Belligerent century by Nehal Wadhera for PCC in 26th All India J.P.Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament for Trident Cup

Mohali/Chandigarh, September 3, 2021: Punjab Cricket Club  Vs  RBI Mumbai, played today at I.S. Bindra Cricket Stadium Mohali RBI Mumbai won the toss at I.S. Bindra Stadium Mohali against Punjab Cricket Club opted to field. PCC opened with Nehal Wadhera and Abhijeet Garg to the bowling of Ankit Rajput and Amit Mishra. Nehal Wadhera and Abhijeet Garg blunted the RBI opening attack of Ankit Rajput and Amit Mishra putting up 48 runs for the 1st wicket in 9.4 overs before Abhijeet Garg was caught by Sumit off Amit Mishra for 21 inclusive of 2 boundaries.  Next man in Naman Dhir did not last long and PCC were reduced to 76 for 2 in 14 overs.  Thereafter, Sanvir Singh joined Southpaw Nehal Wadhera who had been stroking the ball effortlessly all round the wicket. His free stroking was a treat to watch as he effortlessly road towards his century.  His partnership of 151 runs for the 3rd wicket with Sanvir Singh saw him as the dominant partner.   The partnership was broken when Sandeep Singh was caught and bowled by Ali Murtaza for 65 off 62 balls with 4 boundaries.  Skipper Anmol Malhotra 23 off 20 balls with 3 boundaries added 59 runs for the 4th wicket with Nehal Wadhera.  Nehal Wadhera was finally caught by Rajesh off Ankit Rajput in the 42nd overs after a sparkling 171 off 143 balls studded with 24 rousing boundaries and two huge sixes.  PCC innings ended at 337 for 9 in 50 overs.  For RBI Mumbai Ankit Rajput 3 for 54 , Amit Mishra 3 for 67 were the main wicket takers. 
Chasing a huge target of 338 RBI Mumbai made a fluent start by adding 54 runs for the 1st wicket . Syan Mandal  (30) Sumit  Ghadigaonkar  (25) Jyot Shaya  (30) Rajesh Bishnoi  (44), Chirag Parmar (25) were the main run getter for RBI Mumbai.  RBI Mumbai were bowled out for 196 in 36.5 overs.  For PCC Sanvir Singh bowled a spirited spell to claim 5 wickets for 20 runs, Barinder Sran  and Krishan Alang accounted for 2 wickets each.  Nehal Wadhera for his 171 runs was declared TRIDENT Man of the Match.
UPCA Vs Chhattisgarh SCS played today at Maharaja Yadavindra Cricket stadium Mullanpur
In the second match played at Maharaja Yadavindera Cricket Stadium Mullanpur between UPCA and Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh won the match by 9 wickets and got 4 points.  Shashank hit a brisk unbeaten century (103) off 93 balls with 12 boundaries and five huge sixes.  Ashutosh singh remained unbeaten on 59 off 81 balls with 6 boundaries. Chhattisgarh Scored  178 for 1 in 29.3 overs. Earlier UPCA were bowled out for 206 in 48.3 overs with Adishesh Singh 71 off 84 balls with 8 boundaries and one six being the principal run getter. Ajay  5 for 33 was the most successful bowler for Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh won the match on VJD method with the revised target due to rain after the UPCA innings.  Shanshank for his brilliant (103) was named TRIDENT Man of the Match.
Bihar XI Vs Players XI Delhi played today at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium, Chandigarh
In the 3rd match played at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium, Players XI Delhi made a short work of Bihar XI by winning the match by 8 wickets and garner 4 points. Bihar XI winning the toss and opting to bat first were bundled out for 144 in 42.4 overs.Babul Kumar 33, Sachin K. Singh  27, Akash unbeaten 36 were the main run getters for Bihar XI.  For Players XI    Rishab , Arjun , Manish Sherawat and Hrithik Shokeen scalped two wickets each.
Replying players XI Delhi scored 148 for 2 in 27 overs.  Vidhansh  (41) and Dhruv Kaushik (49) put on 84 runs for the opening stand.  Jeevanjot Singh unbeaten 38 was the other principal run getter for Players XI.   For Bihar XI   Shasheem   1 for 17 and Keshav Kumar  1 for 28 were the main wicket takers. Dhruv Kaushik was named  TRIDENT Man of the Match.