Patna: A polished 55 not out by Sakibul Gani helped Bihar reach 139 for the loss of seven wickets in their first innings against Sikkim on the third day of their plate group Ranji Trophy match at Urja Stadium here on Thursday. Bihar still need 18 more runs to take first innings lead.
Sakibul’s unbeaten 55 came off 90 balls with four boundaries and one six.
Earlier, resuming at 66/6, Sikkim were all out for 157 runs in their first innings. Lee Yong Lepcha slammed a half century (51) for Sikkim. Veer Pratap Singh bagged five wickets for 30 runs off 17 overs for Bihar.
Scoreboard
Sikkim first innings: Arun b Veer Pratap Singh 4; Pankaj run out (Bipin Saurabh) 0; Nilesh Lamichaney b Veer Pratap Singh 1; Ashish Thapa (c)(wk) lbw Veer Pratap Singh 0; Sumit lbw Shivam S Kumar 15; Anwesh lbw Veer Pratap Singh 3; Palzor lbw Sachin Kumar Singh 27; Lee Yong Lepcha c Bipin Saurabh b S Gani 51; Md Saptula c Bipin Saurabh b Veer Pratap Singh 14; Tarun Sharma b Shivam S Kumar 22; Bijay not out 8
Extras ( b 8, lb 1, w 1, nb 2 ) 12
TOTAL: 157 (64.5 OVERS)
FALL OF WICKETS: 1 – 0 (Pankaj, 3.6 ov); 2 – 1 (Nilesh Lamichaney, 5.1 ov); 3 – 1 (Ashish Thapa, 5.6 ov); 4 – 11 (Arun, 11.2 ov); 5 – 17 (Anwesh, 17.5 ov); 6 – 28 (Sumit, 23.1 ov); 7 – 71 (Palzor, 38.3 ov); 8 – 106 (Md Saptula, 47.2 ov); 9 – 139 (Tarun Sharma , 59.1 ov); 10 – 157 (Lee Yong Lepcha, 64.5 ov)
Blowing: Abhijeet 11-4-27-0; Veer Pratap Singh 17-9-30-5; Ashutosh Aman 12-2-30-0; Shivam S Kumar 11-6-25-2; Sachin Kumar Singh 5-1-16-1; Pratap 3-1-8-0; S Gani 5.5-3-12-1
Bihar first innings: Mahrour b Sumit 13; Yashaswi Rishav b Sumit 2; Bipin Saurabh (wk) b Sumit 0; Babul Kumar b Sumit 11; S Gani not out 55 (90 balls, 4×4, 1×6); Sachin Kumar Singh c Arun b Palzor 17; Pratapb Palzor 16; Ashutosh Aman (c) lbw Sumit 18;
Extras ( b 0, lb 6, w 0, nb 1 ) 7
TOTAL: 139/7 (35.2 OVERS)
Yet To Bat: Veer Pratap Singh ,Shivam S Kumar ,Abhijeet
FALL OF WICKETS: 1 – 6 (Yashaswi Rishav, 3.2 ov); 2 – 6 (Bipin Saurabh, 3.3 ov); 3 – 21 (Mahrour, 5.4 ov); 4 – 30 (Babul Kumar, 7.2 ov); 5 – 63 (Sachin Kumar Singh , 16.1 ov); 6 – 108 (Pratap, 27.4 ov); 7 – 139 (Ashutosh Aman, 35.2 ov)
Bowling: Palzor 17-3-57-2; Sumit 13.2-3-53-5; Bijay 5-0-23-0;
