Patna: Bihar vs Manipur Ranji Trophy match being played at Gujarat College Cricket Ground “A” in Ahmedabad looked evenly poised at the end of the third day’s play on Thursday. At the end of the day’s play Bihar took a lead of 236 runs over Manipur in their second innings with two wickets in hand.
Bihar were 221 for the loss of two wickets. Bihar took first innings lead of 15 runs over Manipur. Manipur were all out for 296 runs in their first innings. Bihar made 311 runs in the first innings.
Earlier, resuming on 229 for 6, Manipur first innings ended at 296 runs. Kishan Singha scored 65 runs. For Bihar, Malay Raj bagged five wickets for 53 runs off 17 overs.
In the second innings, Manipur bowlers kept tight leash on Bihar batsmen and could not allow them to score freely. Manipur bowlers Bishworjit and Kishan Singha took three wickets each. For Bihar opener Baljeet Singh Bihari alias Binny scored 53 runs with nine fours and one six. Bipin Saurabh made 54 runs with four boundaries and three sixes.
Scoreboard
Bihar first innings: 311
Manipur first innings: Karnajit Y c Veer Pratap Singh b Malay Raj 18; B Rahmanc Ashutosh Aman b Malay Raj 10; Langlonyamba M (c)c Babul Kumar b Sachin Kumar Singh 30; P Prafullomani (wk) c & b Sachin Kumar Singh 75; Ronald M c Ashutosh Aman b Malay Raj 22; Rex lbw Sachin Kumar Singh 11; Kishan Singha c Sachin Kumar Singh b Ashutosh Aman 65; Johnson b Veer Pratap Singh 20; Jotin Pheiroijam not out 19; Bikash Singhc Bipin Saurabh b Malay Raj 7; Bishworjit b Malay Raj 2
Extras ( b 8, lb 8, w 1, nb 0 ) 17
TOTAL: 296 (102.0 OVERS)
FALL OF WICKSTS: 1 – 12 (B Rahman, 9.6 ov); 2 – 33 (Karnajit Y, 13.3 ov); 3 – 103 (Langlonyamba M, 33.1 ov); 4 – 149 (P Prafullomani, 48.3 ov); 5 – 167 (Rex, 52.2 ov); 6 – 189 (Ronald M, 65.6 ov); 7 – 239 (Johnson , 83.6 ov); 8 – 283 (Kishan Singha, 94.1 ov); 9 – 294 (Bikash Singh, 101.1 ov); 10 – 296 (Bishworjit, 101.6 ov)
Bowling: Veer Pratap Singh 18-2-83-1; Harsh Vikram Singh 6-2-10-0; Malay Raj 17-3-53-5; Ashutosh Aman 32.0-9-65-1; Sachin Kumar Singh 29-10-69-3
Bihar second innings: Binny c Kishan Singha b Rex 53 (9×4, 1×6); Babul Kumar lbw Bishworjit 11; Rishav lbw Kishan Singha 12; S Gani c Ronald M b Kishan Singha 15; Sachin Kumar Singh c P Prafullomani b Bikash Singh 20; Bipin Saurabh (wk) c Langlonyamba M b Kishan Singha 54 (4×4, 3×6); Shivam Singh b Bishworjit 13; Ashutosh Aman (c) b Bishworjit 3; Harsh Vikram Singh not out 14; Veer Pratap Singh not out 15
Extras ( b 10, lb 0, w 0, nb 1 ) 11
TOTAL: 221/8 (67.0 OVERS)
Yet To Bat: Malay Raj
FALL OF WICKETS: 1 – 45 (Babul Kumar, 12.4 ov); 2 – 62 (Rishav , 15.3 ov); 3 – 82 (S Gani, 19.2 ov); 4 – 96 (Binny , 24.4 ov); 5 – 128 (Sachin Kumar Singh , 32.1 ov); 6 – 182 (Shivam Singh, 52.4 ov); 7 – 188 (Bipin Saurabh, 55.4 ov); 8 – 188 (Ashutosh Aman, 56.3 ov)
Bowling: Rex 11-1-36-1; Jotin Pheiroijam 8-2-38-0; Bishworjit 14-1-56-3; Kishan Singha 26-8-40-3; Bikash Singh 4-0-22-1; Ronald M 2-0-12-0; Johnson 1-0-7-0, Langlonyamba M 1-1-0-0
