Patna: Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited (BSPHCL) won the Bihar Corporate Cricket League Season 2 title defeating Straight Drive by 9 wickets at Urja Stadium on Friday.
Batting first after winning the toss, Straight Drive scored 108 runs losing all the wickets in the allotted 20 overs. In reply BSPHCL team scored 113 runs in 13.1 overs losing one wicket and won the match by 9 wickets. Man of the final match award was given to Arnav Kishore.
Chief Guest Principal Secretary, Road Construction Department, Pratyay Amrit, special guest Principal Secretary, Finance Department Lokesh Kumar and Managing Director of Bihar State Power Holding Company Ltd Mahendra Kumar gave away the trophies to winner and runner-up teams. Apart from the trophy, the winning team was given a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and the runner-up team was given a cash prize of Rs 50000.
Other awards: Ankush Raj: Best batsman
Suraj Kashyap: Best bowler
Rishabh Rakesh of the Straight Drive, and Shakibul Gani: Best fielder
Sunil Kumar and Jasim Ahmed were the umpires of the final match while Avinash Shukla was the third umpire. The stage was anchored by Mrityunjay Jha. Organising secretary Nishant and joint secretary Kishore welcomed the guests while vice president Kumar Maharshi proposed a vote of thanks.
Brief scores:
Straight Drive: 108 all out in 20 overs, Ankush Raj 52, Rishabh Rakesh 16, Aditya Raj 13, extra 9, wickets – Suraj Kashyap 3-22, Rajat Aryan 2-6, Mukesh Kumar Sharma 1-14, Anukul Rai 1 -15
BSPHCL: 113 runs for the loss of one wicket in 13.1 overs, Arnav Kishore 78, Jitendra not out 14 and Shakibul Gani not out 13, extra 8, wickets- Aditya Raj 1-25
