Patna: Bihar team’s losing streak continues in the Vijay Hazare Trophy ODI tournament. In the match played on Sunday, Mizoram defeated Bihar by 57 runs. This was Bihar’s fifth consecutive defeat. Out of six matches, one match has been cancelled. Bihar will play their last match against Chandigarh on December 5.
However, in the match against Mizoram, Babul Kumar (72 runs) and Raghavendra Pratap Singh (60 runs) scored half-centuries for Bihar.
In the Group C match being played in Ahmedabad, Mizoram won the toss and decided to bat first. Thanks to Mohit Jangra’s unbeaten 91 and Agni Chopra’s 48 runs, Mizoram scored 258 runs for 8 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs.
In reply, Mohit Jangra gave a big blow to Bihar team in the very first over. Opener Alok Kumar was out for zero. After that, Murari Kumar and Sakibul Gani were dismissed in the same over. Three batsmen of Bihar returned to the pavilion for 2 runs.
After this, Vipin Saurabh and Babul took over the innings for some time but this partnership could not be very big. Mohit Jangra got Vipin Saurabh caught by Agni Chopra on the personal score of 20 runs. After this, wickets were falling at regular intervals, which was stopped by Raghavendra Pratap Singh by supporting Babul Kumar. There was a partnership of 70 runs between these two. Bihar’s seventh wicket fell in the form of Babul. At this time the score was 166 runs. Veer Pratap Singh gave some support to Raghavendra Pratap and during this Raghavendra Pratap completed his half-century. Bihar got its ninth blow in the form of Raghavendra Pratap. The team’s score was 201 runs and at this score, Bihar team was all out for 201 runs in 43.4 overs. Babul Kumar scored 72 runs in 99 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six, while Raghavendra Pratap scored 60 runs in 59 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes.
For Mizoram, Mohit Jangra took 4 wickets for 25 runs and Dicka Ralte took 5 wickets for 47 runs.
Brief score:
Mizoram: 258 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs, Mohit Jangra 91 not out, Noonfela 10, Vikas 14, Agri Chopra 48, Jehu Anderson 36, Parvez 13, KC Cariappa 22, Bihar bowling-Veer Pratap Singh 2/70, Nawaz Khan 1. /27, Raghavendra Pratap 2/65, Sachin Kumar Singh 2/30
Bihar: All out for 201 runs in 43.4 overs, Babul Kumar 72, Raghavendra Pratap Singh 60, Vipin Saurabh 20, Imran Nazir 10, Sachin Kumar Singh 19, Veer Pratap Singh 6, Ashutosh Aman not out 3. Mizoram bowling: Mohit Jangra 4/25. , Dika Ralte 5/47, Noonfela 1/15
