Patna: The BCA Senior Men’s Cricket Tournament Super League match between Patna and Muzaffarpur at the local Moinul Haq Stadium ended in a draw. Based on their first-innings lead, Patna secured three points, while Muzaffarpur earned one point.
Patna won the toss and chose to bat, declaring their first innings at 579 runs for the loss of three wickets. In response, Muzaffarpur were all out for 250 runs. On the final day, Muzaffarpur, following on, scored 88 runs for the loss of four wickets before the match was declared a draw by mutual consent due to insufficient time for a result.
Resuming their first innings at 122 for four, Muzaffarpur was eventually all out for 250 runs. Key contributions in the first innings came from Ankit Kumar Singh, who scored a brilliant 61 runs despite an earlier injury. Other notable scores included Atulya Priyankar’s 37, Vishal Raj’s 28, and Abhinav Alok’s 29. For Patna, Abhinav Singh excelled with the ball, taking 6 wickets, while Suraj Kashyap and Utkarsh Kumar took two wickets each.
Trailing by 329 runs, Muzaffarpur were forced to follow on. In their second innings, they struggled again, reaching 88 runs for four wickets. Ankit Kumar Singh scored 8 runs, Chandra Prakash 6, Aditya Kumar 15, and Vikas Ranjan 21. For Patna, Suraj Kashyap took 2 wickets, and Abhinav Singh and Animesh took 1 wicket each.
The match concluded as a draw due to time constraints and the mutual agreement of both teams.
