Making full use of knowledge about their homeground Burlton Park wicket in Jalandhar,off-spinner duo of Jagrit Singh and Gurkirat Singh notched-up five wicket hauls each to get Patiala on the mat on the first day of the Punjab Inter-District tournament final being played for Dhruv Pandove Trophy on Wednesday. Owing to brilliant bowling by the Jalandhar spinners,Patiala were skittled out for 176 in 66.5 overs in the first innings. On winning the toss,Patiala elected to bat first on a good batting track. Soon after,their decision backtracked as their wickets started to tumble in a hurry. They were bundled out in 277 minutes. Both Jalandhar off-spinners bowled well in tandem to trouble the Patiala batsmen. The duo accounted for all ten wickets between themselves. The dominance of this spinning pair saw Patiala tumble down to 112 for 7 after making a steady start of 56 for the first wicket between Vikramdit Singh and Gauravjit Singh. Thereafter,Patiala kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. It was just their opener Vikramdit Singh who showed some resilience. He made a valiant 60 off 103 balls. Meanwhile,Jalandhar gave a solid reply scoring 119 for the loss of two wickets in 26 overs at the end of the day. Openers,Pargat Singh and Mandeep Singh Jr put on 32 runs for the first wicket. Pargat was in aggressive mood particularly out of the two. He smashed 27 runs off 13 balls which was studded with five boundaries and one lofty six before he was lured by left arm spinner Amarinder Singh for stepping out of the crease. One down batsman,Himanshu Satyawan chipped in with 27 runs before he too was sent packing. Carrying forward his good form,Mandeep Singh Jr is batting at 43 no for Jalandhar along with Akash Rathore. Brief scores Patiala (Ist innings): 176 all out in 66.5 overs (Vikramdit 60,Karan Kalia 43,Amarinder Singh 22 no,Jagrit Singh 5 for 46,Gurkirat Singh 5 for 75) Jalandhar (Ist innings): 119 for 2 in 26 overs (Pargat Singh 27,Himanshu Satywan 37,Mandeep Singh Jr 43 no,Amarinder Singh 1 for 54,Bhavish Goel 1 for 30)
