Patna: Ayush’s century and captain Ankit’s half-century put Bihar in a strong position in the first innings against Delhi in the CK Nayudu U-23 match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. At the end of the first day’s play, Bihar’s scored 201 runs for 3 wickets.
In the match which started late due to weather, after losing the toss and batting first, the first wicket of Bihar team fell in the form of Harsh Raj Puru (12 runs), At that time the team’s score was only 34 runs. After this a 159-run partnership for the second wicket between Ayush Loharika 115 runs and Ankit Raj 70 runs put Bihar in a respectable position.
Ayush Loharika was LBW by Akhil Chaudhary on a personal score of 115. After Ayush’s dismissal, Aryan Mohit also got out without opening his account. At the end of the first day’s play, Ankit Raj was unbeaten on 70 runs and Ayush Anand was unbeaten on one run. For Delhi, Akhil Chaudhary took two wickets and Hardik Sharma took one wicket.
