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Amritsar Soormas topped champion of Sher-E-Punjab T20 League
Amritsar Soormas was topped Sher-E-Punjab T20 League following its eight-wicket win over Ludhiana Lions on Sunday.
Opting to bowl, the Soormas produced a powerful bowling efficiency to limit Ludhiana Lions to 142 in 20 overs.
Amritsar made a superb begin with the ball, selecting up wickets at common intervals and placing the Lions beneath stress from the early levels.
Ludhiana struggled to construct partnerships and slipped to 86/7, with captain Salil Arora, Abhijeet Garg and Krish Bhagat among the many key batters dismissed.
Mayank Markande was the standout bowler for the Soormas. The leg-spinner bowled a disciplined four-over spell and completed with figures of three/17, making vital breakthroughs and protecting the scoring charge beneath management.
Ludhiana regarded to regular the innings when Harish Kumar and Jassinder Singh got here collectively. The pair began rebuilding and gave the Lions some hope of reaching a aggressive complete.
Nonetheless, Shubham Rana broke the partnership by dismissing Jassinder for 14 off 12 balls.
Harish then joined fingers with Sahil Bhaskar as the 2 staged a late fightback. They added 26 runs for the ultimate wicket to take Ludhiana past the 140-run mark.
Regardless of their late effort, Amritsar’s bowlers had executed sufficient injury by the primary 15 overs to maintain the Lions in examine. Ludhiana ultimately completed on 142, setting the Soormas a goal of 143.
Within the chase, Amritsar misplaced Jashanpreet Singh early, however Naman Dhir and Sahaj Dhawan rapidly put the innings again on monitor.
The pair added 58 runs, with Dhir persevering with his aggressive strategy. The Soormas captain was ultimately dismissed for a fast 29 off 12 balls, however by then Amritsar had been firmly in management.
Dhawan continued to information the chase and was joined by Rahul Kumar. The duo ensured there have been no additional setbacks as Amritsar comfortably chased down the goal on the I.S. Bindra Stadium.
– PTI
Revealed on Sep 14, 2026
