Tuesday, March 17, 2009

BCA U-22 cricket: Samastipur in semi-finals


Patna, March 15
Sudhir took seven wickets for only six runs as Samastipur scripted a huge 260-run win over Munger in a quarter-final match of the Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) under-22 tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Sunday. With this victory, Samastipur moved into the semi-finals.

Batting first Samastipur amassed 287 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Sanjeev struck unbeaten 94 runs to emerge as the top scorer for his side. Asfan Khan (42), Mohsin Khan (26), Santosh (22) and Sudhir (17) were the other notable contributors. Pranav and Shahid Khan captured two wickets each for 50-50 runs respectively.

In reply Munger stumbled out for a paltry 27 runs off 10.4 overs. Sudhir tore apart Munger batting line up with his probing medium pace bowling. Sanjeev got two wickets for 15 runs.

Sudhir (Samastipur) was declared man of the match and received the man of the match award from Rama Shankar Prasad, joint-secretary, Bihar Cricket Association.

Earlier, Professor Uttam Kumar Singh, director general, Dr Zakir Husain Institute inaugurated the second stage of the tournament. Eight teams have qualified for the knock-out stage after playing league matches at eight different venues of Bihar.


This is second tournament being organized by the Lalu Prasad led Bihar Cricket Association after getting associate membership status from Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in September, 2008. Earlier, BCA had organized an Inter-District Twenty20 tournament. Ajay Narayan Sharma, secretary, Bihar Cricket Association and Mritunjay Tiwari, president, Bihar Players Association were present at the opening function.

Brief scores:
Samastipur: 287 for eight wickets in 50 overs (Mohsin Khan-26, Santosh-22, Asfan Khan-42, Sanjeev-94 not out, Sudhir-17, Pranav-2/50, Shahid Khan-2/50)
Munger: 27 all out in 10.4 overs (Sudhir-7/6, Sanjeev-2/15)

Photo caption: Professor Uttam Singh, Director General, Dr Zakir Hussain Institute being introuduced to the players at the inauguration of BCA U-22 cricket tournament in Patna on March 15, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

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