Patna: Bihar lost to Madhya Pradesh by 128 runs in their Under-19 Vinoo Mankad Trophy match at Nexgen Cricket Ground, Hyderabad. Bihar’s next match is scheduled against Chhattisgarh on 10th October.

Bihar won the toss and opted to field. Batting first, Madhya Pradesh amassed a formidable total of 317 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the allotted 50 overs. In response, Bihar was bowled out for 189 runs in 47.3 overs.

For Madhya Pradesh, notable contributions came from Praneet Patidar (23), Yashvardhan Singh (15), Manal Chauhan (34), Kumar Aryan (39), Rudransh Singh (45), Akshat Dwivedi (26), Saransh Surana (51), Anant Dubey (36), with Rohit Singh remaining unbeaten on 15 and Sumit on 5.

In Bihar’s bowling effort, Badal Kumar took three wickets, while Suman Saurabh and Vasudev Prasad Singh claimed two wickets each. Tejaswi Yadav and Suman Kumar also chipped in with a wicket apiece.

In Bihar’s chase, only Hemant Singh managed a significant score, contributing 85 runs before being run out. Other batsmen struggled to build partnerships, with Captain Md Alam scoring 5, Ayush Raj 19, Prithviraj 7, Deepesh Gupta 24, Suman Saurabh 5, Anurag Kumar 20, Suman Kumar 1, Vasudev Prasad Singh 6, and Badal Kumar 1.

Madhya Pradesh’s bowling attack was led by Avnish Chawla, who took four wickets, followed by Sumit Singh with three and Manav Chauhan with two.