Patna: Pondicherry defeated Bihar by 8 wickets in their first match of the Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under-19 Men’s One Day Cricket Tournament at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday. Tomorrow Bihar will face Andhra Pradesh.
Batting first after losing the toss in this match of Pool B, Bihar scored 145 runs in 47.5 overs for the loss of all wickets. In reply, Pondicherry hit up the required runs losing only two wickets on the way off 35.1 overs.
Pondicherry won the toss and invited Bihar to bat first. Bihar had a bad start as opener Pawan Rai and captain Kumar returned to the pavilion quick succession. Bihar lost two wickets for only 18 runs on the board. On one end, Yashasvi Shukla played an anchor innings at one end but on the other ends wickets were falling at regular interval. Shivam Kumar also returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs. Apart from Yashasvi Shukla, vice-captain Ayush Anand, Harshit Anand, Md Kaif played a little bit sensible innings as Bihar scored 145 runs in 47.5 overs for the loss of all wickets.
Yashasvi Shukla hit 28 runs off 50 balls with 3 fours. Aayush Anand scored 27 off 76 balls, Harshit Anand scored 30 runs with 4 fours and 1 six in 39 balls. Md Kaif made unbeaten 20 runs.
For Pondicherry, K G Shree Varshan took 2 for 32, Nitin Pranaav V took two wickets for 23 runs, Arjun LV grabbed three wickets for 21 runs, Pradeep Roshan and Akash took one wicket each.
In reply, Pondicherry easily won the match by scoring 146 for two off 35.1 overs. Jashwanth Shreeram scopred an unbeaten 64. Raghavan made 24 and Nitin Pranav V scored an unbeaten 34 runs. For Bihar, Ayush Anand took 1 wicket for 5 and Aup Kumar took 1 wicket for 25 runs.
Scorecard
Bihar innings: Pawan Rai c Pravin b Nitin Pranaav V 3; Kumar Shrey (c)b Nitin Pranaav V 6; Yashaswi Shukla (wk) run out (Akash Pugazhanthi) 28; Shivam Kumar lbw Akash Pugazhanthi 5; Ayush Anandlbw K G Shree Varshan 27; Harshit c Pravin b Pradeep Roshan 30; Aditya c Pravin b K G Shree Varshan 2; Md Kaif not out 20; Md Izharc Ragavan b Arjun L V 8; Anup Kumarb Arjun L V 0; Badal Kanaujiac Pravin b Arjun L V 0
Extras ( b 1, lb 3, w 12, nb 0 ) 16
Total: 145 (47.5 OVERS) RR : 3.03
Fall of wickets: 1 – 6 (Pawan Rai, 3.6 ov); 2 – 18 (Kumar Shrey, 7.6 ov); 3 – 31 (Shivam Kumar, 13.3 ov); 4 – 56 (Yashaswi Shukla, 22.5 ov); 5 – 102 (Harshit , 34.4 ov); 6 – 110 (Aditya, 38.2 ov); 7 – 113 (Ayush Anand, 40.6 ov); 8 – 145 (Md Izhar, 47.1 ov); 9 – 145 (Anup Kumar, 47.3 ov); 10 – 145 (Badal Kanaujia, 47.5 ov)
Bowling: K G Shree Varshan 10-2-32-2; Nitin Pranaav V 8-0-23-2; Arjun L V 9.5-0-21-3; B; Akash Pugazhanthi 10-0-27-1; Kushwanth Silora S 1-0-16-0; Pradeep Roshan 9-1-22-1
Pondicherry innings: R Jashwanth Shreeram not out 64 (86 balls, four fours, 3 sixes); Ragavanc Aditya b Ayush Anand 24 (64 balls, two fours); Pravin (wk) c Ayush Anand b Anup Kumar 6 (21 balls); Nitin Pranaav V not out 34 (45 balls, three four, two sixes). Extras ( b 0, lb 4, w 9, nb 5 ) 18
Total: 146/2 (35.1 OVERS) RR : 4.15
Did Not Bat: Sai Hariram K ,Arjun L V ,Pradeep Roshan ,Kushwanth Silora S ,Rishi Raut ,Akash Pugazhanthi (c) ,K Shree Varshan
Fall of wickets: 1 – 59 (Ragavan, 18.5 ov); 2 – 80 (Pravin, 24.2 ov).
Bowling: Md Izhar 9-1-4-0; Md Kaif 6.1—1-26-0; Aditya 4-0-16-0; Badal Kanaujia 7-0-29-0; Ayush Anand 3-0-5-1; Anup Kumar 6-1-25-1
