Patna: Chhattisgarh took 241 runs lead with still five wickets in hands in their second innings on the second day of Vijay Merchant Trophy match against Bihar being played at Railway Ground in Vadodara on Saturday. At the end of second day’s play, Chhattisgarh were 92 for the loss of five wickets in their second innings.
Earlier, Bihar scored 160 all out in their first innings, replying to Chhattisgarh’s first innings score of 309. With this Chhattisgarh took a lead of 149 runs. In the Bihar’s first innings wicketkeeper batsman Taufique top scored with 47 runs while Agastya made 45 runs. For Chhattisgarh, Dhananjay Nayak and Aditya Agrawal took four wickets each.
Bihar bowlers kept tight leash on Chhattisgarh batsmen in the second innings and did not allow them to collect runs freely barring first innings centurion Yash Kumar Vardha, who scored 39 runs. For Bihar Asif Ahmad took three wickets for 36 runs off 13 runs.
Scoreboard
Chhattisgarh first innings: 309
Bihar first innings: Dhananjay Kumar Singh c Yash Kumar Varda b Dhananjay Nayak 0; Yash Pratap (c)c V Ishant Rao b Dhananjay Nayak 9; Laliteshwar Bhadauria b Vidhan Jain 3; Ayush Anand c V Ishant Rao b Dhananjay Nayak 3; Taufique (wk) c Mayank Sahu b Aditya Agrawal 47; Adarsh Sinha st Daksh Kumar Parakh b Dhananjay Nayak 28; Agastya c Dhananjay Nayak b Aaditya Shrivastava 45(8×4, 1×6); Satyam Kumar c Kunal Soni b Aditya Agrawal 12; Asif Ahmad c Mayank Sahu b Aditya Agrawal 2; Jitesh Kumar Upadhyay not out 1; Mohit Kumar lbw Aditya Agrawal 0
Extras ( b 8, lb 1, w 1, nb 0 ) 10
TOTAL: 160 (64.0 OVERS)
FALL OF WICKSTS: 1 – 0 (Dhananjay Kumar Singh, 0.4 ov); 2 – 14 (Laliteshwar Bhadauria, 5.6 ov); 3 – 14 (Yash Pratap, 6.6 ov); 4 – 21 (Ayush Anand, 10.4 ov); 5 – 75 (Taufique, 27.1 ov); 6 – 133 (Adarsh Sinha, 48.2 ov); 7 – 138 (Agastya, 51.6 ov); 8 – 159 (Satyam Kumar, 61.2 ov); 9 – 160 (Asif Ahmad, 61.4 ov); 10 – 160 (Mohit Kumar, 63.6 ov)
Bowling: Dhananjay Nayak 30-12-71-4; Vidhan Jain 8-4-10-1; Piyush Negi 5-1-18-0; Aditya Agrawal 16-2-42-4; Yash Kumar Varda 2-0-4-0; Aaditya Shrivastava 3-1-6-1
Chhattisgarh second innings: Yash Kumar Varda lbw Satyam Kumar 39; Aaditya Shrivastava c Taufique b Jitesh Kumar Upadhyay 0; Mayank Sahu c Yash Pratap b Asif Ahmad 22; Daksh Kumar Parakh (c)(wk) b Asif Ahmad 5; Aakashdeep Singh st Taufique b Asif Ahmad 13; Kunal Soni not out 7; V Ishant Rao not out 6
Extras ( b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0 ) 0
TOTAL: 92/5 (27.0 OVERS)
Yet To Bat: Piyush Negi ,Vidhan Jain ,Aditya Agrawal ,Dhananjay Nayak
FALL OF WICKETS: 1 – 3 (Aaditya Shrivastava, 2.6 ov); 2 – 50 (Mayank Sahu, 15.5 ov); 3 – 62 (Daksh Kumar Parakh, 17.2 ov); 4 – 68 (Yash Kumar Varda, 20.2 ov); 5 – 86 (Aakashdeep Singh, 25.4 ov)
Bowling: Jitesh Kumar Upadhyay 8-0-32-1; Asif Ahmad 13- 1-36-3; Satyam Kumar 6-1-24-1
