Sakibul completes double ton as Bihar poised to take first innings lead against Manipur

Patna: Bihar are all set to gain a vital first innings lead against Manipur in the Ranji Trophy Plate Group final, as at the end of the second day’s play, Manipur crawled to reach 194/6 in their first innings and were still trailing by 352 runs at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday. Earlier, Bihar were all out for 546 runs in their first innings.

Resuming the day at 392/4, Bihar lost their fifth wicket at 428 when Sakibul Gani was trapped leg before off Jotin Pheiroijam’s delivery, scoring a double century (205). Sakibul added 14 runs to his overnight score of 191. Next to fall was Shivam Singh as the sixth wicket for Bihar at 465. Shivam made 18 runs. Bipin Saurabh, who was unbeaten on 117 added 38 more runs to his overnight score before being out as the 7th wicket for Bihar, scoring 155 runs. Ultimately, Bihar were all for 546 runs.

Manipur too had a shaky start in their first innings, losing two wickets for only 30 runs on the board. A 110-run partnership between P Prafullomani and Langlonyamba M for the third wicket gave some stability to Manipur innings, but P Prafullomani, who was going strong, fell leg before off Sachin Kumar Singh’s delivery, scoring 82 runs. His knock contained 15 boundaries and one six. This wicket fell at 140. After that, Manipur lost three more wickets, before stumps were drawn for the day.

Scoreboard

Bihar first innings: V Raj c Bikash Singh b Jotin Pheiroijam 5; Babul Kumar c Langlonyamba M b Rex 4; Rishav c Shah b Bishworjit 18; Sachin Kumar Singh c B Rahman b Ronald M 45; S Gani lbw Jotin Pheiroijam 205; Bipin Saurabh (wk) b Kishan Singha 155; Shivam Singh lbw Rex 18; Ashutosh Aman (c) c Langlonyamba M b Kishan Singha 24; Veer Pratap Singh c B Rahman b Kishan Singha 21; Harsh Vikram Singh c Ronald M b Kishan Singha 16; Nawaz not out 9

Extras ( b 18, lb 3, w 5, nb 0 )26

TOTAL: 546 (124.4 OVERS)

FALL OF WICKETS: 1 – 9 (Babul Kumar, 2.5 ov); 2 – 11 (V Raj, 3.6 ov); 3 – 55 (Rishav , 16.4 ov); 4 – 106 (Sachin Kumar Singh , 34.3 ov); 5 – 428 (S Gani, 98.1 ov); 6 – 465 (Shivam Singh, 105.5 ov); 7 – 491 (Bipin Saurabh, 112.2 ov); 8 – 502 (Ashutosh Aman, 116.4 ov); 9 – 519 (Veer Pratap Singh, 120.3 ov); 10 – 546 (Harsh Vikram Singh, 124.4 ov)

Bowling: Rex 16-4-66-2; Jotin Pheiroijam 21-3-91-2; Bishworjit 25-4-99-1; Kishan Singha 39.4-6-141-4; Priyojit K 5-0-20-1; Ronald M 7-0-53-1; Bikash Singh 9-0-41-0; Langlonyamba M 2-0-14-0

Manipur first innings: B Rahman c Babul Kumar b Veer Pratap Singh 17; Ronald M lbw Nawaz 3; Langlonyamba M (c) run out (S Gani) 50; P Prafullomani lbw Sachin Kumar Singh 82 (106 balls, 15×4, 1×6); Priyojit K lbw Nawaz 1; Bikash Singh lbw Ashutosh Aman 35; Kishan Singha not out

Extras ( b 4, lb 2, w 0, nb 0 )6

TOTAL: 194/6 (54.2 OVERS)

Yet To Bat: Shah (wk) ,Rex ,Bishworjit ,Jotin Pheiroijam

FALL OF WICKETS: 1 – 20 (B Rahman, 6.1 ov); 2 – 30 (Ronald M, 7.2 ov); 3 – 140 (P Prafullomani, 29.1 ov); 4 – 141 (Priyojit K, 30.2 ov); 5 – 194 (Langlonyamba M, 53.1 ov); 6 – 194 (Bikash Singh, 54.2 ov)

Bowling: Veer Pratap Singh 5-2-11-1; Harsh Vikram Singh 3-0-11-0; Nawaz 10-0-40-2; Ashutosh Aman 17.2-2-62-1;Sachin Kumar Singh 19-6-64-1.