Patna: Babul Kumar cracked a double century and Shivam Singh hit a century as Bihar piled up 474 in the first innings on the second day of their four-day Ranji Trophy match against Mizoram at Gokulbhai Somabhai Patel Stadium in Nadiad on Wednesday.
Mizoram were 36 for the loss of two wickets in their first innings at the end of second day’s play.
Babul Kumar who was unbeaten on 128 at the end of first day’s play hit a double century (209) while Shivan Singh who was unbeaten on 47 too slammed a century (110). Babul’s 209 contained 31 boundaries and one six. Shivam’s knock of 110 contained 15 boundaries and it came of 323 balls.
Scorecard
Bihar first innings: V Raj b Taruwar Kohli 28; Babul Kumar lbw Naveen 209 (359 balls, 31×4, 1×6); Sachin Kumar Singh c Shreevats Goswami b Naveen 38; Bipin Saurabh (wk) c Shreevats Goswami b Taruwar Kohli 9; S Gani b Dika Ralte 38; Shivam Singh c Thanzuala b Avinash Yadav 110; Ashutosh Aman (c) c Jehu Anderson b Sumit 15; Veer Pratap Singh c Sumit b Bobby 0; Abhijeet b Avinash Yadav 10; Govind lbw Avinash Yadav 5; Malay Raj not out 0
Extras ( b 4, lb 3, w 4, nb 1 ) 12
TOTAL: 474 (165.1 OVERS)
FALL OF WICKETS: 1 – 43 (V Raj, 16.4 ov); 2 – 89 (Sachin Kumar Singh , 28.2 ov); 3 – 103 (Bipin Saurabh, 32.1 ov); 4 – 183 (S Gani, 56.5 ov); 5 – 418 (Babul Kumar, 134.3 ov); 6 – 446 (Ashutosh Aman, 152.2 ov); 7 – 447 (Veer Pratap Singh, 153.3 ov); 8 – 468 (Shivam Singh, 161.4 ov); 9 – 473 (Abhijeet, 163.5 ov); 10 – 474 (Govind, 165.1 ov)
Bowling: Dika Ralte 29-7-86-1; Naveen 20-2-85-2; Sumit 21-4-72-1; Taruwar Kohli 30-9-81-2; Avinash Yadav 47.1-17-94-3; Bobby 17-1-46-1; Thankhuma 1-0-3-0
Mizoram first innings: Thanzuala b Abhijeet 0; Hruaial bw Veer Pratap Singh 4; Taruwar Kohli (c) not out 20; Shreevats Goswami (wk) not out 12
Extras ( b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0 ) 0
TOTAL: 36/2 (11.0 OVERS)
Yet To Bat: Avinash Yadav ,Jehu Anderson ,Sumit ,Naveen ,Dika Ralte ,Thankhuma ,Bobby
FALL OF WICKETS: 1 – 0 (Thanzuala, 0.3 ov); 2 – 6 (Hruaia , 3.2 ov)
Bowling: Abhijeet 3-0-11-1; Veer Pratap Singh 5-1-20-1; Malay Raj 3-1-5-0
