Patna: In a Super League match of the Patna District Senior Division Cricket League, organised by the Patna District Cricket Association, ERCC defeated YMCC by four wickets.
The match was played at the 22 Yards Cricket Academy Ground, where YMCC’s Virat Pandey played a brilliant innings of 95 runs, which eventually went in vain.
For ERCC, Ashish Kumar scored 52, Aditya Kumar contributed 47, and Harshvardhan remained unbeaten on 45 — all crucial in securing the win. Harshvardhan was awarded the Player of the Match. Rohit Raj delivered an all-round performance, scoring 30 runs and taking 3 wickets.
YMCC won the toss and opted to bat first. They posted a total of 254 runs in the allotted 40 overs, losing all wickets. Key contributions included Amit Kumar (33), Abhishek (14), Rishabh Rakesh (26), Virat Pandey (95), Suraj Kashyap (20), and Shyamal Pandey (33), with 25 runs coming from extras.
For ERCC, Mukesh Patel took 2 wickets, Rohit Raj claimed 3, Priyanshu Kumar took 1, Abhinav Singh grabbed 3, and Aditya Kumar picked up 1 wicket.
In reply, ERCC chased down the target in 37.5 overs, scoring 256 for 6 wickets. Notable performances came from Aditya Kumar (47), Ashish Kumar (52), Rohit Raj (30), Yash Pratap (25), Harshvardhan (unbeaten 45), Saurabh Tiwari (26), and Aman Avinash (unbeaten 11). Extras contributed 12 runs.
For YMCC, Suraj Kashyap was the pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets for 42 runs.
Brief Scores:
YMCC: 254 all out in 40 overs
Virat Pandey 95, Amit Kumar 33, Rishabh Rakesh 26, Shyamal Pandey 33, Extras 25
Bowling (ERCC): Rohit Raj 3/47, Abhinav Singh 3/35, Mukesh Patel 2/33, Priyanshu Kumar 1/62, Aditya Kumar 1/13
ERCC: 256/6 in 37.5 overs
Ashish Kumar 52, Aditya Kumar 47, Harshvardhan* 45*, Rohit Raj 30, Saurabh Tiwari 26, Extras 12
Bowling (YMCC): Suraj Kashyap 3/42
