Needing 137 in 50 overs for a win, Chandigarh were sailing along comfortably at 90 for 3 in 30 overs when rain forced the two umpires to call off play. At that stage Chandigarh's run rate was far better than Minor Districts.

Chandigarh started disastrously under an overcast sky. They lost their openers for next to nothing but Mongia and Kaku used their experience to the team's advantage.

Earlier, Minor Districts too had a poor start but were saved by their skipper Navdeep Singh and Kamal Walia's efforts.

Scores: Minor Districts: 136 allout in 50 overs (Navdeep Singh 38, Kamal Walia 22; Sanjay Dhull 2-17, Anurag Sharma 2-36, Jaideep Singh 2-22) lost to Chandigarh: 90 for 3 in 30 overs (Dinesh Mongia 48, Harminder Kaku 30 n.o.; Sukhwinder Tinkoo 2-30)

Munish, Ricky slam tons
AMRITSAR: Munish Sharma and Ravneet Ricky slammed hundreds, adding 237 runs for the first wicket as Amritsar completed a convincing 165-run over Jalandhar in their Katoch Shield one-dayer here today.

Munish (112) smashed nine fours and a six in his polished knock while Ricky (100) had eight fours and a six in his knock.

Scores: Amritsar: 281 for 5 (Munish Sharma 112, Ravneet Ricky 100, Sanjay Kumar 19; Vineet Sharma 2-53, Rajeev Jolly 2-52) beat Jalandhar: 116 (Ankur Sondhi 25; Sarandeep 3-23, Harvinder Singh 2-22)