Purnia, May 3: Katihar defeated Kishanganj by a huge margin of 139 runs in the match played on Friday under the BCA Senior Men’s Cricket Tournament held at the local Green Valley Stadium.
After winning the toss, Katihar captain Suraj decided to bat. Katihar scored 271 runs losing 10 wickets in 48.4 overs. Ankit Singh scored 76 runs with the help of 7 fours and 6 sixes in 43 balls, Mayank scored a brilliant 75 runs with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes in 82 balls, Abhishek scored 33 runs, Hazrat Ali scored 32 runs and Ashwani scored 27 runs.
For Kishanganj, Akash Kumar Jha took 04 wickets for 33 runs in 10 overs, Satish took 02 wickets for 28 runs in 10 overs and Shakib, Aamir Khusro, Rahul Kumar Sah, Suryam Raj took 1 wicket each.
Kishanganj team, chasing the target, scored 132 runs after losing 10 wickets in 36.5 overs.
For Kishanganj, Suryam Raj scored 53 runs with the help of 6 fours in 69 balls, Pancham Kumar scored 23 runs with the help of 02 fours in 61 balls, Prashant Kumar Yadav scored 18 runs in 21 balls, Akash Kumar Jha scored 12 runs in 16 balls.
For Katihar, Khalid Alam took 02 wickets for 24 runs in 06 overs, Hazrat Ali took 02 wickets for 26 runs in 05 overs, Priyanshu Shekhar took 02 wickets for 24 runs in 07 overs.
Brief score:
Katihar: All out for 271 runs in 48.4 overs, Ankit Singh 76, Ashwini Kumar 28, Mayank Pammani 75, Mohammad Hazrat Ali 32, Sujit Kumar 12, Ayush Kumar 15, extra 13, Shakib Kanwar 1/58, Aamir Khusro 1/51. , Rahul Kumar Sah 1/20, Akash Kumar Jha 4/33, Satish Kumar 2/28, Suryam Raj 1/53
Kishanganj: All out for 132 runs in 36.5 overs Suryam Raj 53, Pancham Kumar 23, Prashant Kumar Yadav 18, Akash Kumar Jha 12, Ayush Kumar 1/9, Khalid Alam 2/24, Aman Khan 1/18, Ashwini Kumar 1/2. 7, Hazrat Ali 2/26, Priyanshu Shekhar Singh 2/24