity.

The post Deepawali celebrations were

ndorganized on 02 Decemeber,2018. A Bumper

Tombola was organized for the members and their

guests in the Main Ground of PCA in which

attractive Prizes/gifts were given to the winners. A

lavish spread of sumptuous snacks, beverages

were made available and live music was the star

attraction of which was appreciated by the

members and their guests.

POST DEEPAWALI BUMPER TAMBOLA

AND MUSICAL PROGRAMME

Women members showing the Mehandi on their hands during Karva Chauth Celebration's

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KITTY PARTY

The lady members of the club also organized Kitty Parties in the club with their active participation.

FOOD FESTIVAL

To satiate the taste buds of members the food festivals were organized from time to time. The

festivals were a huge draw for the members as they visited the food stalls with their families and friends

and enjoyed the various cuisines.

Bumper Tambola in Progress

The elated winners of Bumper Tambola

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THANKS

It is our duty to thank all those who have given their unstinted support and co-operation to the

Association for achieving its objectives. We are thankful to the Board of control for cricket in India for

extending their cooperation with us for smoothly conducting the various activities of the Association.

We are thankful to the district administration SAS Nagar headed by Deputy Commissioner, SSP all

other district ofcers who extended their total support to the Association for the India VS Australia one day

match and 7 home matches of Kings XI Punjab of IPL 12 at IS Bindra PCA Stadium Mohali.

We place on record our appreciation and thanks to all the district cricket Associations afliated to

PCA for their support for organising inter district and state matches of various age groups and contributing

to the state talent by providing healthy competition through their participation.

We are thankful to the Chandigarh Administration and the Chandigarh Sports department for

helping us to conduct the matches at Sec-16 cricket stadium Chandigarh.

We express our gratitude to the print and electronic media for showing keen interest in cricketing

activities of the PCA and also providing wide coverage to the matches conducted by the Association and

also showcasing the talent of upcoming young players of the state.

We place on record our thanks to the various sub-committees of the Association for efciently

doing their specialised jobs during the year.

We are thankful to the managers of different state teams who had managed them efciently in

various domestic tournaments.

We also place on record our thanks to all the members of the executive committee for their

unstinted support to the Association.

Finally we place on record our sincere thanks to all the employees who had provided excellent

support for the smooth functioning of the Association.

(R.P. Singla)

Hony Secretary

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Ph.: +91 172 2232300 - 301, Facsimile: +91 172 22323304Website: www.cricketpunjab.in Email: pcastadium@yahoo.com