Patna: Thanks to half-centuries of Ankit Kumar (70 runs), Adarsh Kumar (52) and Aastik Kumar (70) and excellent bowling by Harsh Vardhan (four wickets), Vaishali registered its second consecutive win in the Randhir Verma Under-19 Cricket Tournament.
In the Patilputra Zone match played at the local Moinul Haq Stadium, Vaishali defeated Arwal by a huge margin of 172 runs.
Arwal won the toss and invited Vaishali to bat. Batting first, Vaishali scored 335 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs. Ankit scored 70, Nand Kishore 27, Mo Ilyas 26, Adarsh Kumar 52, Abhishek Anand 22, Ishant Raj 32, Aastik Kumar scored 70 runs.
For Arwal, Sachin Singh took 3 wickets for 51 runs, Ayush Mukesh Kumar took 2 wickets for 73 runs.
In reply, Arwal’s team was all out for 163 runs in 41.3 overs. Nitish Kumar scored 28, Lokesh 22, Deepesh Kumar Gupta 34, Satyam Dev 11, Happy Kumar 12, Mohd Irfan Alam 19, Sachin Singh scored 11 runs.
For Vaishali, Harshvardhan took 4 wickets, Kumar Utsav took 3 wickets and Sachin Kumar took 2 wickets.
Brief scores:
Vaishali: 335 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs, Ankit Kumar 70, Nand Kishore 27, Mo Ilyas 26, Adarsh Kumar 52, Abhishek Anand 22, Ishant Raj 32, Aastik Kumar 70, extras 30, Sachin Singh 3/51, Faiyaz Alam. 1/33, Ayush Mukesh Kumar 2/73, Deepesh Kumar Gupta 1/66
Arwal: All out for 163 runs in 41.3 overs Nitish Kumar 28, Lokesh 22, Deepesh Kumar Gupta 34, Satyam Dev 11, Happy Kumar 12, Irfan Alam 19, Sachin Singh 11, extra 16, Sachin Kumar 2/24, Harsh Vardhan 4/2. 27, Kumar Utsav 3/23, Ankit Kumar 1/6
