Patna, November 22, 2008
It was another low-scoring match in the ongoing 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the DAV Public School (Board Colony) ground here on Friday. It seemed the pitch had been playing the trick. Wear and tear of the pitch were a definite possibility as the matches had been played without a break on the same pitch for the last 15 days.
Adarsh Bharati Academy, Daudpur, however, found themselves a bit lucky to survive on this dicey pitch as they moved into the pre-quarter-final round of the tournament defeating Satyam International School by three wickets.
Batting first Satyam International School boys could gather only 85 on the board losing all the wickets. After surviving the pace battery of Adarsh Bharati School, Sataym boys fell to the guiles of Rajeev Raushan and Ravinder. Both the spinner took three wickets each giving away 7 and 5 runs respectively.
Openers Aalind Kumar (21, 4x4) and Deepak (27, 3x4) were the two batsmen reaching the double figures. The two together brought in a 42-run stand for the first wicket. After the fall Aalind, wickets fell like nine pins bringing in a sudden collapse of the entire team for 85 runs.
Adarsh Bharati’s run chase was too disastrous. They lost five wickets for only 33 runs. Sataym bowlers Suman Kumar and Yuvraj Singh were spitting venom. Suman and Yuvraj finished the day with three wickets each for 21 runs each respectively.
Middle-order batsman Saurav Kumar held the crumbling innings together scoring unbeaten 41 (6x4) runs. He was later adjudged man of the match.
Brief scores: Satyam International School: 85 all out off 20.2 overs (Aalind 21, Deepak 27, Ashutosh Kumar 2 for 30, Rajeev Raushan 3 for 7, Ravinder 3 for 5, Anirudh 1 for 3).
Adarsh Bharati Academy: 86 for 7 off 17.4 overs (Rajeev 14, Saurav 41 not out, Suman Kumar 3 for 21, Yuvraj Singh 3 for 21, Aalind 1 for 12).
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