Patna: Thanks to the brilliant century of Abhishek Anand (136 runs, 67 balls, 17 fours, 6 sixes), Vaishali scored a hat-trick of victory in the Randhir Verma Under-19 Cricket Tournament.
In the Patliputra zone of this tournament, Vaishali defeated Saran by a huge margin of 132 runs at Moinul Haq Stadium.
Saran won the toss and invited Vaishali to bat. Batting first, Vaishali scored 330 runs for five wickets in 50 overs, thanks to a brilliant century by Abhishek. Apart from Abhishek, Mohammad Ilyas played an inning of 40 runs and Nand Kishore played an inning of 51 runs.
For Saran, Sumit Raj took 2 wickets for 29 runs.
In reply, Saran’s team was all out for 198 runs in 47 overs. Harsh Rajput scored 40 runs and Guddu Yadav played an unbeaten inning of 56 runs.
For Vaishali, Nitish took 3 wickets for 28 runs and Harshvardhan took 3 wickets for 28 runs.
Brief scores:
Vaishali: All out for 330 runs in 50 overs, Ankit Kumar 31, Nand Kishore 51, Mo Ilyas 40, Abhishek Anand 136, Aastik Kumar 33, extra 30, Sumit Raj 2/29, Ayush Raj 1/50, Nitesh Kumar 1/2. 64
Saran: All out for 198 runs in 47 overs, Shiv Shankar Kumar 14, Aditya Raj 30, Harsh Rajput 40, Guddu Yadav 56 not out, Sumit Raj 17, extra 11, Nitish 3/28, Sachin 1/37, Harsh Vardhan 3/28.
