Patna, March 20, 2009Start favourites Patna bowed out of the Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) under-22 tournament losing to Muzaffarpur by 18 runs in the second semi-finals at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Friday. It was the biggest upset of the month-long inter-district battle for supremacy in state cricket.
Spinner Nishant weaved a magic with his turning balls taking four wickets for only 13 runs in his spell of nive overs, three of them were maiden . Nishant was rightly adjudged as the man of the match. He was awarded a cash prize of Rs 501 and a trophy by the organizing committee.
The day was lucky for the Muzaffarpur boys, right from the beginning. They won the toss and made a modest 136 runs off 44.3 overs after electing to bat first.
However, Patna bowlers did well in restricting Muzaffarpur to a not so challenging total. At one stage Muzaffarpur were reeling at 57 for the loss of five wickets. But in the later part of the innings Sarfaraz and Vikas Ranjan gave some stability putting on 47 runs for seventh wicket partnership. Sarfaraz made 29 runs with one boundary and one mighty heave over the fence. Vikas Ranjan scored valuable 26 runs with one hit to the fence.
The day was lucky for the Muzaffarpur boys, right from the beginning. They won the toss and made a modest 136 runs off 44.3 overs after electing to bat first.
However, Patna bowlers did well in restricting Muzaffarpur to a not so challenging total. At one stage Muzaffarpur were reeling at 57 for the loss of five wickets. But in the later part of the innings Sarfaraz and Vikas Ranjan gave some stability putting on 47 runs for seventh wicket partnership. Sarfaraz made 29 runs with one boundary and one mighty heave over the fence. Vikas Ranjan scored valuable 26 runs with one hit to the fence.
In the earlier part of the Muzaffarpur innings, one down batsman Chetan delighted the crowd with some lusty strokes. Cehtan scored 28 runs with four boundaries.
Patna spinner Kaushik Raj turned out to be most successful bowler claiming four wickets for 31 runs off 9.3 overs. Speedster Sridhar bagged two wickets for 22 runs.
In reply, Patna lost their first wicket for just one run on the board. A 45-run second wicket partnership between Arvind Jha and Kumar Mridul raised some hopes in Patna camp but Kumar Mridul who was hitting the ball well, misjudged a Sunny delivery only to see his stumps uprooted. Mridul played an attacking knock of 26 runs with five tremendous hits to the fence. Patna lost their second wicket at 46 runs.
After that, wickets fell like nine pins as Arvind going for big hit off a Nishant delivery was stumped cleverly by Vikas. Arvind struck 28 runs with three boundaries. Ranjit was the other batsman for Patna to reach the double figures. Ranjit made 18 runs. Patna innings folded at 118 runs off 38.3 overs.
Sarfaraz took two wickets for 26 runs while medium pace bowler Ranjan grabbed as many wickets for 13 runs off his eight overs spell.
Brief scores:
Muzaffarpur: 136 all out in 44.3 overs (Chetan-28, Amit-11, Sarfraz-29, Vikas Ranjan-26, Kaushik Raj-4/31, Sridhar-2/22, Kamlesh-1/30).
Patna: 118 all out in 38.3 overs (Arvind Jha-28, Mridul-26, Ranjit-18, Ranjan-2/13, Nishant-4/13, Sarfraz-2/26).
Muzaffarpur in semis
Earlier Muzaffarpur moved into the semi-finals beating Bhojpur by five wickets in the quarter-finals at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday (March 19).
Rohit Raj of Bhojpur and Amit Kumar of Muzaffarpur were jointly declared man of the match.
Brief scores:
Bhojpur: 171 all out in 47.1 overs (Deepak-30, Rohit Raj-53, Mithilesh-12, Sarfraz-3/31, Ranjan-2/28, Saurav Sankalp-2/21).
Patna spinner Kaushik Raj turned out to be most successful bowler claiming four wickets for 31 runs off 9.3 overs. Speedster Sridhar bagged two wickets for 22 runs.
In reply, Patna lost their first wicket for just one run on the board. A 45-run second wicket partnership between Arvind Jha and Kumar Mridul raised some hopes in Patna camp but Kumar Mridul who was hitting the ball well, misjudged a Sunny delivery only to see his stumps uprooted. Mridul played an attacking knock of 26 runs with five tremendous hits to the fence. Patna lost their second wicket at 46 runs.
After that, wickets fell like nine pins as Arvind going for big hit off a Nishant delivery was stumped cleverly by Vikas. Arvind struck 28 runs with three boundaries. Ranjit was the other batsman for Patna to reach the double figures. Ranjit made 18 runs. Patna innings folded at 118 runs off 38.3 overs.
Sarfaraz took two wickets for 26 runs while medium pace bowler Ranjan grabbed as many wickets for 13 runs off his eight overs spell.
Brief scores:
Muzaffarpur: 136 all out in 44.3 overs (Chetan-28, Amit-11, Sarfraz-29, Vikas Ranjan-26, Kaushik Raj-4/31, Sridhar-2/22, Kamlesh-1/30).
Patna: 118 all out in 38.3 overs (Arvind Jha-28, Mridul-26, Ranjit-18, Ranjan-2/13, Nishant-4/13, Sarfraz-2/26).
Muzaffarpur in semis
Earlier Muzaffarpur moved into the semi-finals beating Bhojpur by five wickets in the quarter-finals at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday (March 19).
Rohit Raj of Bhojpur and Amit Kumar of Muzaffarpur were jointly declared man of the match.
Brief scores:
Bhojpur: 171 all out in 47.1 overs (Deepak-30, Rohit Raj-53, Mithilesh-12, Sarfraz-3/31, Ranjan-2/28, Saurav Sankalp-2/21).
Muzaffarpur: 172 for five wickets in 39.5 overs (Pawan-14, Shanky-37, Chetan Srikant-22, Amit-50 not out, Sunny-12 not out, Rohit Raj-3/32).
Photo caption: Muzaffarpur boys celebrating their victory over Patna on March 20, 2009.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui
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