Purnia: Madhepura defeated Kishanganj by 46 runs in the third match of Seemanchal Zone of Randhir Verma Under-19 Inter District Cricket Tournament organized by Bihar Cricket Association at local Green Valley, Gulabbagh. This is Madhepura’s first win in two matches.
After winning the toss, Madhepura captain decided to bat. In the 50 over match, Madhepura scored 144 runs losing 10 wickets in 43.1 overs. For Madhepura, Viraj Kumar scored 43 runs, Rohit Saini scored 12 runs. For Kishanganj, Suryam Raj took 4 wickets for 26 runs in 10 overs, Ujjwal Kumar took 03 wickets for 23 runs in 10 overs, Ankit took 2 wickets for 14 runs.
Chasing the target, Kishanganj could score only 98 runs in 33.5 overs after losing all the wickets. On behalf of Kishanganj, Mukesh Kumar contributed 20 runs and Bashil Hafiz contributed 16 runs.
On behalf of Madhepura, Omkar Kumar took 04 wickets for 19 runs, Rohit Saini took 1 wicket for 4/14 runs, Reyansh Rahul took 1 wicket for 21 runs.
The umpires of the match were BCA panel umpires Rajeev Kamal Mishra and Manohar Kumar, manual scorer was Shivam Kumar and digital scorer was Avinash Kumar Shukla.
Sunday match: Purnia vs Kishanganj
Brief scores:
Madhepura: All out for 144 runs in 43.5 overs, Viraj Kumar 43, Rohit Saini 12, extra 45, Suryam Raj 4/26, Ankit Kumar Soren 2/14, Ujjwal Kumar Mandal 3/23.
Kishanganj: All out for 98 runs in 33.5 overs, Ayaz Ahmed 10, Bashil Hafiz 16, Mukesh Kumar 20, Extra 19, Ryan Rahul 1/21, Omkar Kumar 4/19, Hemant Kumar 1/18, Rohit Saini 1/14.
