Purnia, April 27: Purnia defeated Madhepura by 88 runs in the BCA Senior Men’s Cricket Tournament at the local Green Valley Stadium on Saturday.
After winning the toss, Purnia captain decided to bat first. Purnia scored 168 runs losing all the wickets in 43.1 overs. Shishir Saket contributed 61 runs, Aaqib Raza contributed 40 runs, Abhishek and Nitin contributed 18 runs each. In bowling for Madhepura, Ahsan Ansari took 05 wickets for 20 runs in 10 overs, Dheeraj Thakur took 03 wickets for 13 runs in 06 overs.
Chasing the target, Madhepura could score only 80 runs after losing all wickets in 31.4 overs. For Madhepura, Ayaan Kunwar contributed 26 runs, Shivam Kumar Sahni contributed 17 unbeaten runs and Jishu Quersi contributed 10 runs. Fo Purnia, Aamir Masood took 05 wickets for 08 runs in 06 overs, Saqlain Mushtaq took 14 runs and 02 wickets in 04 overs, Sufiyan took 22 runs and 02 wickets in 9.4 overs.
Brief score:
Purnia: All out for 168 runs in 43.1 overs, Shishir Saket 61, Abhishek Chaudhary 18, Aaqib Raza 40, Nitin Sah 18, extra 25, Dheeraj Thakur 3/13, Ahsan Ansari 5/20, Jishu Qureshi 2/31.
Madhepura: All out for 80 runs in 31.4 overs, Ayaan Kunwar 26, Shivam Kumar Sahni 17 not out, Jishu Qureshi 10, extra 18, Saqlain Mushtaq 2/14, Sufiyan 2/22, Aamir Masood 5/8, Anuranjan 1/9.
