Purnia, May 11, 2024: Purnia defeated Araria by 4 wickets in the BCA Senior Men’s Cricket Tournament organized by Bihar Cricket Association at the local Green Valley Gulabbagh on Saturday. With this match, the league matches of BCA Senior Men’s Cricket Tournament ended.
Purnia’s team playing in Pool F remained on top. Katihar team stood second while Madhepura stood third. Supaul stood fourth, Araria finished fifth and Kishanganj finihsed sixth.
After winning the toss, Araria captain Shravan Kumar decided to bat. Araria scored 139 runs losing 10 wickets in 45 overs. Araria batsman Adarsh Sinha scored 26 runs, Samrat Rai scored 21 runs, Ujjwal Kumar scored 19 runs, Uttam scored unbeaten 17 runs.
For Purnia, Vachaspati took 2 wickets for 18 runs in 7 overs, Vishal took 3 wickets, Bhaskar Dubey took 2 wickets, Aamir Masood took 1 wicket and Satyam Singh 1 wicket.
Chasing the target, Purnia won the match by scoring 143 runs after losing 6 wickets in 27.5 overs. For Purnia, Bhaskar Dubey scored 51 runs and Abhishek Kumar scored 40 not out.
For Araria, Nishar Ahmed took 3 wickets, Uttam, Jaz Lal Murmu and Shravan took 1 wicket each.
Brief score:
Araria: All out for 139 runs in 45 overs, Raja Babu 9, Imran Alam 12, Ashfaq 10, Ujjwal 19, Adarsh Sinha 26, Jai Lal Murm 11, Ayush Kumar Gupta 6, Samrat Rai 21, Uttam Kumar 17 not out, Vachaspati 2. /18, Satyam Singh 1/20, Aamir Masood 1/14, Vishal 3/41, Bhaskar Dubey 2/29
Purnia: 143 runs for 6 wickets in 27.5 overs, Shishir Saket 9, Bhaskar Dubey 51, Abhishek Babu 10, Abhishek Chaudhary 40 not out, Aaqib Reza 13, Saksham Singh 8, Neel Shekhar 5, Vachaspati 3 not out, Extra 4, Uttam Kumar 1. /33, Jai Lal Murmu 1/23, Nisar Ahmed 3/30, Shravan Kumar 1/30
